Nortel Networks Corp. once again will have to restate its financial results to fix accounting mistakes, the company said on Friday as it posted a fourth-quarter loss of $2.2 billion. Their chief executive maintains that the revenue was just recognized in incorrect periods, from 2002 through 2005. Revenue recognition is definitely a touchy subject these […]
Entries from March 2006 ↓
Revenue recognition and Nortel
March 10th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Category: Auditing
Tags: Nortel, note, restatement, revenue, standards, timing
Toronto’s building wi-fi network downtown
March 7th, 2006 · 1 Comment
It was not too long ago that I was writing about Chicago’s plans to blanket the city in wireless internet and wondering when Toronto would follow suit. Well apparently, it won’t be long: Mayor David Miller will join Toronto Hydro executives on Tuesday to officially announce the initiative, which will be the largest of its […]
Category: Toronto
Tags: access, broadband, Chicago, internet, municipal, Toronto, urban, wifi, wireless
Wireless internet theft affects us all
March 5th, 2006 · No Comments
A story in the New York Times about your friendly neighborhood wireless thieves. I have to admit I’m guilty of this when I’m not at home, but it pretty much does serve you right if you don’t secure your network. Maybe municipal wi-fi will cut down on this “phenomenon”… Edit: If only Twitter were invented […]
Category: Technology
Tags: access, crime, internet, media, network, New York, theft, Times, wifi, wireless
