Cable / Telecom News

Bell spends on student IP research

MONTREAL – Today, Bell Canada announced a $240,000 contribution to Montréal’s Ecole de technologie supérieure (ETS) for a research project designed to enhance service quality and traffic engineering on… Continue Reading

Some final VOIP day thoughts

OTTAWA – The everyday consumer probably doesn’t understand – or care to understand – what the VOIP decision was all about. They just want better stuff cheaper. In the… Continue Reading

SCTE Cable-Tec exhibit space sold out

EXTON, Pa. – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) announced today that exhibitor floor space for the upcoming SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2005 is sold out. The Society’s annual… Continue Reading

Aliant coming with VOIP in ’05

SAINT JOHN – Saying it, too, thinks the CRTC’s decision stinks, eastern Canadian telco (and BCE division) Aliant reaffirmed today its commitment to offer voice over Internet protocol (VOIP)… Continue Reading

Not all ILECs are angry

OTTAWA – “We’re extremely pleased with the decision,” Chris Pierce, executive vice-president government and regulatory affairs for Manitoba Telecom Services, told www.cartt.ca on Thursday after the VOIP decision… Continue Reading