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Tracking the Rogers Jul 8th network failure – 2nd update

Colin Henderson

Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri faced a Government of Canada team to answer questions about the network failure Jul 8th. There are four major points he made with sub bullets from me. Working toward a formal agreement between carriers to switch 911 calls to each other’s networks automatically My main observation here is that does not improve reliability of Rogers service. The logistics to ensure such a failover works will not be easy. Second, Rogers will set a higher standard for reliability by physically separating our wireless and internet services to create an ‘always on’ network Words matter: The concept ‘always … Continue reading Tracking the Rogers Jul 8th network failure – 2nd update

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Bell, Rogers, Telus to launch mobile payment service | Canada

Colin Henderson

Canadian Telco’s beat the banks out with the first serious country wide example of mobile payments in Canada, and frankly one of few in the world.  This is just one more example of disaggregated financial services, that cip away parts of what was previously banks’ territory. The use of NFC technology is also worth noting here.  NFC (Near Field Communications) permits wireless data transfer over distances up to 10 cm.  This is designed to eliminate accidentally purchasing Dave Birch’s coffee for him. In all seriousness while this has been a long time coming, my sense has always been that the … Continue reading Bell, Rogers, Telus to launch mobile payment service | Canada