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02/09/2009
Wireless, Data, Video – eh?
Canada boasts a variety of cable and telecommunications operators, not all sporting Rogers red or the extensive Rogers portfolio. Rogers Communications dominates the landscape, but not foremost as a cable company. Rogers Wireless counts 7.3 million wireless voice and data subs – or 37 percent of Canada’s wireless subs. The division generates roughly 40 percent […]
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02/05/2009
SCTE Gathers Canadian Engineers
The SCTE’s Canadian Summit in Toronto (Feb 3-4) reminded attendees of the diversity of engineering strategies that persist amidst a consolidated operator landscape. Consolidation has impacted the event schedule in Canada, as it has in the United States. Three years ago, the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, which had hosted an annual show, closed its doors. […]
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01/26/2009
Sigma to Lead Panel at SCTE Canadian Summit
Sigma Systems is planning an active role in the SCTE Canadian Summit in Toronto from Feb. 3-4 at Toronto Congress Centre. The company will lead a panel discussion and conduct live demonstrations of its solutions for hosted business VoIP and advanced video. During the SCTE Canadian Summit, Preston Gilmer, VP of product marketing for Sigma, […]
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01/26/2009
Infinera to Exhibit at SCTE Canadian Summit
Infinera will exhibit at the SCTE’s Canadian Summit Feb. 3-4 at the Toronto Congress Centre. Infinera representatives will explain how the company’s system, with its photonic integration technology and digital architecture, can help operators meet these challenges while optimizing their networks for triple-play services, video multi-casting, and headend consolidation. The company will display the features […]
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01/20/2009
SCTE Canadian Summit
Who the heck goes to Canada in February? The SCTE, apparently. The Society’s Canadian Summit is scheduled for Feb. 3-4 at the Toronto Congress Centre in Ontario. Asked about the event’s timing, SCTE VP of Marketing and Business Development Deb Swann simply replied, "The Canadian Summit program committee felt that this time of year, although […]
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10/23/2007
Pipeline Profile: Christopher Skarica
SCTE member since 1999 Title: Vice President of Engineering, Lindsay Broadband Broadband Background: Skarica spent 11 years in the Canadian cable industry (including time with Maclean-Hunter, Rogers and Cogeco) before joining Nortel in 1999 and Broadbus Technologies (now Motorola) in 2004. He joined Lindsay Broadband in January 2007. He co-authored a two-part article on Metro […]