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Monthly Archives: February 2006
Can Cindy Klassen Save Manitoba Tel?
Cindy Klassen is an Olympic hero after coming home from Turino with five medals but can she save Manitoba Telecom from its growing troubles after signing a multi-year endorsement deal with the Winnipeg-based apparently worth more than $1-million? The involvement of Klassen, a Winnipeg-native, can't hurt if it can help Manitoba Tel regain some of [...]
Posted in Advertising/Marketing, ILEC News, Analysis, Main Page 1 Comment
More (Bad) Info For Vonage IPO
Telegeography will issue its Q4 voice-over-broadband numbers today that will show the U.S. market grew by 25% to 4.5 million subscribers. While Vonage is still the largest provider with 1.2 million customers, Time-Warner is quickly closing the gap as it added 246,000 subscriber to end the quarter at 1.1 million. Cablevision is third at 731,000 [...]
A Fourth Wireless Carrier in Canada? Really!
The Globe & Mail has a story on speculation the federal government may recommend that a fourth national wireless carrier be created to stimulate competition. I hate to rain on anyone's parade but it ain't going to happen. First, if Ottawa really wanted another carrier to stimulate competition it would never have approved Rogers' $1.4-billion [...]
Posted in Main Page, Wireless 4 Comments
Is This Patent Madness?
According to The Inquirer, a small Web design company in California called Balthaser Online says it has obtained a patent for rich-media Internet applications. If Balthaser's contention is accurate, this could mean anyone who wants to use Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax and XAML may have to pay a licensing fee to Balthaser. This either looks [...]
London's AIM: The New Nasdaq?
I've got a story in today's Financial Post about Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London, which is quickly becoming a popular vehicle for tech start-ups looking to raise growth capital. Unlike North American investors, who still seem skittish about tech stocks even five years after the dot-com bubble burst, European investors – including institutional ones [...]
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