Ted Campbell, the former GM of the Radio Advisory Board of Canada, told Industry Canada that there is a definition of public safety radio interoperability and the Canadian government has already agreed to it. His comments, an edited excerpt from which appear below, come as part of proceeding (SMSE-005-06) to determine guidelines for public safety radio interoperability.

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Norsat International Inc. has promoted Aimee Chan to president and CEO from her previous post as VP of operations. She takes over from Bill Coyne.

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More than 400 million cell phone TV viewers by 2011: IMS
Market research and consulting firm IMS Research forecasts that 446 million people worldwide will be watching TV on their cell phones by the end of 2011. The IMS study also reported that mobile digital TV will experience 50% year-on-year growth through 2010. "Given the right conditions, mobile TV has the potential to spread from one customer to the next like few technologies before it," said Stephen Froelich, one of the authors of the IMS report. "If providers effectively supply compelling content, quality reception, and affordable, attractive phones, then every new mobile TV subscriber can become a mobile TV evangelist." While cellular data networks should experience strong growth in the mobile TV market, they will be overtaken by digital broadcast services as the network of choice for subscribers by early 2010.

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The US federal government is now nearly US$14 billion richer after the Federal Communications Commission’s advanced wireless services (AWS) spectrum auction closed on September 18 with 104 bidders securing the rights to 1,087 licences. A total of 1,122 licences in the 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands were up for grabs.

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When Marina McDonnell considered buying her daughter a cell phone, the mother was of two minds about it: on one hand, she liked the idea of Lindsay, 12, being able to call Mom at any time, in case of trouble. But on the other hand, McDonnell didn’t want to spoil the child with a high-tech gift.

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BCE Inc. wants to raise $400 million from the initial public offering (IPO) of Telesat Canada. But it appears the communications and media conglomerate is not willing to give up any control of Canada’s former monopoly satellite provider to do so.

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Pantech Wireless Inc., the US subsidiary of a Korea-based handset maker, is expanding beyond its original device manufacturing (ODM) business and coming to market with its own brand-name devices.

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