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RSL Com seeks relief from contribution paymentsRSL Com Canada is asking the CRTC to stop collecting contribution payments from it. The BC-based CLEC tells Network Letter it paid its 4.5% of eligible revenues by March 15 and does not want to have a credit in the central fund.Telus still interested in Vidéotron, Entwistle claimsTelus Corp president/CEO Darren Entwistle says the western ILEC is still interested in buying the assets of Vidéotron Telecom if the price is right. He says Telus is still committed to building through its QuébecTel subsidiary. In other news, the telco has also invested $300,000 in an incubator project run by Calgary Technologies Inc. The program lets startup companies rent space and get assistance from CTI staff.CRTC grants Bell appeal on local services ratesThe CRTC has accepted Bell Canada’s arguments and, in Order 2001-253, allowed a review and vary of a decision last December on rates for various optional local services. Commissioner Stuart Langford filed a dissent to the majority ruling.Vancouver firm dba Telecom acquires Dial Digital IncVancouver’s dba Telecom has purchased Dial Digital Inc, a firm that designs phones, answering systems and VoIP equipment for the small office and consumer market. The deal is worth $275,000.Norigen signs deal with Guest-Tek for broadband servicesNorigen Communications Inc has entered into an agreement with Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. The CLEC will offer high-speed Internet access in hotels and meeting rooms using Guest-Tek’s plug-and-play solution.Jitec founder in default on loans from telecomMontreal’s Jitec Inc says that founder Benoît Laliberté has not met two installments of a repayment plan for funds in dispute. The company does not anticipate recovering the $1 million its founder owes and has voluntarily ceased trading on the Montreal stock exchange.Nortel makes digital sale to German telecom giantDeutsche Telekom AG has purchased intelligent network architecture from Nortel Networks Corp. The deployment of the solutions to T-Net, Deutsche’s digital telephony network, is expected to start this spring.Manitoba Tel warns customers about LD phone scamManitoba Telecom Services is alerting customers with phones that can transfer to another line about a long distance scam operating in Kenora ON. A caller claiming to be a telco technician asks the client to press nine, zero, the pound sign and then hang up. This allows the con artist full access to LD lines.Teleglobe uses Telesat to expand Internet service in Latin AmericaTeleglobe has selected the Anik F1 satellite to support the provision of caching and streaming media Internet services. Anik F1 is operated by Telesat.CANARIE funds ecom project for Industry CanadaOttawa-based CANARIE Inc is putting up $200,625 to fund the Canadian Online Trust Project (COTP) on behalf of Industry Canada. COTP will work to develop and promote a code of best online practices and to develop a national standard.Cable telephony new target for Ottawa semiconductor firmSiGe Semiconductor of Ottawa has joined with Matsushita Electronic Components Co Ltd, the parent firm of Panasonic. The companies will develop a high performance single chip tuner for broadband and cable telephony.Exfo launches optical spectrum analyzersQuebec’s Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc has unveiled two new optical spectrum analyzers. Both devices are upgrades from earlier versions of the instruments. The company’s Burleigh Automation subsidiary has launched a new assembly solution for optical component manufacturers called VectorPlace.3Com Canada unveils business call centre solution3Com Canada is releasing the NBX Call Center, a solution for call centre access and management. The target market is remote and branch offices, small business, and company departments.Stratford shuffles off this mortal coilStratford Internet Technologies Inc, a web designing dot-com, has gone out of business. At its peak, the Vancouver company employed 100 workers.OZ Optics invests in BlueBird Ottawa-based OZ Optics Ltd has made a strategic investment in BlueBird Optical MEMS Inc of Isfya Israel. The new company is developing and manufacturing MEMS-based subsystems using a patent-pending microstructure.CTI signs letter of intent with Sentry TelecomVancouver’s CTI Diversified Holdings Inc has entered into a letter of intent with Sentry Telecom Systems Inc of nearby Burnaby. By the end of the deal CTI, which provides IT, ISP and ASP products and services to the Asian market, will own 51% of Sentry, which develops security products for telecom systems.Nortel dumps chemicals in water, cash in Roth’s accountDespite slumping stock prices and layoffs, Nortel Networks Corp still found the financial wherewithal to pay supremo John Roth US$100 million in salary, bonuses, and stock options. Meanwhile, the company has been ordered by the provincial ministry of environment to clean up chemicals in groundwater in Belleville ON. The Ontario government found evidence of trichoroethylene at levels several times higher than ministry standards.NewTel launches learning program in St. John’sNewTel, part of the Aliant group of telcos, has issued the 2001 edition of A Book About Me. The reading program for young children is being launched at a kindergarten class in St. John’s NF.

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