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Primus opens data centre in downtown Toronto
Primus Canada Inc has opened an expanded data centre in downtown Toronto. The 7,500-sq-ft facility features redundancy and security features.

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Affordable telecom services making it difficult for companies to raise capital

Canadian consumers are getting a good deal on telecommunications, but it’s compromising their service provider’s ability to raise capital, a new survey finds. Compared to their counterparts in the United States, The Yankee Group in Canada reports that Canadian telecom companies are at a distinct disadvantage.

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Regulatory changes reassure Call-Net that competing with the ILECs is possible

Regulatory changes and improved financial results have given Call-Net Enterprises Inc renewed hope that local phone competition is possible in Canada. After pulling back from the residential services market last year (NL, July 4/00), the parent of Sprint Canada has re-entered the country’s largest metropolitan areas, and analysts predict that of all the CLECs, Sprint stands the best chance of competing against the incumbent telcos.

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Toronto launches suit against AT&T Canada in continuing war over right of ways

The battle over municipal rights of way has reached new heights in Canada, telecom companies and municipalities mired in a lawsuit and legal appeals. The City of Toronto is being particularly aggressive in fighting for what it believes is the right of local governments to determine the price and conditions of allowing access to public rights of way.

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More skilled high-tech workers needed, industry conference told by researchers

Competition for skilled workers in the high tech sector is still fierce, despite recent upheavals in the market. The results of a study done by TalentMap.com for the CATA Alliance were released at last week’s GlobeTech Conference in Ottawa.

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Changes in telecom policies, regulations needed to help foster broadband growth

Extending broadband access to every community, business and home could cost as much as $4.57 billion, but a report released today recognizes that regulations and policies may need changing before telecom companies will spend more on infrastructure.

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CNM Editorial

The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports.
 

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Market for next generation television begins to emerge in Canada

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CNM People

Debbie Lawes is stepping down as publisher and managing editor of Decima Publishing on June 27 to launch a new writing venture related to science and technology research. Lawes has been associated with Decima publications since 1992. During her tenure as a journalist and later as senior editior, she helped launch Canadian Communications Reports (1993), Report on Wireless (1997) and Canadian NEW MEDIA (1998). She will continue to work with Decima as a consultant and editorial advisor. Suceeding her as publisher will be Mario Mota, who has been working at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters as its director of specialty and pay television policy. Prior to joining the CAB, Mota was editor of Canadian Communications Reports. A graduate of Carleton University’s journalism program, he also worked as a freelance writer and editor in Ottawa, and as a business reporter with The Whitehorse Star in the Yukon.

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Jump Copyright hearings a go
Not surprisingly, the Copyright Board of Canada has flexed its regulatory muscles and asserted its intention to continue with JumpTV hearings. The process, set for this fall, will determine if JumpTV.com Canada Inc qualifies as a re-transmitter, and how much of a tariff it should pay if it does. A newly-announced hearing to examine the Copyright Act, by Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage, hasn’t dissuaded the Copyright Board from going ahead with its own process, despite a request to do so by the CFTPA and CAB (CNM, May 31/01). The board’s decision not to stay hearings was foreshadowed last December when it asserted in no uncertain terms that it would not send the matter to Federal Court. Board members used strong language in that decision to assert their jurisdiction in the matter (CNM, Jan.24/01).

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