New ISP providers offset consolidation

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The emergence of niche Internet service providers (ISP) in Canada counters the anti-competitive effects of consolidation in the industry. Paul Pierlot, an economist and project manager at Statistics Canada, said that outside data places the number of ISPs at around 440 but Statistics Canada's own study found that over 675 ISPs operate across Canada. Pierlot said that the Internet industry is certainly dynamic and much merger activity is anticipated. He, however, said that the data indicate that mergers are being offset. Keith Parsonage, director-general of Industry Canada's information technology branch, said that large scale industry consolidation is yet to occur and instead, the industry is expanding with respect to both size and number of players.

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Canada: The emergence of niche Internet service providers counters the anti-competitive effects of industry consolidation

Market information - general, Internet service providers, Article

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BCT.Telus learns to snap up sites before Net launch

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BCT.Telus Communications Inc, the Burnaby, British Columbia-based telecommunications company, has been having problems with registering domain names in its effort to create a regional and national Internet service. The company plans to create a portal site for each Canadian province and key cities, but it has found out that the domain names 'myontario.com' and 'mytoronto.com' have already been registered by another party. The planned sites will provide local, national and international news as well as other online services such e-mail.

Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Specialized Telecom Services, Services information, BCT.Telus Communications Inc.

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