Communications & Telecom

In its outlook for Canada

He had "an extraordinary career," says one industry analyst, that started with a small FM radio station and grew to include cable and cellular franchises and a professional baseball team

The Quebec cableco says it may soon take advantage of just-released rules for arbitration to speed negotiations with incument wireless carriers over antenna sharing and roaming. These deals are needed if new wireless licence holders are to start selling by this time next year

In eight years the penetration of phones has hit 80 per cent, said the head of the nation's communications commission

Fierce competitive pressures will hold down telecom prices: Conference Board

The Asia Pacific telecommunications market will reach US$513.1 billion this year, while the North American market is projected to reach $511.6 billion, says Gartner

Kenya Data Networks has started work on a new landing point for an undersea cable. The company's managing director hopes it will reverse the region's reputation for the highest communications cost and the lowest Internet usage

At an international telecom conference, African officials were told the use of information technology in a disaster can help everything from maintaining communications to finding missing people