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Bell Canada and SaskTel have filed a joint submission to DGTP-006-06, supporting many of the proposals put forth by Industry Canada with respect to the wireless broadband services (WBS) spectrum. Below is an edited excerpt of the submission.

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The British Columbia Technology Industry Association has appointed 14 new members to its board of directors, representing the technology industry from small to large companies and core service organisations.

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Birch Hill to buy Atria Networks
The shareholders of Kitchener ON-based Atria Networks Inc., which includes Cambridge and North Dumfries Energy Plus Inc., Guelph Hydro Inc., Kitchener Power Inc. and Waterloo North Hydro Holding Company, have agreed to sell their interest in the company to Birch Hill Equity Partners.

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Among the people inducted into Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame this year is one man whose name you might not recognize, but whose wireless technology invention helped save thousands of lives in World War II. Burnaby BC resident Donald Hings invented the two-way radio – a.k.a. the walkie-talkie.

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Average revenue per user (ARPU) rates among the country’s three national wireless operators continue on a healthy trajectory, with each demonstrating solid sequential growth.

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The merging of healthcare facilities or building of new facilities opens the door to opportunities for the implementation of a wireless voice and data platform at Canadian hospitals, according to speakers at the 5th Annual Summit on Wireless and Mobile Healthcare Technologies.

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The current owners of Look Communications Inc. are preparing to throw in the towel on the struggling wireless cable company as the Milton ON-based firm recently announced that it is seeking a "strategic repositioning" with the help of investment banking firm Greenhill & Company.

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The current owners of Look Communications Inc. are preparing to throw in the towel on the struggling wireless cable company as the Milton ON-based firm recently announced that it is seeking a "strategic repositioning" with the help of investment banking firm Greenhill & Company.

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