It was quite an opening to this year’s edition of The Canadian Telecom Summit. We had top level, engaged discussions from the opening at 8:30 this morning through cocktails at the end of the day that extended through the end of the US-Ghana World Cup match on our twin 25 foot TV screens. Rick Hillier provided a refreshing outside perspective in his closing address. Here are some of the news stories to emerge from Day 1 at The 2014 Canadian Telecom Summit:
- Rogers CEO: telecom industry must provide better time-savings for its customers by David Paddon, The Canadian Press
- On privacy, Canadian telecoms should be held to ‘far higher standard’ by Christine Dobby, Globe and Mail
- Are Canada’s telcos at a security tipping point? by Andrew Brooks, IT World Canada
- Telecom industry wasting customers’ time with overly complex pricing plans: Rogers CEO by John Greenwood, Financial Post
- ‘Cracks’ appearing in cable industry as Internet newcomers woo away viewers by John Greenwood, Financial Post
- The Canadian wireless industry is in a state of transformation by Christine Persaud of WiFi HiFi
- Rogers Guy Laurence says time is money by Christine Persaud of WiFi HiFi
Mobile Syrup, CARTT.ca and Wire Report also provided coverage. In particular, Greg O’Brien covered our opening remarks in one of many stories on the Cartt.ca website, observing
There are some conference organizers from whom you never hear a word, discouraging or otherwise. Not so for Michael Sone and Mark Goldberg, the owners and organizers of the Canadian Telecom Summit, now in its 13th year.
BNN conducted a number of interviews throughout the day and these are available on-demand on the BNN Video archive. Here is a link to a spot with a highlight drawn from the opening keynote and an interview with Scotiabank analyst Jeff Fan, who moderated our afternoon panel looking at the Continuing Evolution of TV. Dave Caputo of Sandvine, a member of Jeff Fan’s panel, was interviewed by BNN as well. Dvai Ghose, from Canaccord Genuity (and moderator of our Competition in Telecom panel) was also interviewed by BNN. Before the conference opened, I provided BNN with a preview.
CPAC recorded a number of the sessions today, including the keynote addresses by Rogers CEO Guy Laurence, the Competition in Telecom panel, the Continuing Evolution of TV panel and the keynote by CWTA chief Bernard Lord. Over the coming weeks, I will provide a link to these, once they are available online.