Canada - Telecom Market, Digital Media and Regulatory Overviews - Statistics Insights and Analysis

Synopsis

The convergence of voice, internet and TV continues to bring Canadian telcos and broadcasting operators together as direct competitors in the emerging market for bundled services. Broadband and wireless revenues are underpinning telecom sector revenue while the fixed-voice sector continues to decline. Operators investing in fibre networks are migrating customer to IP for voice and other services as part of a systematic overhaul of the country’s telecom infrastructure. A stimulus for FttH expansion among telcos has come from cablecos whose upgraded networks now commonly offer up to 200Mb/s. This report provides a broad range of key statistical data on the major telecoms segments, including e-commerce and e-health developments as well as policies which support the progress of smart meter adoption and smart grids. It provides an overview of each major sector, an analysis of market developments and an assessment of operator strategies.

Key developments:

Government proposes relaxation of foreign company ownership rules in telecom sector; regulator’s policy to migrate telcos to IP networks; telcos’ operating data to Q1 2013; regulator’s market data to 2012; market developments to May 2013.

Companies mentioned in this report include:

Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, TELUS, BOLDstreet Wireless, Tadaa Wireless, DoDo Wireless, Hotspotzz, Wayport, Boingo, FatPort, Rogers Communications, Craig Wireless System, Barrett Xplore, I-NetLink, Sasktel, Videotron, Cogeco, Shaw Communications.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2 Regulatory environment
    • 3.2.1 Three Year Plan 2012-2015
• 4. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 4.1 National telecom network
  • 4.2 International infrastructure
  • 4.3 FttH and FttN
  • 4.4 Cable HFC networks
• 5. Fixed-line sector
• 6. Internet and e-commerce
• 7. Digital media
  • 7.1 Overview
  • 7.2 Digital television (DTV)
  • 7.3 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
  • 7.4 TV-over-IP (IPTV)
  • 7.5 Cable telephony and VoIP
  • 7.6 Satellite
• 8. Smart grid developments
  • 8.1 Ontario
  • 8.2 Alberta
  • 8.3 Québec
  • 8.4 British Columbia
  • 8.5 New Brunswick
• 9. E-health developments
• 10. E-commerce
• 11. Data centres
• 12. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 3 – Fixed-line statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 4 – Major ISPs – 2013
• Table 5 – Internet user statistics – 2012
• Table 6 – Broadband statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 7 – Wireless statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 8 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 9 – Telecom, broadcasting revenue– 2007 - 2013
• Table 10 – Telecoms revenue by type – 2006 - 2013
• Table 11 – Telecoms revenue by type of provider – 2008 - 2013
• Table 12 – Telecoms investment by type – 2006 - 2012
• Table 13 – Cableco revenue – 2008 - 2013
• Table 14 – Cable TV (broadcasting) revenue – 2007 - 2013
• Table 15 – Cable TV subscribers – 2006 - 2013
• Table 16 – Cable TV subscribers by major player– 2008 - 2012
• Table 17 – Fixed-lines in service – 2007 - 2013
• Table 18 – Fixed-line voice revenue – 2002 - 2013
• Table 19 – Fixed-line retail and wholesale revenue – 2006 - 2013
• Table 20 – Online advertising revenue – 2005 - 2013
• Table 21 – Internet revenue – 2001 - 2013
• Table 22 – Broadcasting revenue by type – 2006 - 2013
• Table 23 – Bundled services penetration by operator (Anglophone market) – 2010
• Table 24 – Bundled services penetration by operator (Francophone market) – 2010
• Table 25 – Subscribers to broadcasting services – 2006 - 2013
• Table 26 – Digital TV (cable, satellite, telco) and total TV households – 2002 - 2011
• Table 27 – IPTV revenue – 2007 - 2013
• Table 28 – IPTV subscribers – 2007 - 2013
• Table 29 – VoIP subscribers – 2009 - 2013
• Table 30 – DTH and MDS revenue – 2007 - 2014
• Table 31 – Satellite broadcasting revenue – 2008 - 2012
• Table 32 – DHT and MDS subscribers – 2006 - 2013

• Chart 1 – Telecoms revenue by type – 2006 – 2013

• Exhibit 1 – Major submarine cables landing in Canada
• Exhibit 2 – Toronto Hydro, Google and smart metering

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