2008 Canada Telecommunications Hall of Fame inductees announced

OTTAWA – David Golden (Canada’s first satellite CEO), Carol Stephenson (Master of Telecom Mediation and Advocacy), David S. Simmonds and sons (two generations of radio leaders), Jim Balsillie, and Mike Lazaridis will be inducted into Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame this year, it was announced Friday. Golden will be inducted in the Servants of the Public category, Stephenson in the Advocates and Academics category, Simmonds and sons, and Balsillie in the Icons of Business category, and Lazaridis in the Inventors and Innovators category. They will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2008 Telecom Laureate Awards gala dinner...