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TELECOM UPDATE
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published weekly by Angus TeleManagement Group
http://www.angustel.ca
Number 460: December 3, 2004
Publication of Telecom Update is made possible by generous
financial support from:
** ALLSTREAM: www.allstream.com
** AVAYA: www.avaya.ca/en/
** BELL CANADA: www.bell.ca
** CISCO SYSTEMS CANADA: www.cisco.com/ca/
** ERICSSON: www.ericsson.ca
** MITEL NETWORKS: www.mitel.com/
** SPRINT CANADA: www.sprint.ca
** UTC CANADA: www.canada.utc.org/
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IN THIS ISSUE:
** Verizon to Sell Stake in Telus
** Bell to Test Fixed-Mobile Wireless Service
** Mitel Upgrades Teleworker Products
** B.C. Broadband Wireless Providers Merge
** Rogers Offers Text-to-Speech Calling
** Telus Intros Internet Fax Service
** Embree Named CAIP Spokesperson
** Cogeco Plans Phone Service in 2005
** Satellite Broadband Service Launched
** NorthernTel, Telebec Fund Wireless Research
** Emergis Drops BCE From Name
** Reinventing Telecom Management Again
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VERIZON TO SELL STAKE IN TELUS: U.S. telecom giant Verizon
Communications has announced plans to sell its 20.5% equity interest
in Telus Corporation by mid-December. Verizon expects to receive
C$2.24 Billion from the sale.
BELL TO TEST FIXED-MOBILE WIRELESS SERVICE: Bell Canada and
Chicago-based BridgePort Networks have announced plans to test a
combined CDMA and Wi-Fi wireless telephone service in the first half
of 2005. The service would allow customers to use the same handset on
Bell's public wireless network and on Bell Sympatico's DSL wireless
home network.
MITEL UPGRADES TELEWORKER PRODUCTS: Release 3 of Mitel's Teleworker
product line adds local PSTN connectivity, remote video conferencing,
local voice streaming for remote offices, and new reporting
capabilities. Teleworker permits a remote location to use the features
of Mitel PBXs over a broadband Internet access.
B.C. BROADBAND WIRELESS PROVIDERS MERGE: Universco Broadband Solutions
and AirCelerator Wireless have merged to form MetroBridge Networks,
which provides fixed wireless broadband at up to 1 Gbps to 400
customers across Greater Vancouver.
ROGERS OFFERS TEXT-TO-SPEECH CALLING: Rogers Wireless has launched TXT
2 Landline, which enables a user to send a text message to a landline
phone anywhere in Canada and the continental U.S. The messages are
converted to voice and delivered in either English or French.
TELUS INTROS INTERNET FAX SERVICE: Telus has introduced a service that
lets users send and receive fax messages as e-mail attachments. The
service is operated by Ottawa-based Protus IP Solutions.
EMBREE NAMED CAIP SPOKESPERSON: Kirsten Embree, a partner with Fraser
Milner Casgrain, has become a national spokesperson of the Canadian
Association of Internet Providers, a division of CATAalliance.
COGECO PLANS PHONE SERVICE IN 2005: Cogeco CEO Louis Audet says that
the cableco is now testing an Internet telephone service and intends
to launch it next year. Cogeco expects that 15% of its cable customers
will subscribe to its phone service by the end of the decade. (See
Telecom Update #428)
SATELLITE BROADBAND SERVICE LAUNCHED: New Brunswick-based Barrett
Xplore now offers Xplornet, an enterprise-grade satellite broadband
service that delivers up to 1.5 Mbps download and 256 Kbps upload for
$359/month.
NORTHERNTEL, TELEBEC FUND WIRELESS RESEARCH: NorthernTel and Telebec
are investing $1 million for research on wireless communications in
underground mines, to be carried out by the Universite du Quebec en
Abitibi-Temiscamingue.
EMERGIS DROPS BCE FROM NAME: BCE Emergis shareholders have approved a
change in the company's name to Emergis Inc. BCE sold its interest in
the e-business company earlier this year. (See Telecom Update #438)
REINVENTING TELECOM MANAGEMENT AGAIN: "We begin with one fundamental
and indisputable fact: enterprise telecom and networking are in the
midst of truly radical change." The current issue of Telemanagement
features a exclusive report by Ian Angus and Henry Dortmans on
effective strategies for enterprise network and telecom management in
2005.
Also in this issue:
** Avaya and Mitel: Two Strategies for IP Success
** Opening Enterprise Wi-Fi Nets to Guests and Customers
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