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Vidéotron’s wideband Internet will help converge data, voice, video

During a conference call with analysts this week Vidéotron ltée announced that the first trial phase of North America’s first wideband Internet test pilot had returned promising results.

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Bernier apparently tackling foreign ownership in telecom issue
Industry Minister Maxime Bernier apparently believes that deregulation of the telecommunications industry wouldn’t be complete without removing foreign investment restrictions in the sector. According to news reports, the minister is now tackling the foreign ownership file.

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Martin Bouchard has been appointed president and CEO of Mamma.com. Bouchard, whose appointment is a promotion from his position as executive VP of the company, originally joined Mamma.com when it acquired the Copernic Technologies Inc. in December 2005. He has been a director at Mamma.com since June 2006. He is also an experienced manager and entrepreneur who received several industry awards including the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001, and the All-time 25 Great Pioneers of IT in Quebec. Bouchard is replacing Guy Faure, who is resigning from his position as president and CEO, and as a member of the board of directors, to pursue other business opportunities. Faure has served on Mamma.com’s board since May 2003 and was named president and CEO in January 2004.

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Access Communications criticizes new local forbearance regime

Access Communications is complaining to Industry Canada that Minister Maxime Bernier’s new local forbearance regime will not bring the benefits of competition to Saskatchewan consumers. Below is an edited excerpt from the company’s complaint to the department.

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Canadians support telecom deregulation, according to survey

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Telemanagement: Feb. 1, 2007

Battle of the Video Conferencing Titans
Enterprises Struggle for IT Strategies
Customer-Owned Networks: Have Your Fibre – and Eat It Too
The Dysfunctional Call Centre

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Avaya Makes Mobile a 2007 Priority

As 2007 swings into action, so do communications equipment carriers’ plans to bring new products to market. Avaya Inc. is getting in on the game with a host of novel wares – and a fighting attitude about its competitive situation.

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Wireless Billing Woes Plague Businesses

Billing problems and complicated service plans are telecom and IT managers’ biggest headaches when it comes to wireless, according to those in the thick of it.

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Comparison: Moto Q versus Treo 700wx

Sometimes it seems the whole world has gone Microsoft – even the software company’s competitors. Witness Microsoft’s rival in the mobile realm, Palm Inc., and its recent conversion. Last year it started using Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system in its handheld computers – this from a company once considered Microsoft’s main foe in the fight for portable operating system potency.

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Canadian VP: Palm Will Survive Competitor’s Moves

The head of Palm Canada insists that rival Motorola Inc.’s recent acquisition of Good Technology Inc. – an important Palm mobile email partner – won’t hurt his company. But industry observers are not as optimistic.

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