HWT@bnr.ca (Henry Troup) (11/06/90)
I thought I'd summarise the latest issue of {Bell News}, the Bell Canada Ontario Region newspaper: - Bell demonstrates international technology link Bell Canada demo'd OSI for the first time in Canada at the ANSI plenary session. During the demonstration, more than 100 industry experts observed as a full seven-layer OSI stack was used to remotely manage a high-speed fiber optic transmission system in Montreal. - New Call-Me Card proving popular ... over 20,000 issued - Datapac reductions Reductions of up to 68% on international packet switching - $4.50 per hour to Europe, Caribbean, Central and South Americe, Middle and Far East, Africa, Australia. Access to over 100 foreign public packet networks in 85 countries. - Teleglobe expands Orivate digital satellite service to 13 new countries including Jamaica, Brazil, South Korea, New Zealand, Germany, Bermuda, Switzerland. "Teleglobe, a Memotech company, is Canada's international telecommunications carrier." The services are called Globesat (tm) and Globestream (tm). - Downturn spurs changed spending processes The projected increase in calls for 1990 and 1991 is less than the historical trend to date, and Bell Canada is deferring a bunch of spending. A less interesting issue than many ... hope some of this is of interest. I've left out the purely 'company' stuff, like internal cost reduction "Return your spare furniture", and volleyball games, Pioneer activities, obituaries, etc.