In Canada, there are hall of fames for curling and ringette so why not one for the telecom industry? After more than two years of planning, the Canadian Telecommunications Hall of Fame has named its first inductees. Two of them need no introduction: telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell and entrepreneur Terry Matthews, who co-founded Mitel (with Michael Cowpland) and started Newbridge. Many people are likely unfamiliar with Reginald Fessenden and Charles Fleetford Sise. Fessenden was the first person to demonstrate voice and music could travel over wireless networks - before Marconi invented the radio - while Sise started Bell Canada and ran it for 35 years from 1880 to 1915. The other five inductees are ex-CRTC vice-chair David Colville, consultants Ian and Lis Angus, academic Hudson Janisch and John Chapman, who played a key role in the development of Canada's space and satellite sectors. The hall of fame is the brain-child of lawyer Lorne Abugov, who eventually wants to build a physical hall in Brantford, Ont., the home of Alexander Graham Bell and, of course, hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky.