Howard Solomon

Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

Articles by Howard Solomon

B.C. wireless equipment maker expands

After announcing a 2009 net loss of $13 million, wireless broadband and WiMax communication equipment maker Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc., is buying a U.S. firm...

Communities abandoned by CRTC, says commissioner

It isn't often a member of a CRTC panel issues a dissent. But a decision to deregulate the way incumbent phone companies deal with requests to expand local calling areas in many cities was called 'unfair' by one commissioner. Find out why

Wireless data regulation off the hearing table: CRTC

The wireless industry has scored a win by convincing the federal telecom regulator to limit its look into regulating mobile wireless data services. How far those limits will extend, however, has yet to be determined. One group says traffic management should be included.

Craig Wireless to shift Canadian subscribers to others

Drew Craig says it was hard to close its impending mobile WiMax service and abandon Canada after his family had done business here for decades. But he couldn

Wind Mobile blows into Ottawa

Startup Wind Mobile is now selling service in Ottawa, the fourth city in the country it operates in after Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton. Wind...

Craig Wireless dumps Cdn spectrum, kills WiMax dream

The company had said only a month ago that its new Vancouver network would start in the spring and then spread throughout southern B.C. If the sale gets regulatory approval, the spectrum will end up in the hands of a consortium run by Rogers and Bell

Rogers blocks wireless competitors in NW Ontario

An alliance with a small phone company will mean competitors will have to build new wireless networks to the area or strike roaming agreements. The head of TBayTel explains how the deal will allow subscribers to get speedy wireless access

U.S. Metro Ethernet provider heading north

RCN Metro Optical Networks will start offering service at the end of May to U.S.-based companies that want connectivity to Toronto. The city's large financial sector is one reason, but the provider also wants business from the media and healthcare industries

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