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Home on the range: the wild world of quality of service on the WAN

The wide-area network (WAN) presents more challenges than does the local-area network (LAN). That’s why David Komaromi, data and telecommunications manager for law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP in Toronto, would rather control how his voice packets travel over the WAN than leave it up to a carrier.

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Bell to provide Internet congestion data to CRTC on June 23

Bell Canada was ordered by the CRTC last week to provide information proving its network is being congested by the increasing use of peer-to-peer file sharing by June 23. The company had previously supplied this information in confidence to the commission, but the Canadian Association of Internet Providers requested the data be made public. The release of this information to the public is part of the ongoing dispute between CAIP and Bell over the ISPs traffic management practices.

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COM DEV gets micro-satellite contract

COM DEV International Inc. has been awarded a $8.6-million contract from the Canadian government to design, build and launch a micro-satellite. The Cambridge ON company only recently announced its new initiative to build a new micro-satellite platform that can be used in a whole host of communications and monitoring applications.

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TVO inks new deal for Internet distribution

Six months after TVOntario announced it was going digital, the Ontario public broadcaster has signed another deal to broaden distribution of its programs via the Internet.

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Auction Day 18: MTS Allstream may be nearing the end of the road

It appears as though MTS Allstream has reached price exhaustion for the 10 MHz D-band set aside licences covering Winnipeg and Brandon as the company relinquished 24 eligibility points yesterday, enough to cover those two properties. MTS used its final waiver in Round 90, leaving the company without any flexibility for the remainder of the auction. And the very next round, the Manitoba-based provider gave up 24 eligibility points the exact amount needed to bid on the tier three licences for Winnipeg and Brandon in either the 10 MHz D-band or E-band. Those 24 points were also needed to bid on the 10 MHz C-band set-aside licence covering all of Manitoba.

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VoIP in the cloud tackles quality of service

Can service providers resolve all the complexities in delivering voice with reliable QoS to multiple enterprise networks in a cloud computing model? A trio of analysts weigh in with their forecasts for cloud VoIP.

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Infosat launches new bandwidth service

Infosat Communications Inc., a satellite service provider and integrator, has announced the launch of its Advanced Guaranteed Services (AGS), a bandwidth service that allows clients to control and monitor their own networks. A statement from Infosat’s office in Calgary, said AGS offers high-speed and high bandwidth capability. "Clients have the flexibility of selecting from four levels, ranging from 384 kbps up to 1,000 kbps of dedicated full-duplex satellite service."

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New deal for Octasic Inc.

Quebec-based Octasic Inc.’s Vocallo multi-core gateway Digital Signal Processor (DSP) platform, which provides voice and video on Internet Protocol (IP) applications, has been chosen by Sangoma Technologies Corporation for the development of an accelerator card targeted at PC based telephony. David Mandelstrom of Sangoma Technologies said the venture will allow his company to expand business into new markets.
This week, Octasic Inc. announced that it has enhanced its Vocallo product family, which allows IP communication servers and media gateways the ability to combine voice and video on a single platform, a move which the company says allows customers to high video capabilities while cutting down costs.

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As profit margins rise for BDUs, calls for carriage fees persist

In the wake of a CRTC report showing strong growth in revenues for the broadcast distribution industry, conventional broadcasters have renewed calls for a restructuring of broadcast regulations, including the implementation of a fee-for-carriage regime.

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DDS Wireless gets new CFO

DDS Wireless International Inc. has appointed Jim Zadra as its CFO, effective July 14. A chartered accountant with more than 14 years of experience in corporate finance and professional services, he brings considerable experience to the table. Most recently, he was VP of finance, North America, for Sophos, a leading information technology security and control company with a presence in more than 150 countries. Zadra has also held senior positions with broad responsibilities in corporate finance, strategic planning, corporate development and consulting over the course of his career including senior roles at ActiveState Corporation, Canaccord Capital and Deloitte & Touche.

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