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Canadian satellite market ripe for more competition: Ciel CEO

The head of Ciel Satellite LP, the new entrant satellite services provider, says that the Canadian market is ready for more competition, and Industry Canada has a prime opportunity to make that happen. Dave Lewis, president and CEO of the three-year-old firm, made the comments during a wide-ranging interview with Decima Reports this week.

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Applications determine type of network for municipalities: Siemens

An executive with Siemens Canada Ltd. says it’s important for cities to determine the types of applications that will run over their planned municipal wireless networks before embarking on deployment.

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Apple iPhone gains attention, purchase intent by Canadians

Apple Inc.’s iPhone captured a fair amount of attention last month when it was introduced by the company at its Macworld Conference in San Francisco. The announcement even overshadowed product introductions taking place at the prestigious Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Bell Canada boomerangs to the home security game

Bell Canada is once again providing home security services, announcing last month the creation of its Home Monitoring program. This is a market the company first entered about eight years ago, but exited in 2003 after a series of corporate transactions.

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Sierra Wireless now HSUPA ready
Sierra Wireless Inc. is expanding its product line by introducing new adapters and embedded modules for HSUPA networks that will improve mobile data speeds. Sierra's newly unveiled HSUPA-capable products include: two AirCard PC cards, the AirCard 880 and 881; two corresponding AirCard ExpressCard modems; and the MC8780 and MC8781 PCI express mini card embedded modules. "The migration to HSUPA technology and its improvements, particularly to uplink speeds, will enable our network operator and OEM customers to offer a far more seamless experience to mobile data users," said Trent Punnet, senior VP of marketing and corporate development for Sierra Wireless, in a news release.

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Nortel has announced that Peter Currie will step down as executive VP and CFO of Nortel and Nortel Networks effective April 30. After that time, Currie will continue to provide assistance to the company to ensure a smooth transition. Said Mike Zafirovski, Nortel's president and CEO, in a news release: "Peter has successfully steered Nortel through many difficult financial issues and, in the process, has enhanced the company's governance. In addition, he leaves behind a very strong finance organization led by a team of consummate professionals. On a personal level, I will miss his counsel and sound judgement. I and the entire Nortel team want to wish him well as he takes on new challenges."

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Commission exempts only telephony-based mobile TV service

The CRTC has determined that only the mobile TV services of the wireless carriers should falls under its new exemption order regarding mobile television broadcasting undertakings (Telecom Public Notice 2007-13). Below is an excerpt from the ruling.

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

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CNM Editorial

Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs is clearly a man who’s tired of being in the hot seat over digital rights management (DRM).

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Von Finckenstein can cover all bases, says former CNM editor

Jeff Leiper, past editor of Canadian NEW MEDIA and former director of consumer research for Canadian markets at Yankee Group Research Inc., has a wealth of experience analyzing the interplay between copyright, broadcasting, Internet consumption and regulation. Here, he offers his take on the recent appointment of Konrad von Finckenstein as CRTC chairperson.

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