Telecom Ottawa, the communications subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa, has appointed three senior managers. Lucie Adam signs on as director of network operations and technology. She most recently worked at Norigen Communications and has experience at Sprint Canada. The new director of engineering and field services is Claude Poithier, formerly of AT&T Canada, MetroNet, and Rogers. Vidéotron Télécom alumnus Jacques Taillefer is the director of sales and marketing.

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Group Telecom latest CLEC to form special committee
GT Group Telecom Inc. has formed a special committee and has hired Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. to help the firm in considering possible capital structure enhancements. The move comes days after AT&T Canada formed a similar committee (NL Update, Mar. 18/02) and months after Call-Net Enterprises restructured (NL, July 16/00).

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A new bank study predicts that the next five years will be productive ones for the telecom industry, good news for an industry battered and bruised. The Bank of Montreal believes relief for the carrier market will come quickly, while equipment manufacturers will have to wait for the upturn in their fortunes.

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The concern over CRTC decisions affecting small independent telcos continues as an Ontario company seeks to have the commission take another look at two decisions and rescind a subsequent order.

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In their search to provide telecommunications services, utility companies may have found the "killer app" lying right under their noses. While most firms have been excited by the prospect of using their fibre and wireless networks to serve customers, a growing trend is the implementation of powerline telecommunications (PLT).

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The preliminary move into the competitive residential market has been so successful for one CLEC that it is now expanding into Ottawa. Sprint Canada will begin offering local and LD voice bundles to individuals at rates slightly below that of incumbent Bell Canada.

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The federal government’s omnibus legislation to fight terrorism has implications for the telecom sector that were little noted when the bill was passed last fall. Activities that have been considered part of normal customer service could end up being seen as abetting subversives.

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