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National Library, Archives to merge; legislation in works for this winter

Legislation could be before Parliament to merge the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada by this winter, and a head of the new institution should be appointed by next summer, says Canada's chief archivist, Ian Wilson.

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Broad partnership proposes wide-ranging study of new media behaviour, attitudes

A broad coalition of government, academic and private-sector partners has come together with the hope of conducting a first-of-its-kind study of the way people think about and use new and traditional media. The Canadian Internet Project, proposed as a long-term longitudinal study of attitudes and behaviours of Canadians using new media, has filed an application with Canadian Heritage's New Media Research Network Fund for financing to cover part of the proposed $450,000 per year budget the study cost.

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

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RoW International Short Takes

Home networking dominated by 802.11 and Ethernet According to In-Stat/MDR, the home networking market continues to be dominated by wireless LAN (various iterations of 802.11) and Ethernet technologies. The technology market research firm reports that the current market is focused primarily on data sharing. According to its data, Ethernet has taken the lion's share of total units shipped with 60%. Wireless LANs take in about 38% of the total, while the remaining 2% is shared between HomePlug and HPNA. In-Stat/MDR's data also shows that Linksys is leading in market share in the first half of 2002 with Netgear and D-Link following.

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Carole Swan has joined Industry Canada as associate deputy minister. Prior to her appointment, she was associate secretary of the Treasury Board for three years. Swan has also served with the Privy Council, the Office of Privatization and Regulatory Affairs, the Ministry of State for Economic Development and Status of Women.

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Nortel and QUALCOMM collaborate on UMTS call
Nortel Networks Corp. and QUALCOMM Inc. have completed UMTS (universal mobile telecommunications system) voice and data calls using commercial 1900 MHz cell sites. The trial also used handsets that were embedded with QUALCOMM chip sets and a 3GPP (third generation partnership project) UMTS network by Nortel. North American operators will be interested in the results of the trial, according to a Nortel executive. "The ability to offer UMTS services over the 1900 (MHz) spectrum provides a very strategic and cost-effective migration option for North American operators," Mark Whitton, Nortel's leader for technology and product strategy for the wireless networks division, said in a news release. Nortel's Univity product portfolio was exclusively used to perform the calls. In other Nortel and QUALCOMM news, the two companies have completed third-generation to second-generation handoff calls in a laboratory environment. Handoff calls are designed to demonstrate the networking capabilities to support global roaming and seamless voice services between different networks, cities, countries, and operators, regardless of the type of handset used.

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CAB and CCTA express concerns over Industry Canada’s spectrum policy revision

Canada's cable and broadcast lobby groups are concerned that the federal government's proposals for revising the country's spectrum policy framework could spell bad news for their members. The Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA) and Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) warn in comments to Ottawa's Revision to the 1992 Spectrum Policy Framework for Canada document (DGTP-004-02) that certain provisions could severely compromise their members' access to affordable spectrum.

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Wireless industry concerned about licence fees for mobile and satellite services

Spectrum licence fees are once again front and centre as the country's mobile wireless and satellite carriers complain that the fees and other financial obligations imposed on them by Industry Canada and the CRTC are too onerous. Telesat Canada warns that these obligations make it more difficult to compete in a liberalized competitive landscape.

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Wmode unveils partnership with Telus Mobility on access to wireless content

Telus Mobility will offer its subscribers access to a greater variety of wireless content in the wake of an agreement with wireless content aggregator and billing system company Wmode Inc. The partnership is key for Telus as it tries to increase the wireless data revenue portion of its overall revenue base. Giving its subscribers a broader array of content could have the potential to increase revenue.

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Wireless number portability desired by majority of Canadians, new survey shows

Canadians have expressed significant support for the introduction of local number portability (LNP) by the country's wireless operators, a recent survey shows. Conducted by Decima Research Inc. for Report on Wireless, the survey indicates that two-thirds of Canadians who own and use a cell phone believe the country's wireless operators should be required to provide wireless local number portability to their subscribers. Commonly known as wireless LNP, it would enable mobile wireless subscribers to maintain the same cell phone number if they switch to a rival provider.

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