[CAnet - news] $50 million initiative for Next Generation Internet to Reduce Global Warming

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[I am very pleased to have contributed my small part to this initiative. As
I have long argued there are significant innovation and economic
opportunities to use ICT to address the challenge of global warming.
Countries and business that are first movers in this field will be the big
winners.  As such I am pleased to see the participation of some of Canada's
largest ICT companies. Some excerpts from the original article from
TechMedia -- BSA]

Prompt Inc
http://www.promptquebec.com/index_en.html

Telecom giants support federal bid to study zero-carbon Internet
http://www.techmediareports.ca/reports/node/23265

Ericsson, Nortel Networks and Bell Canada Enterprises are among the
companies supporting an industry-led plan to promote development of a
carbon-neutral Internet. Led by the Quebec-based organization PROMPT Inc.,
the “Next Generation Internet to Reduce Global Warming” research project has
already lined up $8 million in industry contributions and $6 million from
the Quebec government. It is now looking to the federal government for an
additional $7.5 million to make the initiative national.

“This will be a $15 million program to start … with long-term plans to grow
to $50 million,” says Charles Despins, president and CEO of PROMPT
(Partenariats de Recherche Orientée en Microélectronique, Photonique et
Télécommunications). “It will involve both hardware and software, with
wireless playing a huge part. There will be a lot of optical work and a
number of new applications.”

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