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Ontario Government Plans Consumer Protection Law for Wireless Services

By Michael Geist
April 13, 2012 10:00 AM
Categories: Technology law Wireless
The Ontario Government has announced plans to introduce new consumer protection legislation to increase transparency on wireless plans and to establish some contractual limitations.

Ooma Revisited - Now in Canada, and in HD

By Jon Arnold
February 16, 2012 5:30 AM
Categories: Unified Communications Wireless
If you’re new to my blog or the VoIP space, you may not know Ooma. On the other hand, if you go back far enough with me, hopefully you’ll recall I was one of the first to trial Ooma as well as write about them. The VoIP space has evolved since then, and while my early posts were not optimistic about Ooma’s prospects, that view was balanced by their strengths, which I believe have served them well to survive into the present.

MobileMonday roundtable - where's the innovation?

By Jon Arnold
February 8, 2012 5:15 AM
Categories: Business innovation Unified Communications Wireless
Last night was MobileMonday Toronto's annual Meet the Analysts event at the MaRS Discovery District facility.

MobileMonday Toronto - 2012 Outlook for Wireless

By Jon Arnold
January 23, 2012 6:30 AM
Categories: Tech events Wireless
If you're local and interested in where mobility is heading in 2012 - and who isn't? - you'll want to join me at the next MobileMonday Toronto event.

Deloitte 2012 Predictions - Canadian tech outlook - some takeaways

By Jon Arnold
January 17, 2012 1:30 PM
Categories: Cloud computing SMB Wireless
Deloitte Canada has been running this event for 11 years, and yesterday's TMT Predictions 2012 in Toronto is the biggest one yet.

Portable Device Purchase Paralysis

By Glen Farrelly
September 9, 2011 8:00 AM
Categories: Gadgets Mobility Wireless
For the past few months, I have wanted to purchase a portable computing device but have been paralyzed by an inability to determine what best to buy. I don't have the budget to buy everything, so I've been trying to decide whether to buy a tablet, e-reader, or netbook. Recently our laptop computer has been gravely ill and so this adds to my purchase dilemma.

CRTC Vertical Integration Hearing Opens Today: Too Little, Too Late?

By Michael Geist
June 20, 2011 10:30 AM
Categories: Economic development Canada Wireless
The CRTC's vertical integration hearing opens today with fifty groups scheduled to appear over the next week and a half.  I've written a couple of articles about the issue over the past year. Last September, I noted the Canadian consolidation felt like a last stab at a walled garden approach that has consistently failed and argued: