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.