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Michael Sabia, president and CEO of BCE Inc., told a group at the Canadian Club of Montreal that it’s time for the establishment of a coordinated national policy promoting the adoption of information and communications technologies (ICT) by small and medium businesses.

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CRTC approves plan for VoIP E911, battle rages on interim processes
The CRTC has approved a plan to deploy VoIP E911 capability across Canada. On September 21, the commission agreed with a report from the CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee Emergency Services Working Group (ESWG) regarding nomadic VoIP technical and operating impediments to delivering 911 and E911. The ESWG now has six months to develop and file with the CRTC a functional architecture for implementing VoIP E911 service in Canada. "The commission considers that this architecture should be consistent with the NENA i2 standard, modified as necessary for implementation in Canada, and that it should include a timeline for the implementation of the key deliverable elements," reads Telecom Decision 2006-60. NENA is the National Emergency Numbering Association, which is charged with addressing emergency numbering challenges, including VoIP 911.

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Public advocates, entrepreneurs and pioneers complete this year’s list of laureates inducted into Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame. The industry will celebrate them in October.

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The CRTC aims to issue a request for proposal (RFP) for the operation of the telemarketing national do-not-call list (DNCL) in January, according to a commission spokesperson. But the federal agency might not employ the consortium model for the RFP, even though the telecom and broadcast regulator originally thought that would be the best way forward.

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Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart is a proponent of practical technology: that is, digital advancements that aid society but do not trample individual rights. She sat down with Network Letter at the Canadian Marketing Association’s 2006 Regulatory Affairs Conference two weeks ago in Toronto.

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Andrew Coyne, national affairs columnist with the National Post, doesn’t like the CRTC and he isn’t happy that his viewing and listening options are dictated by a government regulator.

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The CRTC is providing partial regulatory relief to smaller companies offering local telephony (Telecom Decision 2006-58).

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Three months after Yak Communications Inc. announced it was exploring strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value (NL, July 6/06), Globalive Communications Inc. has agreed to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Yak’s common stock at a premium of approximately 39%.

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