The upheaval in the telecom market has people questioning how equipment manufacturers can survive. Last month, Charles Kenmore, president/CEO of ANDA Networks of San Jose CA, spoke to the Next Generation Networks 2001 conference in Boston. An edited version of his remarks follows.

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Charles Dalfen will take over as chair of the CRTC on Jan. 1. The Toronto lawyer, a senior partner at the Torys law firm, was vice-chair of the commission from 1976 to 1980. He succeeds Françoise Bertrand who left last February. Dalfen tied for third place in a Decima Publishing online survey on who should be the new chair, trailing interim chair David Colville and CBC-TV’s Mary Walsh (NL, Mar. 12/01).

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BCE to participate in Bell Canada International rights offering
BCE Inc. is going to participate in a $440 million rights offering for Bell Canada International Inc. BCI has announced a recapitalization plan in order to meet its short-term funding commitments. Another part of the scenario will see BCI reorganize its participation in Telecom Americas Ltd. in the South American market.

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The terrorist attacks on the United States have increased concerns about security worldwide. An executive with a leading computer firm maintains we must look at the people involved rather than the equipment.

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The rapid demise of American cable Internet access provider Excite@Home has caused problems for users north of the border as most major Canadian cablecos have provisioned services from the bankrupt U.S. firm. For several weeks now they have been scrambling to shift email addresses from the @home domain, but some cablecos have been better prepared than others.

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Canada is the second-most connected nation when it comes to broadband access, according to a new study by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. The Paris-based group looked at the levels of DSL and cable penetration in 30 countries.

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Other telcos have responded to the review and vary application by Telus Communications Inc. over contribution and restructured bands, and as expected, the ILECs are firmly in Telus’ corner, while the CLECs think the western company doesn’t have a leg to stand on.

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Even though AT&T Canada Corp. wants the CRTC to order the City of Surrey B.C. to give it access to roads and property, both sides expect the matter to be resolved long before the commission rules on the submission. Talks are continuing in the hopes an interim agreement can be reached.

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