Canada - Infrastructure - FttH, NGNs & IP

Synopsis

Canada’s national telecom infrastructure is predominantly based on a copper-wire circuit switched network. Since the mid-1990s Canada’s telecom infrastructure has been undergoing significant modernisation driven largely by the demand for cable television and broadband services and the development of new technologies such as satellite and IP networks. In particular, the growing demand for converged voice, data and TV services is driving the deployment of Next Generation Networks in the form of IP-based networks. Although many of these developments have been led by the cable companies, the ongoing decline in traditional fixed line revenues is compelling the incumbent telcos to consider modernising their network infrastructure, by deploying optical fibre deeper into the network. Nevertheless, there remains significant scope for increasing the rate and extent of NGN deployment.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. National telecom network
  
  • 2.1 Overview
    
  • 2.2 Wireline networks
    
    • 2.2.1 Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
      
    • 2.2.2 Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
      
    • 2.2.3 Intelligent Networks (INs)
      
    • 2.2.4 Packet Switched Networks (PSNs)
      
    • 2.2.5 Frame Relay (FR) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks
      
    • 2.2.6 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) systems
      
  • 2.3 Wireless networks
    
    • 2.3.1 Wireless systems for local access
      
    • 2.3.2 Satellite systems
      
• 3. International infrastructure
  
  • 3.1 Satellite networks
    
  • 3.2 Submarine cable networks
    
• 4. Infrastructure developments
  
  • 4.1 Overview
    
  • 4.2 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
    
    • 4.2.1 Overview
      
    • 4.2.2 Major Fibre Projects
      
  • 4.3 Cable networks
    
  • 4.4 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
    
    • 4.4.1 Telco NGNs
      
    • 4.4.2 CANARIE Corporation
      
    • 4.4.3 Customer-owned networks
      
  • 4.5 IP networks
    
    • 4.5.1 IP network overview
      
    • 4.5.2 VoIP market overview
      
  • 4.6 Smart grid developments
    
• 5. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2008
• Table 2 – Subscriber numbers of major cable telephony providers – 2005 - 2008

• Exhibit 1 – Definition: ADSL and VDSL
• Exhibit 2 – Telesat’s current and planned fleet of satellites
• Exhibit 3 – Major submarine cables landing in Canada
• Exhibit 4 – Definition: FttH/FttP/FttB and FttN/FttC
• Exhibit 5 – Major Fibre Projects in operation
• Exhibit 6 – Definition: HFC cable
• Exhibit 7 – Major cable telephony and VoIP providers in Canada
• Exhibit 8 – Toronto Hydro, Google and smart metering