{"id":4818,"date":"2011-05-09T06:41:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T10:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2017-01-24T13:14:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T18:14:41","slug":"connecting-canadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=4818","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Canadians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/cts11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4819\" title=\"Summit Logo 125\" src=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Summit-Logo-125.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Telecom Summit\" width=\"125\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a>This week, I&#8217;ll take a little time to explore some of the panel discussions coming to <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/cts11\" target=\"_blank\">The 2011 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the sessions on the morning of May 31 takes an in-depth look at <strong>Connecting Canadians: <em>Delivering broadband to all<\/em><\/strong>. It is a panel that is especially relevant given the regulatory policy released last week on the <a title=\"The obligation to serve and more\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/iBrwV2\" target=\"_blank\">Obligation to Serve<\/a> and\u00a0the CRTC&#8217;s\u00a0universal minimum broadband speed targets.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/cts11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CTS11 Sponsors\" src=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Sponsors.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CTS11 Sponsors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The panel will look at rural and urban broadband development and the adoption of ICTs by Canadians. It features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SaskTel President &amp; CEO Ron Styles<\/li>\n<li>Barrett Xplore CEO John Maduri<\/li>\n<li>FTTH Council President Dan O&#8217;Connell<\/li>\n<li>Bell Canada VP Jonathan Daniels<\/li>\n<li>ITAC President &amp; CEO Bernard Courtois<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With this range of perspectives, guided by moderator Michael Tanglao, the panel will be able to explore the challenges and opportunities with increasing the availability and adoption of ICTs in Canada as we transform to a more digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>Have you <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CTS11R\" target=\"_blank\">registered<\/a> yet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I&#8217;ll take a little time to explore some of the panel discussions coming to The 2011 Canadian Telecom Summit. One of the sessions on the morning of May 31 takes an in-depth look at Connecting Canadians: Delivering broadband to all. It is a panel that is especially relevant given the regulatory policy released &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=4818\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Connecting Canadians<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Connecting Canadians &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week, I&#039;ll take a little time to explore some of the panel discussions coming to The 2011 Canadian Telecom Summit. 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