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A Canadian kids website has folded af five years in the trenches as spooked venture capitalists pull back from risky online projects. Though Isabel Hoffmann says her Nikolai.com site was in the pre-profit stage of its business plan, the failure to score second-round financing has forced the company into bankruptcy. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. ROW EditorialThe opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. Wireless industry set for “silent revolution”The wireless infrastructure is in place and penetration levels have hit the point where consumers are now comfortable using wireless devices. What’s next? Dennis Strigl, president and CEO of Verizon Wireless (the new company formed following the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE), shared his view of the not-so-distant future at the COMNET Expo conference in Washington last month. An edited excerpt of his presentation appears below. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. ROW PeopleChrysalis-ITS has strengthened its management team with two new hires. David Longbottom has joined the security company as VP operations, trusted systems and Karen Genge is the new VP finance. Longbottom brings more than 15 years of technology management experience. Most recently, he spent five years at ObjecTime Ltd (now Rational Software) where he rose to the position of senior VP operations. In that capacity, he was responsible for engineering, product management, sales, marketing and customer service. He also spent time at Gandalf and Nortel Networks. Prior to joining Chrysalis, Genge was the corporate treasurer and director of taxation and risk management at GSI Lumonics. During her tenure there, she played an instrumental role in the merger of Lumonics and General Scanning Inc. She also spent 10 years at Ernst & Young. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. ROW Short TakesKyberpass announces wireless security strategy This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. Wireless lobby prefers public awareness campaign over cell phone jammers
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