Monthly Archives: April 2005

The Americanization of Nortel

By Mark Evans | Published: April 30, 2005
If you didn't get a chance to read my column in the National Post this week – and still have an appetite for Nortel news – here's some weekend reading material on how the company seems to be less Canadian these days. Is Nortel Networks Corp. in the midst of being Americanized? It is a legitimate question [...]
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Nortel Files 10-K

By Mark Evans | Published: April 30, 2005
As it promised, Nortel filed its 10-K by the end of the April with the SEC. But no one gets to see the actual numbers until early Monday morning. This leaves analysts – and the media – with just a couple of hours to pore through the document before an 8 a.m. conference call. Not that I'm an expert [...]
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Firefox Hits 50M Downloads

By Mark Evans | Published: April 29, 2005
Firefox looks like it's for real if 50 million downloads mean anything. Apparently, the newest alternative browser has 10.3% of the browser market while IE has dropped to 83.1% from 84.8% since the beginning of the year. If I could be so brave to make a suggestion to the Firefox development community, it would [...]
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8×8 Thinks $99 is Great

By Mark Evans | Published: April 29, 2005
An intriguing exercise is trying to read into 8×8 Inc.'s decision to keep the price of its Packet8 VideoPhone at at $99 following a promotional program. 8×8 said the decision is prompted by “favorable consumer demand” to a plan that is part a $19.95 a month, two-year service contract. The key question is how [...]
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Rogers-Primus Technical Issues?

By Mark Evans | Published: April 29, 2005
According to Rogers Cable's Michael Lee, there are problems with Primus Canada's VOIP software – which could account for QoS issues. QoS is becoming a bigger issue as VOIP service providers such as Vonage complain their packets being blocked to de-prioritized by broadband network operators. Lee said there are no regulations to stop this kind [...]
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Nortel Talks Numbers

By Mark Evans | Published: April 29, 2005
While Nortel will file its 2004 fourth-quarter and annual results today with the SEC, analysts will have to wait until 8 a.m. Monday for a conference call with CEO Bill Owens and CFO Peter Currie. It is certainly not the best scenario for analysts who likely have to spend the weekend pouring over financial statments [...]
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