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by Robert Janelle
on Fri, March 5, 2010 10:01 AM
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Old 20th century industrial models are holding back the expansion of high speed Internet access across North America, according to a Harvard law professor.
Delivering the keynote address at the University of Ottawa launch conference for Centre for Law, Technology and Society, Yochai Benkler detailed the challenges related to expanding next...
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by Adrian Crook
on Wed, February 3, 2010 4:57 PM
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Some good news came across the wire today. The BC government, after much consultation with industry, has proposed a labour tax credit package for the interactive digital media sector (as well as some increases to existing film, digital animation and VFX credits).
The proposed interactive digital media tax credit is set...
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by Rob Lewis
on Tue, February 2, 2010 11:46 AM
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Data & Audio Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc. (DAVE Wireless) announced today it will launch its service in Toronto this spring. Chairman John Bitove and President Dave Dobbin also revealed the company’s go-to-market consumer brand name is Mobilicity.
In addition to offering simple, value-packed unlimited plans, Mobilicity will feature a lineup of...
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by Karim Kanji
on Mon, January 25, 2010 8:00 PM
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Every year for the past 8 years, the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Global Technology, Media & Telecommunications Industry Group publishes their predictions for the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. 2010 is their 9th years in publishing these predictions.
In their telecommunications predictions for 2010 they listed seven items:
The smartphone becomes a search...
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by Robert Janelle
on Thu, January 21, 2010 11:56 AM
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Quebec telecommunications company Videotron (a subsidiary of Quebecor) aims to grow the company's workforce by 600 people.
New hires are expected in all departments, though according the a press release, most new positions will be in IT, engineering, tech support, customer service, network construction and maintenance and sales.
Since announcing a new...
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by Karim Kanji
on Thu, January 14, 2010 4:15 AM
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Are you interested in the future of telecom? Then you may want to book your spring trip to Toronto.
The Canadian Telecom Summit is Canada's pre-eminent gathering of the telecommunications industry and those with vested interests in its welfare. Attracting the senior-most professionals from around the globe, The 2010 Canadian Telecom...
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by Rob Lewis
on Thu, January 7, 2010 2:41 PM
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Not surprisingly, startup carrier WIND Mobile is pursuing a powerful ally in Google and is eager to carry their new Nexus One smartphone in Canada. Google unveiled the Nexus One on Tuesday and it is currently available in the United States only.
The National Post is reporting that in an interview,...
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by Dilip Tinnelvelly
on Sat, December 19, 2009 9:17 AM
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Seattle based Amazon, the online retailer who is more talked about these days for its Web Services aka Amazon EC2 cloud computing, had a massive outage last week due to hardware failures triggered by power loss. As the whole world seems to be operating from the cloud these days, the...
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by Karim Kanji
on Wed, December 16, 2009 7:31 AM
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9:30am EST
Early this morning there was lots of chatter on Twitter about the WIND Mobile launch. A visit to the website revealed that the site was also under construction but that a new one would be launched "In a couple of hours." The launch is taking place at 207 Queen's...
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by Rob Lewis
on Fri, December 4, 2009 1:36 PM
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According to Statistics Canada, the Canadian economy gained a surprising 79,000 jobs in November, with the unemployment rate easing 0.1 percentage points to 8.5%.
The story hasn't been quite as rosy in the telecommunications sector. Rogers Communications laid off 900 at the end of November in an effort to "streamline operations"...
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