Deborah Jessop

[Berlin] German media giant Bertelsmann AG has reported a revenue increase of 23 percent to 32 billion Marks (US $15.3 billion) in the current fiscal year. For the previous year, the company registered 26 billion Marks (US $12.5 billion). In real terms, the revenue increase totals around ten percent or three billion Marks (US $1.5 […]

[Montreal, CANADA] – Orcom Solutions, a provider of customer information solutions for the utility and energy market has formed an alliance with DMR Consulting, provider of systems integration and e-commerce services, to offer billing solutions for deregulating North American utilities, using Orcom’s Application Service Provider (ASP) solutions. These solutions are designed to support Canadian utilities […]

[Burnaby, CANADA] – TELUS has acquired Calgary-based CAG-TAMS Inc., a bill integration firm. Clients with multiple locations and various long distance, cellular, local and data service suppliers receive a single, detailed statement for all telecommunication charges, and the software provides cost analysis, inventory management and the capability to link to the customer’s accounting system to […]

[Toronto, CANADA]- Canadians are among the world’s most enthusiastic online banking customers, according to a global survey about online banking and trading from the Angus Reid Group and Royal Bank. Nearly one in five Canadian Internet users has already tried Internet banking, nearly one in three says they will soon and nearly everyone who has […]

[Montreal, CANADA] – Vivendi, Canal+ and The Seagram Company Ltd. have agreed to combine to create Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company for the wired and wireless world. Vivendi Universal will be positioned to accelerate growth of wired and wireless Internet access devices by providing proprietary content, e-services and e-commerce to customers. The […]

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[Montreal, CANADA] – SureFire Commerce Inc. has closed its acquisition of Stumpworld Systems of Boston, owner of the store-building software platform Online Merchant, and the online shopping community BuyItOnline.com, two e-commerce brands in the U.S. “As a Canadian-based company, this acquisition represents an important and strategic transaction that allows us to build out our US […]

[Vancouver, CANADA] – CityXpress.com Corp. and MediaNet Communications Corp., Canada’s only licensed independent broadcast network, have a strategic agreement to offer CityXpress.com’s products to MediaNet’s affiliate radio stations. CityExpress develops integrated advertising, promotional and e-commerce solutions for media companies. Under the agreement, MediaNet Communications Corp. will exclusively use CityXpress.com as their e-commerce engine for affiliates […]

[Calgary, CANADA] – Wireless Matrix Corp. will purchase Logistix Capital, Inc. which operates as StarTrak. This will enable Wireless Matrix’s IP Anywhere services to penetrate the transportation market, with an immediate focus on the rail car monitoring sector, through an established incumbent. StarTrak of Morris Plains, New Jersey, has provided services to this industry since […]

[Toronto, CANADA] – 01 Communique Laboratory Inc., a provider of unified messaging and communication software solutions, announced that Gateway Hong Kong Ltd., a subsidiary of Gateway Computer Corp., will offer COMMUNICATE! i2000 as part of its special SME PC bundle. Arranged by King Pacific Technologies, 01’s representative in Hong Kong, this agreement represents 01’s first […]

[Toronto, CANADA] – Royal Bank and Toronto-based Baldhead Systems Inc. will form a new company to develop secure end-to-end encrypted wireless banking and brokerage services. Royal Bank will take a 20 percent equity stake in the new company, Sona Innovations Inc., with Baldhead Systems retaining 80 percent. “This investment aligns with our strategy of extending […]

[Toronto, CANADA] — WaveRider Communications Inc., a global provider of wireless Internet access products, has formed an alliance with General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems, an ISO 9001-registered international provider of telecommunications infrastructure development and support services. This agreement lets WaveRider provide technology and service solutions for its Last Mile Solution (LMS) wireless Internet access products […]