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Bell, Rogers and Telus state their conditions as CRTC considers expanding wholesale internet mandate

Last week, the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) kicked off a series of public hearings as part of a proceeding to examine its existing framework for wholesale high-speed access (HSA), inviting interventions from large telcos, and smaller competitors, as well as advocacy groups. The proceeding, launched last year, saw a series of developments, including an […]

Telus spearheads virtualized roaming gateways, in collaboration with AWS and Samsung

International roaming speeds are usually slower than those on a provider’s own network because traffic has to be routed through its home country. This could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a new collaboration between Telus, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Samsung. The new approach, known as network cloudification, enables Telus to […]

Ottawa willing to improve cybersecurity bill, ministers tell MPs

Two senior Canadian cabinet ministers have told a parliamentary committee that the government is willing to make changes to its proposed cybersecurity legislation for federally regulated critical infrastructure providers to strengthen the bill. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc made that pledge Thursday before the House of Commons national security committee […]

Coffee Briefing Feb. 13 – TD trains employees using VR; Galaxy Broadband provides satellite services to Shared Services Canada; Canada ranks 14th globally in mobile network reliability; and more

Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team!  Missed the last Coffee Briefing? We’ve got you covered. TD uses VR to train branch employees TD has announced that it has started using virtual reality (VR) to simulate challenging customer interactions […]

Breaking news: Cisco to cut roughly 4,250 from its payroll

Cisco late this afternoon released its second quarter results, as well as announcing a reduction of its payroll by five per cent, which in terms of head count means an estimated 4,250  employees will be receiving termination notices. According to a Reuters report, the company “lowered its annual revenue target as (it) navigates a tough […]