TORONTO – "Work. Live. Play. – The Infinite Potential of Wireless", is the theme of the 2006 Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association annual conference.
The gathering, backed by major sponsors Bell Canada, Rogers, Telus and Nortel, will explore new business opportunities, converging technologies and life beyond 3G.
Set for May 16 and 17, 2006 at the Hilton Toronto Airport, the two-day symposium will feature more than 65 industry experts, business leaders and government officials in a series of panel discussions and workshops centred around three main tracks:
* Freedom to the Worker – Wireless Solutions for Business * Living in…
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IT HARDLY SEEMS LIKE a year ago since the launch of www.cartt.ca.
It feels more like just last month I was dragging my infant daughter around to business meetings, planning the launch of this site. Accountants, lawyers, web site developers, database folks, bankers, you name it, Brenna met with them. Prior to the launch (and even for some time after it), I was her primary caregiver, so she tagged along and was a perfect little angel in boardrooms, offices and restaurants… well, mostly.
Now, she’s almost two, in a great day care, and as of Tuesday, May 2,…
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WINNIPEG – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada has honoured the best in electronic journalism in the Prairie region in 2005. The coveted RTNDA Awards were presented at the Association’s annual Prairie Regional Professional Development Seminar in Winnipeg, last weekend.
The 2005 TELEVISION winners are: Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast
§ CBC North in Yellowknife for CBC News: Northbeat – (Small Market) § CTV Regina for CTV News Six O’Clock Report – (Medium Market) § CTV Winnipeg for CTV News @ 6:00 PM – (Large Market)
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
§ CTV Calgary for River…
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SHARING THEIR TACTICS for success at tomorrow’s CTAM Teleseminar will be a dynamic and engaging panel of experts speaking on Marketing in a Hyper Competitive Market.
Now in their 11th year, CTAM TeleSeminars are available in multiple chapter locations, including those in Canada. CTAM Canada members can view the TeleSeminar in Toronto, Montreal and Calgary.
Locations include The Velma Rogers Graham Theatre, in Toronto; the Montreal Teleport; and the Corus Entertainment head office, in Calgary.
Each telecast provides members with a cost-effective and timesaving opportunity for "face-to-face" learning. The TeleSeminar has grown to be one of the largest conferences…
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TORONTO – If you thought clicking thumbs on BlackBerrys during business meetings was annoying, now Kevin Newman is going to be making appearances in them.
Saying the video quality is iPod-like, CanWest MediaWorks will begin making its content available to Blackberry users beginning this month.
Sixty to 90 second clips of Global National will be the first of many "berry casts" the company has planned, CanWest Interactive president Arturo Duran told www.cartt.ca today. Following the news, the company will make Entertainment Tonight Canada available and is looking into packaging sports content, "like plays of the day," as well, he added….
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OTTAWA – Rogers Cable will expand its local calling area in the Ottawa-Gatineau region on Monday.
Calls previously classified as long distance in the region will now be free local calls for Rogers Home Phone customers. Customers will no longer required to dial "1" before the number and will not be charged for a long distance call within Rogers’ new local calling zones.
"The city is pleased that Rogers has come forward to meet an important community need," said Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli, in a release. "The reality that Ottawa residents and businesses making calls within the city limits…
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TORONTO – Rogers and Sprint have gotten together to offer businesses with locations in Canada and the U.S. access to a new, secure IP-based network.
Using a new MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) network-to-network interface (NNI), the new relationship between Rogers Business Solutions and Sprint allows the Rogers network to connect to Sprint’s in order to deliver "a seamless customer experience with consistent technology, service level agreements, and in-country support on both sides of the border," say the companies.
Businesses are provided with secure connections between corporate offices, customers, partners and suppliers while reducing the need to purchase and maintain…
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OTTAWA – Former Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association senior vice-president and general counsel, Lori Assheton-Smith has launched her own business. This week she made official the establishment of Lori D. Assheton-Smith Professional Corporation, "through which I will continue to provide legal services and advice in the areas of broadcasting, telecommunications and Internet law and regulation," she said.
Assheton-Smith (right) has been with the CCTA in various roles since 2000, culminating in her SVP role. Prior to the CCTA, she was legal counsel with the CRTC.
The CCTA ceased operations in February after the association’s second-largest member,…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications has signed a deal to bring FIFA World Cup coverage to Canadians this summer.
Rogers has an agreement with Infront Sports & Media, FIFA’s global electronic media distribution partner, to offer live coverage and highlights from the soccer games in Germany through Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers Wireless, Rogers Personal TV, Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet, and Rogers’ OMNI Television.
“Rogers is excited to offer our customers a unique experience through exclusive access to FIFA World Cup coverage and content when and where they want it,” said Phil Lind, Vice-Chairman, Rogers Communications Inc. “Soccer fans will experience FIFA…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is talking to the OK Radio Group about buying some or all of the Western-based company’s stations.
Rogers is “discussing opportunities” with OK but doesn’t know if or when a deal might be reached, company spokesperson Jan Innes told cartt.ca.
OK Radio’s COO, Stu Morton, said in an email “I’m sorry but at the moment I really have no comment” on whether a deal has been reached. “If and when I can comment I would be happy to do an interview,” he wrote.
OK Radio, headquartered in Edmonton, is an independently owned company, broadcasting in…
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