Author Archives: Mark Evans

You've got to hand it to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. In an attempt to tax the fledgling Internet telephony market, it is apparently planning to use an excise tax enacted in 1898 during the Spanish American War. The 3% … Continue reading →

What's next for Research in Motion? What about the huge Chinese market? It seems it's only a matter of time before the folks of Beijing get addicted to the Crackberry amid reports RIM has been working with CSL and Hutchison … Continue reading →

Mark Evans, Financial Post So Nortel Networks Corp.'s books were apparently cooked after all. The burning questions are what exactly happened, who fudged the numbers and what were their motivations. Until Nortel says otherwise, the responsibility for the accounting fiasco … Continue reading →

According to the Wall St. Journal, Nortel Networks' books were cooked by senior executives. If this is accurate, you'll see the class-action lawsuits coming from miles away. The big question is who perpetuated the financial massage and why did they … Continue reading →

Mark Evans, Financial Post Thursday, July 01, 2004 Like many new consumer-oriented technologies, video-on-demand has experienced a number of growing pains. Among the challenges are getting people aware the service exists; making sure it is user-friendly; and offering consumers enough … Continue reading →

Canadians have been slow to adopt Internet telephony but a sea change is coming Mark Evans, Financial Post June 24, 2004 According to a recent poll by Ipsos-Reid, Canadians have been slow to embrace Internet telephony and there appears to … Continue reading →