Alan Kember has retired from Nortel Networks Corp. The equipment manufacturer is not planning to fill the position of chief marketing officer, which Kember held for the past year.

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Teleglobe sells voice and data business to American interests
Teleglobe Inc. has sold its voice and data business to a company controlled by Cerberus Capital Management LP of New York and TenX Capital Partners LLC of Philadelphia. The two American firms will pay US$155.3 million for the company.

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Bell Canada is firing back at accusations it is gouging party line users. The telco concedes it has made mistakes in assessing rates, but vehemently denies it was willful and pledges to make amends.

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An Ottawa entrepreneur who was unsuccessful in his attempts to bring fibre-to-the-home to the city has been inundated with interest from others who may want to implement his business plan in other regions of the world.

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Governments on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border have released discussion papers on the need for online security in the wake of the terrorist attacks last year. But there is much uncertainty in the affected sectors because details are so vague.

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The new guidelines established by the CRTC for local calling areas (LCAs) has met with approval in a city that has been demanding a change for years now. One of the big surprises is how well CLECs fared in the deal.

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A dispute over geography has been settled in favour of a major telecom union, but that victory could lead to acrimony at the bargaining table. Earlier this month, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld a labour board ruling that the collective bargaining unit for Telus Corp. should not be limited to only employees of the company in Alberta and British Columbia, but also include employees in other regions of the country as the company expands.

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