MP3 player levy struck down, but thorny copying issues remain

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld an earlier ruling that quashed the levies charged on digital music players sold in Canada (CNM Update, Aug. 2/05). Further confusing the matter is that two organizations representing the copyrighted music industry have vastly different reactions: in a media release, the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) – a coalition of songwriters, recording artists, music publishers and record companies – expressed disappointment at the ruling, while the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) – a firm representing the producers of 95% of the music sold in Canada, and itself a CPCC member – called the decision a positive step.

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TELUS’ workers union calls on federal labour minister to impose arbitration

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Hosted voice services on the upswing
North American businesses will boost sales of hosted and managed speech services to 15% year-over-year growth through the next four years, according to the IT industry observers at Datamonitor. In its latest report, entitled Voice as a Service, the New York-based research company says growth will be spurred by two factors: IVR vendors trying to stem sliding revenues by focusing on new opportunities; and smaller communication service providers that are gaining steam. Businesses are eyeing hosted voice services as a low-upfront-cost alternative to expensive CPE-based systems, Datamonitor said late last month. As well, businesses increasingly view voice applications as customer-service enablers with a quick return on investment. By 2009 hosted speech service spending will hit US$849 million. In 2004, companies spent US$419 million on this sort of product. While the financial services sector will continue to play a strong role in those future sales, Datamonitor said the public sector and the travel and tourism sector are ramping up their investments in hosted voice services as well.

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Rogers in the black
Rogers Communications Inc. says its revenue is up 29%, its profits are up 27% and it made $565,000 last quarter, which ended June 30. The Toronto-based communication service provider announced its Q2 2005 results late last month, claiming low churn among post-paid wireless phone subscribers, an increasing number of digital cable subscribers and more Internet service subscribers, as well as new local phone service subscribers, courtesy of Rogers having purchased Call-Net Enterprises Inc. and the associated Sprint Canada customer base. All of the above helped the company boost its bottom line. Rogers noted that work surrounding its acquisition of Microcell Telecommunications Inc. and that company’s Fido wireless phone service continues as the formerly stand-alone firms Rogers and Microcell aim to further integrate their networks. Rogers also pointed out that it’s been 10 years since it introduced high-speed Internet access services via cable, and now the company has more than 1 million broadband subscribers, making it one of the top high-speed Web service providers in the country.

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Telephone directory company YP attacks Bell Canada for unfair practices

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Long distance could become indistinguishable from local: Lemay

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Major ILECs appeal VoIP decision, say economic regulation unwarranted

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Industry Canada launches broadband over powerline technology consultation

 

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