Deborah Jessop

[Toronto, CANADA] – Mobile Computing Corp.(MCC) and Psion Enterprise Computing Ltd plan to jointly enable the MCC Wireless Router for use with mobile handheld computers using the Symbian operating system. This is to allow Psion handheld product offerings to use the functionality of the MCC Wireless IP Router. “This is a significant move as MCC […]

[Toronto, CANADA] MSN CarPoint, an online automotive marketplace, will launch a Canadian version of its U.S. site to provide resources for researching and buying new cars via the Web. Scheduled to launch by the end of this year, CarPoint Canada will be available in French and English and will serve as the new auto channel […]

[Calagary, CANADA]– TELUS Mobility and Bank of Montreal have launched wireless banking capabilities through data compatible digital phones. Veev, Bank of Montreal’s wireless Internet offering based on technology from Canadian software provider 724 Solutions Inc., offers customers mobile access to: bank account balances and transaction details, bill payment, MasterCard transactions and payments, news stories from […]

[Toronto, CANADA] — Cyberplex Inc., a North American Internet professional services firm, has partnered with immoeuro B.V. to develop the European Realty System (ERS), the first business-to-business infrastructure solution for the European real estate industry. Based in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Paris, Munich, Milan, Barcelona and Madrid, Immoeuro helps real estate agents and offices […]

[Toronto, CANADA] – Ericsson Canada has selected ProCure.com‘s Net*Order product for e-commerce transactions through the Ericsson site. Unlike traditional e-commerce solutions, Net*Order is hosted and managed by ProCure.com, while allowing for online order processing through integration to Ericsson’s financial and fulfillment systems. Net*Order is one of a family of hosted services that make up ProCure.com’s […]

Australian telecommunications giant Telstra has announced it will offer faster Internet access with the roll-out of new Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) technology beginning this August. ASDL, which is expected to deliver line speed of 30 to 50 times faster than standard dial-up services, will initially be installed in over 200 national exchanges based in […]

[Scarborough, CANADA] To prepare its network for new services such as high-speed wireless Internet access and multimedia communications, Clearnet Communications Inc. has started deployment of Lucent Technologies wireless equipment adhering to the new third generation (3G) CDMA2000 international standard. Clearnet will use Lucent’s new wireless base station as its main vehicle for expanding voice services […]

[Montreal, CANADA] – BCE Emergis Inc. has signed a three-year contract with PsiGate, a provider of interactive gateway services for real-time payment collection and financial transaction processing. BCE Emergis will provide a bank-neutral, secure back-end payment processing service, allowing PSiGate to sell their solution to all merchants, regardless of the bank they use. Payment Services […]

[Toronto, CANADA] – Equityengine.com Inc. and Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. have negotiated a strategic alliance to accelerate incubation of Internet start-ups through Equityengine.com. Equityengine.com Inc. is an online incubator and start-up community offering members equity in Internet start-up companies in exchange for time and knowledge. The alliance lets Equityengine.com and HP Canada co-venture on new Internet […]

[White Rock, CANADA]– travelbyus.com ltd. has acquired Epoch Technology, Inc., a Dallas-based tour wholesale software development company for US$10 million, payable in cash and common shares. Epoch was formed in 1995 to develop and distribute software for the travel, leisure and hospitality industry. Its reservations, operations and marketing software automates reservations functions and interfaces with […]

[Markham, CANADA] – IBM and Zero-Knowledge Systems will provide the hardware platform for Zero-Knowledge’s cryptographically assured global privacy infrastructure, the Freedom Network. Zero-Knowledge will be able to offer Internet Service Providers (ISPs) a resolution to online privacy concerns through the Freedom Network. The network routes encrypted data through an untraceable path in real time, assuring […]

[Montreal, CANADA]- Mediagrif Interactive Technologies Inc., a business-to- business e-commerce company, and Royal Bank, a major Canadian financial services institution, have finalized a strategic alliance by which Royal Bank will become a shareholder in Mediagrif, while the two companies launch a joint venture. Through this venture, Royal Bank and Mediagrif will develop business-to-business e- commerce […]