Communications & Telecom

The CRTC will be told to modernize rules incumbent phone companies say are handcuffing them in fights with competitors. But also on the table is whether the ancient obligation to offer at least dialup Internet access to customers should be hiked to high speedrnrn

The time has come to put our xenophobia behind us, says the SeaBoard Group. Remove the restrictions, quickly

In dealing for Atria Networks, the cable company gets access to business customers in a ring around Toronto

Service revenues grew by only 1.8 per cent last year, but wireless and Internet revenue showed solid gains. However, an industry analyst wonders why so many Canadians still don't have broadband

The deal, announced Thursday, will give NTT a computer services company with 6,000 customers in areas including Africa and the Middle East

Decision could help Ottawa sell loosening of foreign ownership restrictions on telecommunications companies to those worried about protecting Canadian content

VIDEO Network World Canada assistant editor Howard Solomon details a busy month on the telecom front in Ottawa

Three opposition parties on a parliamentary committee are calling for more study before changing foreign telecom ownership limits. That could jeopardize the government's plan to bring new legislation in the fall