Industry Canada to auction parts of 2500 MHz band
Industry Canada has indicated in a new policy (DGTP-002-06) that it will ask for the return of parts of the 2500-2696 MHz band and auction it off to competitors.

The first virus to jump from a personal computer to a mobile device was recently detected, and this ups ante in the battle to protect wireless subscribers from malicious software.

Increasing usage of rich media wireless data services such as mobile TV are driving a change in the way the mobile handset is being used, and Canada’s mobile network operators are looking to cash in.

Wireless networks will figure prominently in the future of Nortel Networks Corp. as the company announced a commitment to investing in profitable growth areas as part of a three- to five-year process to recreate the company.

Toronto Hydro Telecom president Dave Dobbin says it makes sense to build out a Wi-Fi network covering the entire Greater Toronto Area. Dobbin made the comments at last month’s UTC Canada conference in Vancouver on March 28.

One of the major recommendations from the Telecommunications Policy Re-view Panel is to move spectrum management operations from Industry Canada to the CRTC in recognition of the convergence between wireline and wireless communications.