Michael Martin

A pair of recent studies on the Canadian wireless LAN market reveal that Canadian enterprises are eager to break free of their wireline bonds.

Bell Canada recently rolled out its High Speed Metro Service, a managed, metropolitan wavelength offering, designed to appeal to large organizations requiring big bandwidth transfers within downtown Toronto or downtown Ottawa.

Public Wireless LAN hotspots have captured the imagination of the press and tech-savvy users, but they aren

A recent decision to open up telecom access in multi-tenant unit (MTU) buildings should give some Canadian businesses and consumers more voice and data service options.

FCI Broadband, formerly Futureway Communicaitons Inc., has entered the residential DSL market by deploying gear from Kanata, Ont.-based Catena Networks.

Vancouver-based WebTech Wireless Inc. is beginning to grab some traction in the wireless fleet management market, racking up two profitable quarters so far this year and winning new accounts, most recently with STS LLC, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based outfit with about 800 trucks.

Enterasys Networks is taking aim at Cisco Systems with a series of recently released routers that combine standard WAN connectivity and optional, built-in security features.

Expand Beyond Corp., a three-year-old Dallas-based outfit, is aiming to enable Windows administrators to manage and troubleshoot their networks through mobile devices, such as Palm handhelds, or Microsoft Pocket PC devices.