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Canada’s international co-production treaties need updating: Telefilm

The executive director of Telefilm Canada says Canada’s international co-production treaties are antiquated and need to be updated to conform to the digital era.

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Voice ARPU down for Big Three, but Bell and Telus perform better on wireless data

The erosion of wireless voice revenue is now touching all of Canada’s big three national wireless operators with Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility all reporting declines in the voice portion of average revenue per user (ARPU).

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Wedge Networks appoints new president/CEO

Dr. Hongwen Zhang has been appointed president and CEO of Wedge Networks Inc, a Calgary-based developer of web security applications that specialize in malicious-code detection and filtering at the network layer. Zhang is a co-founder, key innovator behind Wedge’s product line and its former CTO.

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CANARIE leads pilot to reduce ICT carbon footprint

CANARIE is investing $3 million in a pilot program to demonstrate the viability of a zero carbon cyber-infrastructure facility. The project will develop and test business models stemming from a reduction in the use of non-renewable energy sources for information and communications technology (ICT) activity. The Green IT Pilot is an international initiative headquartered in Canada that will bring experts from around the world to attend a March 4th workshop in Ottawa to identify partners and their contributions. The hope is to design ICT infrastructure that can incorporate wind, solar and other sources of renewable energy to reduce its carbon footprint.

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TVO signs content and revenue partnership with Apple iTunes

Ontario educational network TVOntario is bringing its TVOKids songs and music videos to Apple Inc.’s digital media player iTunes. The partnership encompasses four international contracts, including North America, Japan, Europe and Australia-New Zealand. TVO and iTunes will share in revenues generated on a per-download basis.

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NRC shutting down software, info security and acoustic sensing groups

The National Research Council will phase out three of its Ottawa-based telecommunications research groups over the next year, and consider privatizing its national science library, according to a memo sent to staff this morning from NRC president Dr. Pierre Coulombe.

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Commentary: The BlackBerry gap – Harper’s empty holster undermines Canada’s high tech image

While Barack has one, Stephen refuses to carry one. And once again, Canada lags the US.

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OMG Canada exec heads to Singapore

Lee Smith is leaving his position as managing director of OMG Canada to become CEO-digital of OMG Asia Pacific region. He will be based in Singapore.

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Shaw launches Canada’s fastest and priciest broadband service

Shaw Communications Inc. has upped the ante in the race for faster broadband with the Tuesday launch of its premium High-Speed Nitro Internet service in Saskatoon. The service uses Docsis 3.0 technology to provide speeds at 100 Mbps, which Shaw says is "unquestionably the fastest Internet speed available across Canada". In fact, Shaw was the first North American MSO to break the 100 Mbps barrier.

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US approves $7.2 billion broadband plan

US president Barack Obama this week signed that country’s largest ever economic stimulus package, which includes US$7.2 billion to expand broadband access and adoption. The majority of the broadband grants – $4.35 billion – will be distributed by the Telecommunications & Information Administration.

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