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Scott leaves Competition Bureau; new interim chief appointed

Sheridan Scott has ended a four-year term as commissioner of the Competition Bureau to join former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge and other high profile corporate lawyers as a partner in Bennett Jones LLP’s competition group. Scott joins the firm’s public policy group in Ottawa, which will formally open in new office overlooking Parliament Hill in early 2009.

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Minister Moore appoints new board member for CBC/Radio Canada

Heritage Minister James Moore has appointed Peter Dominic Charbonneau to the board of directors of the CBC/Radio Canada. A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Charbonneau has served on several directors’ boards of prominent technology companies like Mitel Networks Corporation, Telus Corporation, and March Networks. Charbonneau holds an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. For the last seven years, he has been in charge of placement and management of various funds at Skypoint Capital Corporation, where he is also one of the three general partners of the company. Charbonneau who started his career as an accountant, has also held several senior positions in several companies including serving as VP of March Networks Corporation.

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Carriers face tough choices in ’09, but it may not all be doom and gloom, say industry experts

With new entrants squeezing the mobile space, cablecos pressuring telcos to lay fibre for delivery of IP-based broadband services, and Telus Corp. and Bell Canada having to invest in their HSPA network, industry experts say the slowdown in  2009 will put new pressures on carriers to stay competitive.

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Cablecos poised to increase lead in broadband speeds, but telcos not out yet

Telcos such as Bell Canada and Telus Corp. will lose the war against cablecos such as Rogers Communications Inc. and Vidéotron ltée for broadband service supremacy – unless the phone companies take drastic and expensive actions, according to telecom analyst Dvai Ghose.

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Octasic gets deal with ZTE

Octasic Inc. has inked an agreement to expand its business with ZTE Corp., one of the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. Octasic will provide ZTE echo cancellation and voice quality enhancement (VQE) solutions. ZTE 3G platform division will integrate Octasic’s OCT6100 devices into its high-density base station controllers (BSC) for GSM networks.

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AirIQ accepts funding proposal

AirIQ Inc., a Toronto-based provider of telematics products and services, announced today that it has received a non-binding letter of intent (LOI), offering to provide the company with funding to protect its competitive positions in core markets and to drive scale in new services launched earlier this year. The identity of the investors was not revealed.

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Data mining: a digital crystal ball for hard times

A faltering economy requires trimming back the budget and slashing expenditures on frills like software and hardware, right? Maybe not.

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