Shipments of Wi-Fi enterprise access points topped 800,000 in the first quarter of 2010, according to the latest market data from ABI Research. The firm estimates that enterprise-class wireless access point shipments should achieve 11.6 million units by the end of 2015.
Bruce Hyer, the MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, tabled Bill C-560, the Cellphone Freedom Act, which would force cellphone carriers to unlock all the devices they sell.
Independent retailers have traditionally been technology laggards, but this slow adoption of new technology has provided hidden benefits. Economies of scale are achieved at larger retail stores, and the new technologies become available to independent retailers at much lower costs. Today, independent retailers have access to point-of-sale systems with features comparable to large competitors. The costs of these systems are often hundreds of times less than the investment made by the large retail chains.
The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3 to 2 on June 17 in favour of giving itself the authority to regulate the transmission component of broadband internet service. The majority ruling stated this was necessary for expanding the availability of broadband.
At the Canadian Telecom Summit, as always, the Regulatory Blockbuster was entertaining – even if it didn’t solve any substantive issues. On the panel were: Edward Antecol, Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Carrier Services Globalive Communications Corp; Mirko Bibic, Chief, Regulatory Affairs at Bell Canada; Ken Engelhart, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Rogers Communications Inc; Michael Hennessy, Senior Vice President Regulatory and Government Affairs, Telus; John Lawford, Counsel at Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC); Chris Pierce, Chief Corporate Officer, MTS Allstream.
Industry Minister Tony Clement unveiled further details on Monday of his government's plans for changes to ownership in the communications industry during a keynote speech at the Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto.
Microsoft is dragging its feet in mobile race, with Ballmer to the rescue; Quebec’s single sourcing of Microsoft was illegal; and it’s time to get rid of XP.
PEER 1 Hosting's flagship data centre is up and running in Toronto, RIM debuts into top five mobile handset manufacturers, 24 million next-gen iPhones will be shipped in 2010, there’ll be no Skype software for Windows Phone 7, Skype releases video conference beta, and Cisco versus Avaya – a close battle for CPE market leadership.
Geothermal might meet Canada’s power needs, Ontario’s Gerretsen says e-waste program works, for Panasonic green tech is a survival tactic, Accent launches a smart meter platform, and Google shares some green energy secrets.
Symantec unveils cloud-based enterprise protection, new attack bypasses every Windows security product, Google defends privacy policies, RSA targets “man-in-the-browser” attacks and leads in Gartner report, IT departments losing control of cloud computing security, and Juniper announces dynamic security for data centres.
In 2009, the country finally started talking about a national digital strategy. That was no little thanks to the CRTC, which in its June new media decision said, We can’t go on regulating like this. In the intervening year, the major federal parties have started to pay attention to our digital problems. We’ve had a couple of digital summits, a small broadband initiative, a Liberal pronouncement about broadband, and most recently the government’s digital consultation. Should we be happy?
On May 13, AT&T announced that Aisha Umar would join AT&T Global Services Canada as the new Sales Centre Vice President for Canada. Ms. Umar joins the Regional Sales team led by Mary Livingston, Vice President Canada, Caribbean and Latin America. Telemanagement spoke with Ms. Umar about her new role and the future of AT&T in Canada.
Wind Mobile lands second retail distribution deal, the Apple iPhone 4 is confirmed to come to Canada on July 30th, and Telus is set to launch Android-powered Motorola i1 this autumn.
Apple Inc.’s CEO Steve Jobs, after repeating that the company “wasn’t perfect”, has offered free cases and refunds for customers unhappy about the iPhone 4’s performance.
In a submission for Industry Canada’s digital economy consultation, the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has said that the CRTC could be reduced from 12 commissioners to 5, and that Canada’s four biggest cable companies should contribute 10% of their revenues to cultural funds such as the Canada Media Fund (CMF).
In this business the two most difficult companies for the media to get a hold of are Apple Corp and Research in Motion. So, when Apple said Wednesday that it will hold a news conference Friday concerning its iPhone 4, that’s news.
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry tablet will be a 7" device, with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, a slide-out keyboard with a 1GHz processor, two cameras for video conferencing, and...Flash 10.1.
Research In Motion's BlackBerry 6 OS, set for release this summer, boasts a revised interface and new features like multi-touch support, “kinetic scrolling”, a new home screen, and social media feeds, but it is still playing catch-up to the iPhone.
As poor iPhone 4 product reviews buffet Apple Corp – specifically a seemingly inevitable recall to solve reception problems – the company is feeling the heat from Google’s Android platform, which is set to shine where Apple dominates: music and media.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told attendees of the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference that Microsoft is committed to bringing new tablets and smartphones to the market. But is it too little, too late?
The new App Inventor for Android, a Google Labs program for Windows, OS X, and Linux, should make building Android programs as easy as snapping together a Lego toy.
Only weeks after launching its Kin One and Kin Two with Verizon Wireless, and days after Verizon halved prices, Microsoft has cancelled further development of the devices.
At Cisco Live on June 29, Cisco Systems unwrapped “Cius”, a "mobile collaboration business tablet” that offers HD video capabilities - and Microsoft was nowhere to be seen.
Shipments of Wi-Fi enterprise access points topped 800,000 in the first quarter of 2010, according to the latest market data from ABI Research. The firm estimates that enterprise-class wireless access point shipments should achieve 11.6 million units by the end of 2015.
Bruce Hyer, the MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, tabled Bill C-560, the Cellphone Freedom Act, which would force cellphone carriers to unlock all the devices they sell.
Independent retailers have traditionally been technology laggards, but this slow adoption of new technology has provided hidden benefits. Economies of scale are achieved at larger retail stores, and the new technologies become available to independent retailers at much lower costs. Today, independent retailers have access to point-of-sale systems with features comparable to large competitors. The costs of these systems are often hundreds of times less than the investment made by the large retail chains.
