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Kamil Khan has been appointed as vice-chair of the board of directors of Datex providing strategic advice for new partnership opportunities for the company. Khan will help the company as it prepares for growth and new business opportunities. He brings significant experience to the table having served for 30 years with Bell Canada. During his tenure there he held the CIO position for more than 10 years. In 1993, he was named CEO of Bell Sygma and ultimately retired from Bell in 1997.

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Decima Reader Poll, May/June 2003
The debate over cuts to Canadian television funding, lifting foreign ownership limits on telcos, cablecos and broadcasters, as well as rifts over Copyright Act changes has many ICT industry leaders and even MPs discussing a return to the days of the Department of Communications (DoC). Should the government combine the functions of Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada into a resurrected DoC?

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Craig Wireless to launch next-gen wireless cable gear for Vancouver customers

Craig Wireless BC Inc. is set to deploy new next-generation fixed wireless gear to eliminate line-of-sight problems associated with wireless cable and wireless Internet access in multipoint distribution service (MDS) spectrum. Next month, the company will begin deploying equipment from U.S.-based IP Wireless Inc.

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Special event broadcaster gets CRTC go ahead to offer service via mobile devices

Montreal-based World Audio-Visual Entertainment Systems Inc. (W.A.V.E.S.) has received the green light from the CRTC to broadcast special sporting and cultural events to spectators on specialized mobile devices, something the company has already been doing for nearly a year under special permission from the commission. W.A.V.E.S.’ ability to offer such a service in Canada has now been formalized in Broadcasting Public Notice 2003-35, issued on July 10, setting out an exemption order for the type of service W.A.V.E.S. offers.

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Challenges facing the Canadian wireless industry: a Q&A Part I

Canada’s wireless industry is faced with a number of key challenges as it transitions from a phase of rapid subscriber growth to one marked by a greater focus on achieving profitability. Not only are the wireless operators battling each other on a number of fronts, they are also trying to figure out how to best attract a shrinking addressable market.

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Spotnik Mobile to deploy 500 hotspots by year-end, top $3.5 million in revenue

 

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Industry Canada launches broadcast satellite licensing process

Industry Canada is under the gun to license an additional 14 new satellites capable of offering telecommunications and broadcasting services to Canada and beyond. The department failed to license several satellites under a previous process launched last yer (RoW, June 11/02).

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Call-Net wins high-speed Internet fight
In Telecom Decision 2003-49, the CRTC has ordered Aliant Telecom Inc., Bell Canada, SaskTel and Telus Communications Inc. to provide DSL service to customers who may subscribe to a CLEC’s local service. The ruling was in response to a Part VII application filed by Call-Net Enterprises Inc. (NL, Jan. 28/03). The commission has directed MTS Communications Inc. to show why it should not be subject to the same rules.

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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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Langford one dissenter on CRTC decision about signal deletion for DTH operators

 

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