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Bell and Telus oppose abridged time frame proposed by Barrett on deferral accounts

Bell Canada and Telus Corp. have taken Barrett Xplore Inc. (BXI) to task over its request that the CRTC impose a shorter time frame for comments and replies relating to its application to stay portions of its deferral account decision (Telecom Decision 2006-9). Barrett has asked the commission to implement an abridged time frame for dealing with its June 2 application that would see a 10-day comment period with four days to reply.

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Linux presents cost savings to cash-strapped carriers

Telecom service providers looking to wring costs out of their business cycles should consider using the Linux operating system as one of the building blocks in their communication servers, according to an open-source software advocate.

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‘Facilities-based competition has failed’: Blouin

If Canada’s telecom regulators really want to foster industry-wide competition, they have to drop this notion that facilities-based competition is the only way forward, according to the CEO of MTS Allstream Inc. "Facilities-based competition has failed," Pierre Blouin declared in a keynote speech at the 2006 Canadian Telecom Summit on June 13.

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Canada seeks equilibrium in broadband rollouts

The telecom industry continues to struggle to find the right balance between private and public interests to bring broadband to remote communities, according to a panel session at the 2006 Canadian Telecom Summit held June 12 to 14 in Toronto.

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Few big grins for Minister Bernier’s policy directive to CRTC

Telecom service provider representatives had mixed reactions to Industry Canada’s new policy direction to the CRTC. While some carrier are cautiously optimistic, others say it will be some time before the sector can decide whether this federal government statement is good news or bad.

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Return no-contact provision in winback rules to 12 months: Primus

One of Canada’s main competitive telephone companies is telling the CRTC that it made a mistake when it returned the no-winback period to three months from 12 months in the local forbearance ruling (Telecom Decision 2006-15).

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CCR Editorial

The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports.
 

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Conservatives stand by CBC: Oda

Heritage minister Bev Oda delivered her first comprehensive speech on broadcasting on Sunday, June 11, the first day of the Banff World Television Festival. In it, she responded to some of the issues and concerns Canada’s broadcasting community had expressed about increasing competition from unregulated networks and the future of the CBC, among other issues. Below is an edited excerpt from her speech.

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CCR People

Sportscaster Brian Williams has joined CTV Inc. as a member of CTV and TSN’s broadcast teams where he will play a leading role in shaping and delivering Olympic broadcast coverage of the 2010 Winter Games from Vancouver-Whistler BC. Williams first reported on the Olympics at the 1976 Summer Games from Montreal and has covered virtually every Olympic Games since. He began calling university basketball play-by-play in 1967, and started his professional radio career with CHUM. After a year at CFRB Radio in Toronto, he joined CBLT and remained with CBC for over 30 years. Williams made his CTV/TSN debut on June 16, opening night of the 2006 CFL season.

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CCR Short Takes

Shaw to buy two BC cablecos
On June 14 and 15 Shaw Communications Inc. announced it had entered into agreements to acquire Pemberton Cable, a Coast Mountain Communications property, and Saltspring Cablevision. In what is a fact of life in the cable distribution industry, the big get bigger and the small get acquired. "It’s the way of cable," says Peter Lyman, senior partner at Nordicity Group Ltd. "If you’ve got a small cable system you can’t afford all the infrastructure to go into telephony and into high-speed Internet access, so the way to monetize your investment is to sell to somebody who can. That’s the logic that would [resonate] with anybody who’s [looking at] getting out of the business."

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