The Canadian Wireless Tele-communications Association (CWTA) has red-flagged a provision in the proposed CRTC exemption order for mobile broadcasters.

John Roese has been named CTO at Nortel Networks Corp. with responsibility for the company’s overall research and development strategy and execution across all product portfolios. As well, he will have the task of working closely with the chief strategy officer on emerging technologies, market opportunities and strategic partnerships.

Sirit wins $5.9 million contract in California
Toronto-based RFID provider Sirit Inc. has secured an order valued at up to $5.9 million from the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) in California.

Canada’s wireless carriers should give serious consideration to advertising-supported content as a way to derive more revenue from their mobile data services, urges a new report from KPMG. The study, Consumers and Convergence, polled nearly 3,600 cell phone owners around the world, including 200 Canadians.

Mobile telecommunications are "the social hormone" of 21st-century society, one of the pioneers of virtual reality said during a session at New Media BC’s recent Vidfest conference in Vancouver.

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters is telling the CRTC that it should only exempt unicast mobile TV services – those offered over the cellular networks of Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility – under its proposed exemption order for mobile television broadcasting undertakings.

Slowly but surely, Canada’s spectrum regulator is forging ahead with policies to make it easier for public safety agencies to communicate with each other during times of emergency.