Canada - Broadband Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

By the end of 2008 Canada had slipped another place on the OECD broadband penetration rankings. Although the current ranking of 10th is down from second place in 2002, broadband deployment continues to progress under active government encouragement, with over 95% of Canadians living in communities served by broadband access. Rapidly increasing demand for cable VoIP is in turn fuelling demand for cable broadband. Cable still leads DSL in terms of subscriber numbers whilst fibre deployments are starting to gain momentum. In contrast, despite the large number of WiMAX spectrum licences in the market, WiMAX developments are still largely a niche market. This report contains statistics, analysis and forecasts on the Canadian broadband sector.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Industry overview and analysis
  
  • 2.1 Broadband statistics
    
• 3. Cable modems
  
  • 3.1 Overview and statistics
    
  • 3.2 Major cable broadband providers
    
    • 3.2.1 Shaw Cablesystems GP
      
    • 3.2.2 Rogers Cable Communications Inc
      
    • 3.2.3 Vidéotron Ltée
      
    • 3.2.4 Cogeco Cable
      
• 4. Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
  
  • 4.1 Major DSL Providers
    
    • 4.1.1 Bell Canada Enterprises
      
    • 4.1.2 Telus Corporation
      
    • 4.1.3 MTS Allstream
      
    • 4.1.4 SaskTel
      
• 5. Fibre-to-the-Home/Node (FttH/FttN)
  
  • 5.1 Overview
    
  • 5.2 Major fibre projects
    
    • 5.2.1 Bell Canada Enterprises
      
    • 5.2.2 Telus Corporation
      
    • 5.2.3 The Alberta SuperNet
      
    • 5.2.4 SaskTel’s NGAI
      
• 6. Wireless broadband
  
  • 6.1 WiFi
    
  • 6.2 WiMAX
    
    • 6.2.1 Overview
      
    • 6.2.2 Inukshuk
      
    • 6.2.3 Look Communications
      
    • 6.2.4 Barrett Xplore
      
    • 6.2.5 Alberta WiMAX
      
  • 6.3 Satellite
    
• 7. Forecasts
  
  • 7.1 Broadband subscriber forecasts to 2015
    
  • 7.2 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 8. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Residential broadband subscribers by technology – 2001 - 2008
• Table 2 – Broadband penetration in top 10 OECD countries – 2001; 2006; 2008
• Table 3 – Broadband penetration in G7 countries – 2004 - 2008
• Table 4 – Cable modem subscribers by major operator – 2003 - 2008
• Table 5 – Rogers Cable average Internet monthly ARPU – 2006 - 2008
• Table 6 – DSL subscribers by major operator – 2004 - 2008
• Table 7 – Forecast residential DSL, cable and other broadband subscribers – lower market growth scenario – 2010; 2015
• Table 8 – Forecast residential DSL, cable and other broadband subscribers – higher market growth scenario – 2010; 2015

• Exhibit 9 – CANARIE Corporation
• Exhibit 2 – City WiFi – Toronto’s OneZone Wireless network
• Exhibit 3 – The Alberta SuperNet