Deborah Jessop

AltaVista Company this week began offering free dial-up access to users throughout Canada. AltaVista’s free Internet service couples online access with the AltaVista microportal, a small desktop window meant to allow instant search, view and customization Web content. AltaVista’s free dial-up Internet service is available through local phone numbers to users nationwide. The service covers […]

AOL Canada, Bell Nexxia and UUNET Canada have more than tripled the coverage of AOL Canada’s dial-up access network through a strategic alliance. Stephen Bartkiw, CEO of AOL Canada said that the alliance with Bell Nexxia and UUNET Canada delivers on his firm’s commitment to provide a convenient interactive online service for Canadians from coast […]

All Canadians can register for a free Electronic Post Office Box at EPOST, launched by Canada Post Corp. and Cebra Inc. EPOST aims to help companies save money in the distribution of bills through an application that requires security, privacy and links to bill payment systems. EPOST expects that the product will allow companies to […]

The Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) has launched a Web site to cater to the banking needs of Canada’s small business operators. Small business owners and operatos can visit Serving the Needs of Small Business on the CBA site at to learn about tools and resources offered by banks, see the latest research on the small […]

E-business solutions provider Delano Technology Corp. has opened European headquarters in London, England. The company says it is addressing European market demands for its flagship Delano e-Business Interaction Suite application, which enables companies to interact with the extended enterprise, including customers, partners, suppliers, and employees. The Delano suite is a companion to Web and e-mail […]

Pathway Communications, OCI Communications’ Toronto-based ISP subsidiary, has broken into the ADSL market in Canada. Not only has the company expanded services into Montreal, it has become one of the first ISPs not affiliated with Bell Canada to offer ADSL Internet access in Canada. Pathway’s service is available to customers in the 416, 905 and […]

AT&T Canada Inc. has new designs for its Internet properties. The leading facilities-based telco and Net company will purchase the 49 percent minority stake of Netcom Canada which it doesn’t own, creating a wholly-owned subsidiary which it will merge with its other Canadian Internet businesses. The recently-acquired Microsoft Network Services customers in Canada will also […]

TELUS, Canada’s second largest telecommunications company, has sold its 16.6 per cent share of Medialinx to Bell Canada. Medialinx was formed to develop online content under the Sympatico name. “Our customers have told us they want information that is more relevant to them and their community,” says Mark Schnarr, TELUS’s vice-president of Internet Services. “For […]

Bell Nexxia has won a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement to work with INTRIA-HP Corp. to design and implement a single, cohesive corporate IP network for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Under the agreement, Bell Nexxia and INTRIA-HP, a joint venture between CIBC and Hewlett-Packard Co., will establish a national flat-rate price-per-port IP service […]

AOL Canada Inc. will offer a new unlimited use pricing plan for $22.95 per month, effective December 16. Also available is a new Standard Price Plan that includes 10 hours online monthly for $9.95, plus $1.50 for each additional hour. AOL Canada is also reducing the surcharges to its 1-800 long distance access number, a […]

Intel Corp. has made a minority equity investment in Montreal-based MediaSoft, a computer telephony (CT) and Internet software manufacturer. A key driver for this initiative is MediaSoft’s components-based CT development and runtime framework designed for building and running CT-Web applications. The series of components can be customized rapidly by application developers with minimal CT knowledge […]

Dell Canada, Rogers@Home and Shaw@Home have partnered to offer Dell’s customers one year of unlimited cable Internet access from @Home with a PC purchase. The access plan is available to consumers who choose a computer from Dell’s Dimension or Inspiron line. “Providing Canadian home and home office customers with a simple one-stop computing and high-speed […]