One of the more interesting, even if more scary presentations was on Data Security by David Ostertag, Global Investigations Response, Verizon.  He presented the results of their latest Data Breach Report http://verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/2015. I can’t go over any meaningful amount of the facts.  But here are a few to scare you: 23% of respondents open phishing […]

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The main theme from the first day was “Big Data” and what it means. There is definitely more data that telcos have to deal with.  Mark Henderson, President of Ericsson Canada, provided the forecast that mobile data volumes will increase 1000 times by 2020.  Lloyd Switzer of Telus stated that the amount of customer data […]

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The first day at the Canadian Telecom Summit 2015 had a great group of speakers. The very first speaker, Nitin Kawale, President of Enterprise Business of Rogers spoke about productivity. Specifically Canada really lags in this area. Based on the Conference Board of Canada’s analysis , we ranked 13 of 16th amongst our peer group. […]

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The Canadian Telecom Summit 2015 will be in Toronto June 1 – June 3, 2015. It’s a great opportunity to hear about the current state of our industry. Some of the speakers will be: David Bray CIO, Federal Communications Commission Ricky Corker EVP, North America, Nokia Networks Joe Natale President & CEO, TELUS Michele Dupré […]

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May 26, 2015 Charter Communications, Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Charter to merge with Time Warner Cable. The deal values Time Warner Cable at $78.7 billion. Recently, these same two companies had publicly called off their merger talks. See http://www.truepulse.com/charter-communications-announces-2015q1-results/ In addition, Charter […]

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Here is a video of a black bear that climbed an electrical tower for bird eggs, and had to fend off the birds to enjoy his feast. Bear climbs tower There are many dangers for wireless telecom workers who have to climb cell towers. Let’s hope this is not what you encounter next time! For […]

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Earlier today, Ciena unveiled Waveserver, a new DCI (Data Center Interconnect) platform. The product was designed from the ground up for the requirements seen for DCI: metro distances, high speed, and stackable for a small footprint. Ciena claims that with an extremely compact design that helps reduce real estate costs, the Waveserver provides 60 percent more […]

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Just a reminder, that the local Rotary Club of Richmond Hill (http://www.richmondhillrotary.com) will be holding an Electronics and Telecom equipment recycling event this weekend (http://www.truepulse.com/electronics-recycling-fundraiser/) May 23 & 24th at Hillcrest Mall and Bayview Secondary School in Richmond Hill. Please bring your scrap optical transport boards, cross connects, voice switching boards, PBXs, routers, rectifiers, televisions, […]

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Judges in Delaware and Ontario jointly decided to divide the remaining US$7.3 billion in Nortel assets on a pro-rata basis between bond holders, pensioners, and global subsidiaries. Approximately $0.71 per $1 of claims will likely be provided. The decision is considered a major win for pensioners, as bond holders are typically first in line to […]

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May 12, 2015: This morning, Verizon Communications Inc. offered $4.4 billion to purchase AOL Inc. With the shares of AOL closing today at $50.52, above the $50 bid price, some investors are expecting a higher or competing bid to materialize. So it is too early to say if the deal will go through. But it […]

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