In his address to The 2007 Canadian Telecom Summit, chair Konrad von Finckenstein identified a need to increase the resources – number of people – for the CRTC in order to meet the demands of the industry to deliver more timely decisions on both broadcast and telecom issues. .

He also welcomed yesterday’s release of a model telecom act and he paid its authors – Hank Intven and Mary Dawson – the very highest accolades.

There was a lot of news from June 12 at The 2007 Canadian Telecom Summit. Catherine McLean filed a story about RIM’s views on competition from the iPhone on Tuesday afternoon and another looking at possible price hikes mentioned in the consumer services panel.

Hank Intven’s Tuesday afternoon release of a Model Act to implement the recommendations of the Telecom Policy Review panel will lead to considerable debate on the final day of The Summit.

International perspectives were part of the proceedings on Tuesday, starting off with Avaya COO Mike Thurk, Accenture’s Dan Elron, Motorola chief Greg Brown and Nokia Siemens Networks CEO Simon Beresford-Wylie complementing the views of Canadian leaders of global players: Jim Balsillie of RIM and Mitel’s Don Smith.

I should also point out coverage of Day 1 at jules.ca and I hope to see continuing coverage from her with a more independent viewpoint (of course I am biased!)

Michael Geist has posted his slides from his panel at The Canadian Telecom Summit.

Like last year, we felt that this gathering of the top leadership of regulators, policy makers, telco and cable execs and lawyers would be a good place to explore issues and possible solutions to address the troubling challenges of illegal content on the internet.

There are no easy solutions – so it is important to keep this dialog going.

Just had a few minutes to speak privately with Jim Balsillie who is speaking today at 12:15 at The Canadian Telecom Summit.

Regular readers know that I have complained about the density of Blackberries – meaning that they don’t float when they fall in the lake. Jim suggests that you just let it dry out. Usually, it will recover.

Yesterday’s Post called the event The Super Bowl of Telecom. A hockey metaphor may be more appropriate, given the presence at the event today of new team owner Jim Balsillie and Competition Bureau chief Sheridan Scott tomorrow.

The Globe and Mail and National Post both carried first day reports from The Canadian Telecom Summit.