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Peer 1 changes executive roles

Peer 1 Network Enterprises Inc. has made changes to its executive suite.  Lance Tracey, co-founder and CEO of the company, is stepping down and he will now become executive chair of the board of directors. Fabio Banducci will take over the CEO position, adding to his responsibilities as president. Gary Sherlock has been promoted to executive VP of the Vancouver-based firm. He will maintain the CFO position.

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JumpTV appoints sales head

JumpTV Inc. has appointed William Stephen as head of global ad sales. He joins the firm from LAT34.com, a sports website funded by AOL, where he served as senior VP for sales and strategy. Stephen will lead the advertising sales team as it works to sell both in-stream and on-site advertisements on three key fronts: JumpTV's website, third-party sites using the company's embedded video player, Jumper, and specific rebroadcast partners.

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DragonWave lands more customer wins

DragonWave Inc. continues to score with customers as the Ottawa-based company announced that it has landed two contracts in Europe. Prosystel SAS, a network integrator for regional operators and local governments, has selected DragonWave's AirPair system to enable WiMAX-based data and voice services in southwestern France. According to Prosystel, the AirPair product provides cost-effective wireless backhaul for new IP services for business and consumer customers in the rural areas of France. Consorcio de Telecomunicaciones Avanzadas S.A. (COTA), a regional telecommunications operator in Spain, is using DragonWave's AirPair system to converge legacy video with new voice and data services for subscribers in Spain's Murcia region. COTA estimates that it has saved 67% in monthly recurring costs and improved application performance by 70% percent by deploying DragonWave's technology to establish wireless backhaul links to support an array of IP services.

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Preparing for disaster, THT says it can help

When viruses attack and ice storms knock out networks, it's no longer business as usual. In fact, when emails can't be accessed, financial and web-based applications are inoperable and networks are down, very little business can be done.

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CRTC denies forbearance request for MIPT and Centrex IP

The CRTC has shot down applications from Bell Canada and SaskTel to have two business-oriented IP telephony services forborne from regulation. In a short decision released on September 7, the commission ruled that Bell's Managed Internet Protocol (MIPT) and SaskTel's Centrex IP services don't meet the requirements to be considered access-independent VoIP services.

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Hurtubise steps down at SR Telecom

Long-time chair of the board of directors at SR Telecom Inc. Lionel Hurtubise has stepped down to take over as vice-chair. He will be replaced by Paul Griswold, who was most recently vice-chair of the board. Griswold has held a seat on the company's board since 2005. As well, Serge Fortin, president and CEO at SR Telecom, was elected to serve on the board.

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Voice Mobility adds sales veteran

John Gavin has been named Western region channel manager at Voice Mobility International Inc., in charge of developing and managing an expanded sales channels and distributors. Gavin has more than 20 years of sales and management experience in the messaging marketplace, having held sales and channel management positions with AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Avaya Communications. Most recently, he was the application sales executive responsible for supporting unified communications services, as well as mobility, collaboration and video applications for Avaya in Colorado, New Mexico and Phoenix.

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SR Telecom ready for 2008

After several quarters of struggles both financially and operationally, Montreal-based SR Telecom Inc. appears on the road to recovery. Speaking at the company's annually general meeting last week, president and CEO Serge Fortin said the recent past has been painful but now SR Telecom is headed in the right direction.

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Online content royalty audits arriving in Canada, but are they early?

As with every other traditionally pen-and-paper-based profession, accounting has largely made the leap to working electronically. But other opportunities still beckon in the digital world, and one Canadian firm is beginning to offer digital royalty audits for use of musical works online, even though it's not clear yet where the market demand will come from.

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Mobivox enables real savings on wireless long distance charges

Imagine being able to call your client in Rio de Janeiro, partner in San Francisco and supplier in Montreal, from your mobile phone in Toronto, at the same time, without any long distance charges. Sound too good to be true? Not if you're a Mobivox client.

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