Stefan Dubowski

Out of a deal that would see one shell-shocked service provider purchase network equipment from a payroll purging gear-maker comes insight as to just how carriers go about choosing equipment.

PUC Telecom in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. says it's the first Canadian service provider to use electrical power lines for high-speed Internet connectivity.

Avaya Inc. insists that IP telephony does have a "killer app," although industry observers wonder if the network technology vendor is on the mark.

Telus Corp. and its unionized workers have averted a strike now that the employees have accepted the carrier's offer of binding arbitration to solve a long-standing labour dispute. This latest hope of reconciliation comes after a rough week wherein the carrier slammed the union in court, and the union hit back with accusations that the carrier crossed Canada's Labour Code.

Bell Canada is instating a new executive to oversee its operations in Alberta and B.C., a move that provides some insight as to the telco's plans for Western Canada.

When Cannex Financial Exchanges Ltd.'s firewall came under attack during the virus flood of 2003, the firm knew it was time for a change....

Coaxial calls The number of worldwide cable telephony subscribers will have hit 10 million by the end of 2003, according to In-Stat/MDR. The...

A group of overseas researchers trying to extend the reach of high-speed Internet service may have their heads in the clouds, but they say the best way to bring quick connections into hard-to-reach areas might be by balloon, blimp or plane.