MONTREAL — Connected vehicle device manufacturer Siyata Mobile has hired Jamie Kitson as its new vice-president of sales for Canada, the company announced Tuesday.
Kitson most recently was vice-president of sales for Bell business dealer Preston Mobility, according to Siyata Mobile’s news release.
Kitson’s 15 years of previous sales experience includes positions at Telus Client Solutions, Bell Mobility as Push-to-Talk and IoT Solutions team lead, Rogers Communications as a sales manager and an IoT Solutions sales executive, and Shaw Communications as an enterprise account executive.
Siyata Mobile is a global developer and provider of cellular communications systems for enterprise customers, specializing…
Continue Reading
OTTAWA — The CRTC has agreed to direct the Competition Bureau to disclose certain confidential information that was redacted in the economic report submitted by the Commissioner of Competition in November to the CRTC’s wireless policy review proceeding. That is, the CRTC is agreeing to disclosure requests from Bell and Rogers; but it’s still considering similar requests from Telus and CNOC.
In a letter posted to the CRTC website on January 10, the CRTC says it is of the view that, generally speaking, the public disclosure of the redacted information, as requested by Bell and Rogers, would pose minimal…
Continue Reading
Wants independent experts to examine Competition Bureau’s confidential information
By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – Telus has asked the CRTC to again delay the public hearing portion of its wireless policy review hearing because it says the Competition Bureau’s handling of confidential information filed with to the Commission in November is unfair to other participants.
In its November 22nd submission to the CRTC’s wireless policy review proceeding, the Competition Bureau, “makes a number of findings that directly contradict Telus’s own submissions,” reads a document sent to the CRTC on December 23. “These findings are based on data that certain providers were directed…
Continue Reading
HAMILTON — Cable 14 announced Monday it will provide both live broadcast and online streaming coverage of the first two meetings to be held in the Red Hill Valley Parkway Inquiry (RHVPI), which is investigating the circumstances surrounding the failed disclosure of a six-year-old safety report regarding the roadway.
The RHVPI will hold a public meeting in Hamilton on January 9, 2020, where the inquiry’s commissioner, Justice Herman Wilton-Siegel, will speak about the status and process of the inquiry, and the public will have a chance to ask questions about the timetable and procedures, including the participation of the public….
Continue Reading
WATERLOO – Rogers Communications and the University of Waterloo announced Friday a three-year, multi-million-dollar partnership agreement to advance 5G research in the Toronto-Waterloo tech corridor.
Together the school and the wireless carrier will create the first 5G smart campus in central Canada. This new partnership is part of company’s $20 million investment in Canadian 5G research and development already announced with the University of British Columbia, Ryerson University and Communitech, added the company announcement.
“5G is at our doorstep and these investments are critical to developing the ideas and solutions that will fuel industries and drive Canada’s digital economy for decades…
Continue Reading
By Etan Vlessing
SAN FRANCISCO – The march to 5G promises the newest and fastest networks where wireless carriers can offer next generation applications like VR, better and faster online gaming, driverless cars and improved VOD and TV to consumer and business subscribers.
But how to get the Canadian carriers and service providers from here – current 4G LTE networks – to future 5G and more G deployments as Moore’s Law slows and the operating cost and complexity of Internet plumbing grows?
Cisco, insisting it has tackled the network challenges slowing the race to 5G (which needs significant, deep, fibre backhaul), in…
Continue Reading
AMAZON, APPLE, GOOGLE, and the Zigbee Alliance this week announced a new working group which will work towards developing and promoting the adoption of a new, royalty-free connectivity standard.
Zigbee Alliance board member companies such as IKEA, Legrand, NXP Semiconductors, Resideo, Samsung SmartThings, Schneider Electric, Signify (formerly Philips Lighting), Silicon Labs, Somfy, and Wulian are also onboard to join the working group and contribute to the project, said the press release announcing the alliance.
The goal of the Connected Home over IP project is to simplify development for manufacturers and increase compatibility for consumers – since each smart device made by…
Continue Reading
TORONTO — With the much-anticipated premiere of Star Trek: Picard scheduled for January 23 and the return of Doctor Who on New Year’s Day, CTV Sci-Fi Channel is giving viewers an early Christmas present with the launch of a nationwide freeview that starts December 19 and runs until January 30. CTV Sci-Fi Channel also has a number of blockbuster marathons scheduled to wrap up 2019.
The all-new Star Trek: Picard series will see Patrick Stewart reprise his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard. During the 10-episode first season, Stewart will be joined by other familiar faces from the Star Trek franchise,…
Continue Reading
By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – In leaving behind environmental activism to enter federal politics, new Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault will now be responsible for combating online hate speech; helping to develop a new set of online rights; expanding the CBC’s news coverage; and ensuring that web giants contribute to making, and carry Canadian content.
In the ministerial mandate letter he received from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which was released on Dec. 13 Guilbeault is tasked with creating “new regulations for social media platforms, starting with a requirement that all platforms remove illegal content, including hate speech, within 24 hours or…
Continue Reading
No surprises in the documents
By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – As expected, Rogers, Shaw, Vidéotron, Cogeco and Eastlink have filed an official Review & Vary application with the CRTC, requesting changes to Telecom decision 2019-288—the final rates for aggregated wholesale high-speed access services (HSA).
The themes are similar to what was filed with their appeals to the courts and to federal cabinet.
The cable carriers focused on “new facts and circumstances and on errors of fact and principle” that questions how the Commission arrived at its much-delayed decision.
“The Commission has announced an imminent review of its approach to setting…
Continue Reading
