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Primus opens data centre in downtown TorontoPrimus Canada Inc has opened an expanded data centre in downtown Toronto. The 7,500-sq-ft facility features redundancy and security features. Nortel announces 10,000 more job lossesNortel Networks Corp is handing out pink slips to a further 10,000 employees. This is in addition to the 20,000 dismissals announced last April. 360networks to skip interest paymentVancouver fibre builder 360networks Inc will not make a US$10.9-million payment on its 12.5% senior notes. The company will default on the bonds if it does not make the payment within 30 days. CRTC begins proceeding on Quebec competitionThe CRTC has issued Public Notice 2001-69 to establish competition in the markets served by Télébec and Telus Quebec. Final comments will not be heard until next year. Northwestel introduces new services in northBusiness and residential customers in Inuvik will be able to get voice mail and Sympatico high-speed Internet service. Northern ILEC Northwestel announced it will be rolling out the two services later this year. Bell, Ottawa form task force on local callingBell Canada and the City of Ottawa have formed a joint task force to look at expansion of the local calling area. The move is necessitated by the amalgamation earlier this year of several local communities into one larger city of Ottawa. Teleglobe spends $350M to rollout networkBCE Inc subsidiary Teleglobe Ltd is buying US$350 million worth of fibre from Williams Communications and Broadwing Inc to facilitate the rollout of its North American network. The company has signed a deal with China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp to provide high-speed Internet to the Asian nation. Shaw Communications signs up half million Internet usersShaw Communications Inc announced its Shaw@Home service has signed up its 500,000th customer. Things are not going as well for Shaw supplier Excite@Home, which has shut down operations in France, Germany and Spain. AT&T Canada launches spam control in CanadaAT&T Global Network Services is introducing intelligent spam control to its Canadian business Internet clients. Users are notified of incoming junk email and given options on how to handle it. AOL Canada issues childproofing tipsA survey conducted on behalf of AOL Canada Inc finds that 93% of Canadians think the public needs to be better educated on online safety for children. The ISP also issued six rules parents can use with children to keep them safe while surfing the Internet. Sprint using Internet Call Manager for existing clientsSprint has introduced Internet Call Manager to its clients using Internet Call Waiting. The ICM technology is made by InfoInterActive Inc of Halifax. Global Light lights Caribbean network, plans expansionGlobal Light Telecommunications Inc of Vancouver has laid cable in Panama and lit its ARCOS network in the U.S., Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The company has secured permits to land cable in 14 Caribbean nations. Ontario community to get high-speed fibre gridThe Simcoe Community Access Network Development Corp and SCBN Telecommunications Inc are joining forces to roll out a high-speed fibre network in southwestern Ontario. SCBN is a consortium involving Hydro One Telecom Inc, Barrie Hydro Energy Services Inc, Orillia Power Generation Corp, Innisfil Energy Services Ltd and Tay Utility Contracting Inc. Spirent and Admit form strategic partnershipOttawa’s Spirent Communications has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Admit Systems Ltd of Dalgety Bay UK. The companies will develop and promote an automated xDSL conformance and interoperability test product. Perle Systems buys router product line from TriNexusToronto’s Perle Systems Ltd has completed the purchase of the TriNexus Communications router product line. Perle plans to integrate the TriNexus products into its IOLINK line. Unilink inks agreement with Budget Car RentalsVancouver’s Unilink Tele.Com has signed a deal with six Budget-Rent-A-Car franchises to join the PhoneMiles reward program. The firm also announced revenues increased by 25% in the first quarter of 2001. Choice chooses Mitel for voice in hotelsChoice Hotels International of Silver Spring MD has selected Ottawa’s Mitel Networks Corp as its preferred vendor for voice communications. Choice operates more than 5000 hotels and resorts in 41 countries around the world. PCNet International buys Nanaimo ISPPCNet International Inc of Victoria has purchased Brand & Associates Inc, an ISP in Nanaimo BC. PCNet offers connectivity services to customers from British Columbia to Ontario. Brand’s annual revenues are estimated at $550,000. Altus wins contract from WorldCom Brazilian affiliateAltus Solutions Inc is selling its network management software to Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicacoes. Embratel will use the product to process its SS7 traffic. Embratel, a subsidiary of WorldCom, owns the only fibre optics network in Brazil offering voice, data and IP services.

NL Short Takes

News | 06/18/2001 4:00 am EDT

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