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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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Verizon to cut back number of hotspots in New York
Verizon Communications claims that 500 phone-booth access points are enough to cover Manhattan and as such is planning on cutting in half the number of hotspots available to DSL subscribers in the city. The company offers its DSL subscribers free access to Wi-Fi services. The New York City trial was to have been the test bed for a broader deployment in other metropolitan regions across the country. An article in Telephony’s Broadband Barrage suggests that if Verizon can’t make a case for free Wi-Fi in the United States’ most dense metropolitan area, then it’s unlikely the company can find a more compelling business in Boston, Washington D.C. or Los Angeles. "Still one of the basic premises and key attractions of a public hotspot network is ubiquity, and cutting out half of the network’s access points would seem to leave some awfully big holes in the network. Maybe Verizon can keep a scaled-down experiment going, but the project’s future certainly looks bleak," writes Kevin Fitchard.

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Bernard Courtois and Linda Gervais are retiring from Bell Canada. Courtois is executive counsel for Bell Canada and BCE Inc. Gervais is Bell’s VP of federal government relations.

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Wireless takes greater share of telecom revenue in 2002 

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Tower review report released, process shifts to in-person interviews

 

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Rogers and Telus slam Microcell over mandated site sharing proposal

Rogers Wireless Inc. says Microcell Telecommunications Inc.’s call for mandated tower site sharing at commercially reasonable costs is equal to getting a free ride. Ted Woodhead, director of government relations at Rogers Wireless, made the comments during a session on wireless legal framework and spectrum management at the Canadian Telecommunications Forum last month in Toronto.

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Broadband wireless to provide much needed competition in datacomm market

Long thought to be the near exclusive domain of the large incumbent telcos, the high-speed data communications market could soon begin to experience greater competition from established and emerging broadband wireless players. Companies such as TeraGo Networks Inc. are already giving established players a run for their money, and others such as the yet-to-be-named joint venture from Inukshuk Internet Inc., Allstream Corp. and NR Communications should go a long way to breaking the stranglehold incumbents have on the market.

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NorthernTel Mobility objects to Superior Wireless’ application for analog spectrum

NorthernTel Mobility has objected to Superior Wireless Inc.’s application for sole access to the sub-B band along Highway 11 in Northwestern Ontario, Report on Wireless has learned. The independent regional wireless operator, operating as part of the Bell Nordiq Income Fund, launched a last minute objection late on November 29, following Industry Canada’s call for applications to develop the analog spectrum last month (RoW, Nov. 18/03).

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Canadians show substantial interest in paying for Wi-Fi, Decima study finds

Canadians interested in Wi-Fi access in public places such as coffee shops and airport lounges will pay between $4 and $10 for the service, and are more likely to pay for either one or two hours at a time, according to new research. These are two key findings from a survey done by Decima Research Inc. for Report on Wireless on Canadians’ use of and attitudes towards paying for public hotspot access.

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