So it is now over for another year. The 2014 Canadian Telecom Summit closed today with a number of sessions that each deserve headlines in the business press, but many news outlets will focus on just one story.
So let me encourage you to find write-ups on all of our speakers in the specialty industry journals, such as Cartt.ca and Wire Report. Cartt.ca is providing complimentary access to its site for three months. Be sure to read all the articles about The 2014 Canadian Telecom Summit. You will see why you should subscribe.
Be sure to find sites that also cover today’s opening address by MTS chief executive Pierre Blouin, who delivered a thoughtful talk about the competition enabled by Canada’s regional service providers. We had a panel looking at the digital economy; a panel looking at machine to machine; a CIO / CTO roundtable; keynotes by Michael Murphy of Nokia; and an entertaining and informative conversation between TSN host Michael Landsberg and his boss’ boss, Phil King.
Still, tomorrow morning’s business headlines may belong to our closing speaker, newly appointed Quebecor chief executive, Pierre Dion, who announced that his company is ready and able to become Canada’s fourth national wireless competitor, if the government gets the rules right.
- Bloomberg coverage by Christina Pellegrini and Stefanie Batcho-Lino;
- Globe and Mail coverage by Christine Dobby;
- National Post coverage by John Greenwood;
- Canada’s Quebecor could buy smaller rivals in wireless expansion -CEO, Reuters coverage by Alastair Sharp
- among others.
As Paul Bagnell of BNN predicted last Friday, The Canadian Telecom Summit demonstrated that it continues to be the industry’s most important event.
The 2014 event is now history, but you should mark the 2015 dates into your calendar now: June 1-3, 2015. If you are interested in the Canadian ICT sector, you should plan to attend The 2015 Canadian Telecom Summit, June 1-3, 2015, in Toronto.