CTS 2010: Why aren't Canadians and businesses taking better advantage of our advanced networks?

By Alan Breznick

TORONTO-- Although Canada ranks highly on most international measures of PC penetration and broadband connectivity, the nation’s lagging investments in information and communications technology (ICT) are dragging down its business productivity, increasingly hurting its global competitiveness and lowering its standard of living.That consensus emerged from telecom industry execs, academics, government officials, and other speakers during a pair of afternoon panels at the Canadian Telecom Summit on Tuesday afternoon. Despite a wide range of different perspectives and proposed solutions, the panelists generally agreed that Canadian companies must boost their ICT spending substantially to make better use of broadband technology and close...