We had a great opening day, which featured more than half of the speakers, thanks to great concurrent sessions.

Lots of press coverage, including a Globe and Mail feature on our opening keynote, a Post story that covers RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis’ address and Rogers’ CEO Nadir Mohamed’s comments, this Globe story about an Israeli firm that has acquired some of the Nortel assets, another Globe story about new mobile commerce technology announced at the conference, and coverage in the Star here and here.

Press coverage includes a special supplement [ pdf, 1.18MB] in today’s Globe and Mail.

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Update [June 22, 10:30 am]
Added link to Globe and Mail supplement [ pdf, 1.18MB].

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Once again, Nadir Mohamed provided the opening keynote at The Canadian Telecom Summit on Monday.

As reported on Mobile Syrup, Nadir observed a key distinction between wireless and wireline communications:

It’s an important thing to reflect back. 25 years ago… 1985 when we launched wireless in Canada, the notion of wireless was very much about mobility. Wireless = Mobility. I suggest today that wireless has very little to do with mobility and everything to do with personalization.

More coverage of the opening day activities tomorrow.

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Mobile syrup has coverage of the keynote address by Mike Lazaridis at The Canadian Telecom Summit, including some mobile video.

I’ll find links for more press coverage of the first day of the event by tomorrow.

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Update [June 24, 9:30 pm]
Link to cover story in Canadian Jewish News, June 25, 2009 edition.

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If you can’t make it in person to The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit, which opens today, then be sure to watch for coverage from your favourite media outlet.

The Globe and Mail is our media partner for this year’s event and it will have daily coverage.

CARTT will be providing delegates with daily conference newsletters and regular updates for its subscribers. And Tech Media Reports and FoxGroup Media will have coverage for its subscribers.

Mobile Syrup is planning to cover the event with live coverage and Mark Evans will be there, and we have conscripted him to moderate our panel looking at the Broadband Home.

If you have not yet registered, well… what are you waiting for?

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It’s showtime!

The halls are set. The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit opens this morning at 7:00 am.

Hundreds of delegates have registered to hear from 79 speakers and to join with colleagues, clients and competitors for 3 days of schmoozing. The number of last minute registrations last week were both surprising and gratifying.

I will try to provide some updates throughout the event. Various media outlets will be providing coverage.

Watch this space for links.

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