Earlier today I had a chance to speak with about 25 Israeli business people, consultants and entrepreneurs involved in different sectors of Israel’s ICT sector, discussing potential opportunities to do business with Canada.
For 2 hours this afternoon, we looked at Canada’s geography, industry structure, regulatory framework, markets, trends and more.
There is a lot of innovation in Israel, especially in the wireless space. The group was quite interested in some of Canada’s recent policy twists on the TV and telecom sides. Among the entrepreneurs was a firm that offers broadcast solutions over public internet.
Through the years, I have led a few of these sessions when I have been abroad, trying to help drum up international business relationships. It is good for Canada; it is good for the partner nation; good for the businesses and their employees; and ultimately good for the customers, who get access to a greater pool of solutions.
Over the coming weeks, I’ll talk a little more about some of the solutions being developed by the companies I met. Some of these firms will hopefully be coming to The Canadian Telecom Summit in June. I hope you will meet them there.