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Revenu Québec awards contract to TelusTelus National Systems has been awarded a $1-million deal to supply and maintain a call centre system for Quebec’s Revenue department. The ministry has call centres in Montreal, Longueuil and Laval. More details. Bell tests Net2Phone VoIP technologyBell Canada is about to start conducting consumer tests of Net2Phone’s Voice Over Internet Protocol technologies. The company hopes to be able to bundle the service with products from BCE Inc. stable mates like Sympatico-Lycos, Bell Globemedia and Bell Mobility. More details. Alcatel unveils new routing switch platformEquipment manufacturer Alcatel Co. has introduced a new routing switch platform. The 7670 RSP, which can deliver in-service scalability up to 450 Gbps, will be made at the French firm’s Ottawa plant. Bell Canada is among the customers for the product. More details. Telus offers VoIP with Microsoft systemsWestern-based telco Telus Corp. has linked up with Microsoft Canada to offer VoIP services to any PC using Windows XP. The new product will be introduced late next week. More details. Telus and UMA provide GIS productsTelus Geomatics has formed a strategic alliance with UMA Group Ltd. to deliver digital data and GIS services. The companies expect that municipalities will be among the most enthusiastic clients of the products. More details. SaskTel wins payphone compensation decisionThe CRTC approved SaskTel’s application for payphone compensation and competitive payphone toll-free tracking. Call-Net Enterprises Inc. had voiced concerns that IXCs cannot manage their business without tracking toll-free calls in real time. That part of the decision has been forwarded to a working group of the CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee. More details. Nortel wins contract from QwestNortel Networks Corp. has deployed a packet-based network for Qwest Communications International Inc. The product package includes a carrier-grade softswitch, succession communication server, and trunking gateways. More details. Bell launches business education seriesBell Canada is conducting its third annual small business education seminars from October 21 to 27. The event is scheduled to coincide with Small Business Week. More details. Onlinetel adds 200K users in three monthsNext-gen telecom Onlinetel has added 205,254 unique users in the quarter ending Sept. 30, for a total of 537,604. The company is a subsidiary of Eiger Technology Inc. of Toronto. More details. New investors for LocusDialogMontreal’s LocusDialog has received US$6 million in investment from Innovatech Grand Montreal, the Solidarity Fund QFL and Cantwell Holdings. The applications company was purchased from Infospace. More details.

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