TORONTO – The Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child Exploitation (CCAICE) today released its seven-point National Action Plan designed to help protect children from online sexual exploitation and to assist in bringing those who victimize children to justice.
"The Action Plan is the result of unprecedented collaboration by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and industry leaders, law enforcement, government and non-governmental agencies," said Inspector Jennifer Strachan, Officer-in- Charge of the RCMP National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre. "However, to succeed we require the help and support of all Canadians to protect children online."
The members of the coalition are: Cybertip.ca RCMP and…
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TED ROGERS TURNED TO AN old friend this week to expand his telecom empire, but was a little unclear whether or not he’ll use his new hammer to nail his cable friends while building local telephony across the country.
Today, Rogers Communications announced it would purchase Call-Net Enterprises, which does business mainly under the Sprint Canada name, in a $330 million all-stock deal. Still a money-losing competitive local exchange carrier (its net loss in 2004 was $78.4 million), Call-Net did book revenues last year of over $818 million and EBITDA of $105 million.
Call-Net CEO Bill Linton is a…
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OTTAWA – This year marks the 20th anniversary of mobile telephony in Canada and it will be celebrated for a day in Ottawa at a conference entitled Mobile Telephony in Canada.
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), in collaboration with host sponsors Bell Mobility, Motorola, Rogers Wireless and TELUS Mobility, will present the conference and party in Ottawa on June 8, 2005.
“Mobile Telephony in Canada – since 1985, it just keeps getting better” is a forum on the past, present and future of Canada’s wireless telephone industry. Bringing together Canadian wireless leaders from the last 20 years with…
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TORONTO – Sabia, Mohamed, Entwistle, Dalfen, Citron, Linton – all will be featured at the 2005 Canadian Telecom Summit.
Less than three weeks remain to register for Summit – May 30 to June 1 at the Toronto Congress Centre.
Delegates will join 500 of the most influential stakeholders in discussions of the future of telecommunications in Canada. Now in its fourth year, the 2005 Canadian Telecom Summit offers a wide range of topics being reviewed strategically by the senior leaders of the industry.
With 17 keynote speakers and more than 50 panel members, The 2005 Summit will look at…
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WASHINGTON – Stressing he does not know what the CRTC’s voice over IP decision will be, Bell Canada Enterprises CEO Michael Sabia said today that if it reads the way he thinks it will, the company will immediately appeal it to the Federal Cabinet.
Speaking at a media and telecom conference this morning in Washington, Sabia said he believes the Commission will side against the incumbent telephone companies (ILECs) and maintain certain regulatory restrictions on the likes of Bell Canada and Telus when it comes to voice over Internet telephony.
The CRTC’s VOIP decision is due out sometime next…
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HAVING COVERED THE Cable, radio, television and telecom markets for well over seven years now, you could say I was inspired.
I’ve written about so many entrepreneurs who gambled and won (and a few who gambled and lost, too) that I suppose it had to rub off on me.
Warning, blatant self-promotion now follows.
So, on Monday, May 2 at 4:13 p.m., www.cartt.ca went live and on Tuesday, our first-ever newsletter went out filled with original stories you…
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TORONTO – Call-Net Enterprises Inc., otherwise known as Sprint Canada, reported revenue and EBITDA increases during the first quarter, ended March 31, 2005.
Revenue same in at $216 million, a 7% increase over Q1 2004 and EBITDA of $36 million was a 35% increase over Q1 2004. However, Call-Net recorded a net loss in the quarter of $13 million, compared with a net loss of almost $30 million in the first quarter of 2004.
“We delivered very positive results during the first quarter, both as a results of the Bell/360 acquisition and reductions in carrier costs driven by regulatory…
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LAS VEGAS – When huge American telco Verizon enters the TV market later this year, the company “will change the competitive landscape in the video marketplace, both now and in the future. From Day One, we’ll offer a new technology, a new business model and a new customer experience,” said chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg.
Speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention last month in Las Vegas, Verizon’s FiOS TV will offer “a new customer experience,” he added. Verizon (which has over 43 million voice and data customers and $71 billion in annual revenues) is a 26.7%…
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