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Academia-industry partnership aims to boost mobile development

Several Ontario academic institutions and a number of wireless and content companies have banded together to form the Mobile Experience Innovation Centre (MEIC), an organization whose goal is to develop a centre of excellence for applied research, design and commercialization in Ontario’s mobile content and services sector.

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Look selling web hosting and domain businesses

Digital broadcast distributor and ISP Look Communications Inc. is selling its web hosting and domain businesses, EasyHosting, to web development tools provider Bluegenesis.com Corp. for $3.8 million.

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IT companies brace for cuts

Despite heavy government intervention to allay further financial crises, 75% of US and Canadian information technology leaders from Canada and the US anticipate budget cuts are "possible" to "very likely", according to a survey of more than 23,000 IT leaders conducted by Info-Tech Research Group, London ON.

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Taming telecom expenses – where to begin

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Find middle ground on ISP broadcast levy or prepare for legal battle, Telus exec warns

A top executive from Telus is urging broadcast content producers and ISPs to find a middle ground on the contentious proposal for a CRTC-imposed ISP levy or risk a standoff in court over the issue.

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OECD releases updated broadband figures, Canada remains in top 10

Statistics released this week by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) show that Canada remains in the top 10 for overall broadband subscriptions and penetration among OECD countries. The figures are as of June 2008.

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CWTA names new chief

Bernard Lord has been named the president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. He will start his new job on October 27.

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New Media BC expands board of directors

New Media BC has expanded its board of directors from 10 to 14, and appointed six new directors. They are: Stephen Beck, partner, co-creative director, Engine Digital Inc.; Wendy Boylan, marketing manager, Action Pants Inc.; Sandy Fleischer, VP/general manager, Fjord Interactive Marketing + Technology; Rochelle Grayson, COO, Donat Group Enterprises; V. Paul Lee, former president, EA Worldwide Studios; and Sean Murch, CEO and founder, Playful Entertainment Inc.

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Mobile advertising key part of Globalive’s wireless offering

Globalive Communications inked an agreement with MyScreen Mobile earlier this month that will see the upstart wireless carrier offer a variety of advertisements to subscribers at the end of calls and text messages. And the timing seems right. Not only is mobile advertising expected to hit US$20 billion within four years, according to figures from eMarketer, but established Canadian wireless carriers have been reluctant to embrace mobile advertising.

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Drivers admit to talking while behind the wheel

Despite knowing the risks of using a cell phone while driving, many Canadians succumb to temptation: as 52 per cent of drivers who have cell phones admit to using them while behind the wheel, according to the results of a survey done by Ipsos Reid for RBC Insurance. The survey suggests that nine-in-ten Canadians drivers (86%) don’t
approve of using a cell phone when driving, but almost all drivers (95%) report having seen other people talking on cell phones while on the road.

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