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TELUS fund under fire for conditions attached to e-learning loans

One of Canada’s leading multimedia shops says the $5-million Canada-TELUS New Media Learning Fund is plagued by onerous conditions that finally convinced the company to stop pursuing financing it was promised by the fund.

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Producers, government and associations take steps toward dialog at nextMEDIA

New media producers, funding agencies and associations took a step closer to national coordination at a closed-door session during the recent nextMEDIA industry conference in Prince Edward Island. Though no concrete measures were announced at a public wrap-up session, industry representatives say they’ve identified a number of key challenges on which the various players can work cooperatively, including helping build the industry’s profile with government decision-makers.

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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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Wireless directory assistance in the works by U.S. carriers
Some of the largest wireless operators in the United States have teamed up to develop a directory of wireless phone numbers. The goal of the project is to allow subscribers to call 411 and connect to other mobile subscribers. Although the service is welcomed by some and is a potential multi-billion dollar business, the carriers risk alienating their subscribers over privacy concerns. The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association says that before the launch of such a service, safeguards would be put in place to ensure subscribers aren’t inundated with unwanted calls.

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Former Hewlett-Packard (HP) VP Jerry Meerkatz has been appointed CEO of Vancouver-based Infowave Software Inc. Meerkatz brings more than 24 years experience to the company having most recently served as VP and GM of enterprise mobility solutions at HP. Meerkatz worked at Compaq for 14 years prior to its acquisition by HP in 2002. Prior to his tenure at Compaq and HP, he held several senior-level management and engineering positions at ITT Courier/Servcom.

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XIAM and Impact team up for mobile marketing offering
XIAM Ltd. and Impact Mobile are partnering together to provide wireless marketing company Digital Youth with a system to help the company increase its mobile services program. The XIAM/Impact system will broaden Digital Youth’s range of mobile services including an email to SMS and other interactive SMS solutions. Digital Youth chose the platform the two companies worked on because of its flexibility and carrier-grade capability.

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Microcell stands alone in calling for mandated tower site co-location

Microcell Telecommunications Inc. has renewed its call for mandated antenna tower site co-location in the wake of what it says is a failure by the industry to self-regulate fair access (RoW, March 31/03). The country’s smallest mobile wireless operator says in comments to the National Antenna Tower Policy Review that after years of anti-competitive tower practices by its competitors, Industry Canada is left with no choice but to regulate.

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Microcell could add 50,000 new subs in B.C. from City Fido initiative, SeaBoard says

Microcell Telecommunications Inc. is set to steal 50,000 subscribers from the incumbent tele-phone provider in British Columbia, according to a new research report from the SeaBoard Group. The report indicates that Microcell’s fortunes in Vancouver and the lower mainland will come at the expense of Telus Communications Inc. following the introduction of its City Fido wireline replacement initiative last month (RoW, Oct. 7/03). The plan, officially launched on October 9, offers unlimited anytime calling for $40/month.

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Craig Wireless vows to continue fight for control of Look Communications

Craig Wireless International Inc. isn’t giving up its fight for control of Look Communications Inc. despite a legal setback forcing the company to withdraw a lawsuit in Manitoba and re-file it in Ontario. Craig Wireless filed the original suit in July in Manitoba’s Court of Queen’s Bench seeking to reverse transactions made during the months leading up to and during Look’s annual general meeting in May. But on October 17, the company filed a Notice of Discontinuance putting an end to the Manitoba lawsuit (RoW Update, Oct. 27/03).

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AirIQ launches consumer telematics, leveraging commercial fleet business

AirIQ Inc. has expanded into consumer telematics with the launch of its MobileIQ service, a strategy the company talked about in an interview with Report on Wireless last year (RoW, Sept. 16/02). The Toronto-based company has developed a solid commercial fleet business with more than 40,000 subscribers and is now set to use that existing infrastructure to inexpensively enter the burgeoning consumer space.

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