Telecom Hall of Fame awards shared by Nexicom and CNCP veteran

OTTAWA - Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame will award its 2009 career service awards to the late Jim McDaniel of CNCP Telecommunications and Unitel Communications (now MTS Allstream), and to the brother team of John Downs and Paul Downs from the Nexicom group of companies.The 2009 Telecom Laureate Awards Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremony will be held on November 4, 2009 at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau. “Jim McDaniel was a giant in the telecommunications field who devoted his entire career to promoting Canadian telecommunications”, said Hall founder and director Lorne Abugov, in the announcement. “He made telecommunications a...