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Heritage follows through on copyright portal CCOP commitments with new cash

An Alberta-based company has received a second round of funding from Canadian Heritage to develop a copyright portal as the department follows through on a key Canadian Culture Online Program commitment. On December 2, Canadian Heritage announced a total of $2,746,530 in funding to three organizations to develop online tools to access copyrighted works and to pay the attendant royalties, including Calgary-based RightsMarket Inc.

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Aliant Telecom to seek experimental retransmission licence as C-11 clock ticks

The Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology took a scant hour-and-a-half on December 5 to recommend passage of Bill C-11 (formerly Bill C-48) without delay in the upper house. The recommendation comes despite a plea by Aliant Telecom Inc. to delay passage of the controversial legislation that will deny companies operating under the CRTC's New Media Exemption Order a compulsory licence to retransmit over-the-air television signals via the Internet. On December 9, the bill passed third reading without amendment.

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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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Public WLAN market to grow substantially
Revenue from the public wireless local area network (WLAN) services market will grow to approximately US$1.6 billion by 2007, according to a new study released by the Yankee Group. The Boston-based technology research group also notes that business users will represent the vast majority of public WLAN users at 86% of the 4.6 million users. The Yankee Group also highlights the potential double-edged sword public WLAN systems based on Wi-Fi technology can be for the wireless carriers. It notes that Wi-Fi can represent both an opportunity and a threat to carriers. "For most service providers, PWLAN does not represent a viable stand-alone business. Carriers are well positioned for this space by providing both hotspot access and WAN/WLAN integrated services to their subscriber base. They can offset deployment costs by leveraging existing investments in the core network, billing systems, customer database and network management. WLAN is complementary to 2.5G and 3G WAN technologies when used for wireless data services in local hotspot areas. But WLAN is more about portability than mobility," the report’s author Roberta Wiggins said in a news release.

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Earl Hoeg is now acting senior director of spectrum management operations at Industry Canada, taking the place of Mike Connolly, who is on special assignment. Hoeg returned from the management consulting centre during the summer to assume his new role.

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Decima Reader Online Poll October/November 2002
Attracting skilled workers was a key theme of the Speech from the Throne, delivered on September 30. In relation to the communications industries, do you believe that:

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Microcell challenges Bell on argument over CLECs’ inclusion in expanded LCA

Microcell Telecommunications Inc. has taken Bell Canada to task over its argument that CLECs should be required to pay into a cross-subsidy pool from which ILECs and IXCs would be able to draw to recoup foregone lost toll revenue (RoW, Nov. 25/02 and Oct. 28/02). The Montreal-based wireless operator says the telco’s argument over the implementation of an expanded local calling area (LCA) isn’t logical and at times makes contradictory conclusions. The comments are part of the ongoing review and vary petition filed by Microcell on October 10 over the framework for expanded LCAs, established in Telecom Decision 2002-56.

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Canada’s wireless lobby releases blank media levy position statement

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) has outlined its case against proposed levies on blank audio media in a recently released position statement supporting the Canadian Private Copying Collective’s (CPCC) position that the levy shouldn’t be applied to wireless devices such as cell phones, PDAs or laptop computers. The CWTA submitted its statement of case to the Copyright Board of Canada on November 22.

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Finance committee report recommends changes to R&D funding mechanisms

The federal government should move quickly to make changes to the way it funds research and development in this country, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance recommends in its recently tabled pre-budget report. The committee recognizes that the federal government has made headway in addressing concerns of industry players and advocates, but indicates that still more could be done.

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Telus plans to phase out CDPD wireless data services within next several years

Telus Mobility plans to phase out its analog CDPD wireless data network and migrate the network’s users to either its Mike or CDMA 1XRTT wireless networks within three years. The company hasn’t yet finalized its phase-out plans, but a company executive tells Report on Wireless that it is simply following the lead of other wireless operators that have CDPD networks. In the U.S., AT&T Wireless has announced plans to shutter its networks in mid-2004 and Verizon Wireless has also said it will shut down its network, but an exact timeframe has yet to be announced.

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