Two of Unique Broadband Systems Inc’s leading executives have decided to leave the company. Both Alex Dolgonos, president, CEO and chair of the board, and Stephen Rosen, executive VP and CFO, are stepping down from their positions in a move the company describes as one that will maximize shareholder value. While Rosen is also leaving his post as a director, Dolgonos will remain a director and be a technical consultant to the company.

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IDC makes sales in North America, Europe and Asia
Ottawa’s International Datacasting Corp has racked up more than $2 million in new sales. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp has ordered a dozen FlexRoute digital audio uplinks for the conversion of CBC radio infrastructure to digital technology while SkyOnline of the United States bought another SuperFlex uplink system for its IP network in Latin America. Norway’s Telenor has purchased a satellite receiver for its pan-European IP multicasting network while FlexRoute equipment has been bought by Korea Telecom and the Dong-in Satellite Network for a satellite network project from the Korean government.

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A small Vancouver-based R&D company says it’s poised to exploit new opportunities in wireless multimedia with a graphics format ideal for the job. Last month, Image Power Inc released a trial version of its compression software for two popular media players that uses the new MJPEG2000 standard. The standard, much of which has already been certified by the International Standards Organization, boasts features perfectly suited for the wireless environment.

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Wireless penetration south of the border reached 39 per cent at the end of 2000, according to figures released last week by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). According to the U.S. regulator’s sixth annual report on the state of the wireless industry, there were nearly 110 million wireless subscribers in the U.S. at the end of last year, up from 86 million at the end of 1999.

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Allowing restaurants, movie theatres and other public places to use cell phone jammers could result in ‘dead air zones’ which jeopardize public safety, environmental and emergency response groups warn in letters to Industry Canada. Responding to the government’s call for comments on whether to legalize the sale and use of these devices in Canada (RoW, March 19/01, Gazette Notice DGTP-002-01), public safety groups, federal agencies and provincial governments stress that the status quo is the safest course of action.

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A Halifax-based start-up is finalizing a new speech recognition product that lets mobile workers tap into corporate data using only their cell phone. Developed by OKAMLogic, the Wireless Voice Commerce Gateway is in beta tests with Aliant Telecom and should hit the market early next year.

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