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Asia Pacific TV 12edition
2003/2004 Telecoms in Canada
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The telecommunications market in Canada in 2002 and 2003 has been experiencing a slowdown in revenue growth as competition continues to drive prices down although the user is seen to be benefiting from this situation. Canada has a growing market for wireless services, high levels of penetration of broadband Internet services and healthy competition for local and long-distance services. In many respects the Canadians have taken the best of both European and US models for telecommunications competition and applied the necessary regulations where required. Altogether the market is in a relatively healthy state compared to that of many other western countries around the world;

  • The telecommunications market in Canada in 2002 and 2003 has been experiencing a slowdown in revenue growth as competition continues to drive prices down although the user is seen to be benefiting from this situation. Canada has a growing market for wireless services, high levels of penetration of broadband Internet services and healthy competition for local and long-distance services. In many respects the Canadians have taken the best of both European and US models for telecommunications competition and applied the necessary regulations where required. Altogether the market is in a relatively healthy state compared to that of many other western countries around the world;
  • With one of the most advanced telecommunications sectors in the world, Canada’s telecom market continues to grow, while intense competition has led to service innovation, falling prices and significant industry restructuring;
  • By early 2003, total revenues in the telecom market reached an estimated $33.0 billion (up 3.1% on 2001). Industry gross revenues had grown from $24.9 billion in 1998;
  • Local competition now exists throughout most of Canada;
  • Telecom infrastructure has undergone massive modernisation projects driven by increased competition, liberalisation of telecom policy and government initiatives aimed at extending broadband reach;
  • Canada has one of the highest rates of Internet usage in the world. Furthermore, Canadians are heavy users, with almost 90% of users using e-mail at least weekly. The Canadian Internet access market continues to grow strongly with nearly 80% of Canadians having Internet access by 2003;
  • Residential broadband access enjoyed accelerated growth in 2003 as the increase in dial-up accounts slowed. High-speed household cable Internet access continues to maintain its lead over household Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). There are over 4 million residential broadband subscribers in late 2003;
  • Canada is also seen as a world leader in e-commerce. The government has actively encouraged initiatives, including the development of digital and broadband networks, to develop high-speed access throughout the country suitable for wireless and Internet applications;
  • The country’s mobile industry has experienced rapid growth since its inception and demand is expected to remain strong for the foreseeable future. With the number of subscribers to wireless products and service totalling close to 12.5 million by late 2003, almost 40% of Canadians now have access to a wireless device;
  • Wireless operators have invested over $12 billion since 1990;
  • Canadian broadcasting has seen major changes during the last three years with the growth of specialty television services stimulating structural changes within the industry. The deployment of digital technology will eliminate bandwidth scarcity, enabling the offering of numerous new services, including interactive TV;
  • The number of digital TV subscribers in Canada stood at approximately 3.5 million by 2003, up from 2.8 million at end-2001.

    See this documents 'Table of Contents' for more details.

     
    1.TELECOMMUNICATIONS – MARKET ANALYSIS – 2003 
    1.1Key developments in the Canadian telecom market 
    1.2Telecommunications market 
    1.2.1Overview 
    1.2.2Regulatory environment 
    1.2.3Infrastructure 
    1.2.4Data 
    1.2.5Internet 
    1.2.6Broadband 
    1.2.7E-commerce 
    1.2.8Wireless communications 
    1.2.9Broadcasting 
    2.KEY STATISTICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET OVERVIEW 
    2.1Key statistics 
    2.2Telecommunications market 
    2.2.1Overview 
    2.2.2Industry transformation 
    2.2.3Teledensity 
    2.2.4Industry revenues 
    2.2.5Internet and e-commerce market 
    2.2.6Wireless market 
    2.2.7Broadcasting market 
    2.3Industry revenues 
    2.3.1Overview 
    2.3.2Capital expenditure 
    2.3.3Competition 
    2.3.4Fixed-line voice market 
    3.REGULATORY OVERVIEW 
    3.1History 
    3.2The telecommunications act of 1993 
    3.2.1Non-compliance of the Telecommunications Act 
    3.3Telecommunications policy 
    3.4Regulatory bodies 
    3.4.1Industry Canada 
    3.4.2Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission 
    3.5Telecommunications policy 
    3.5.1Liberalisation 
    3.5.2Foreign ownership 
    3.5.3Convergence policy 
    3.5.4Connecting Canadians Agenda 
    3.5.5WTO agreement on basic telecom services 
    3.6Regulatory milestones 
    3.6.1Long-distance competition 
    3.6.2International competition 
    3.6.3Local competition 
    3.6.4Telephone service to high-cost serving areas 
    3.6.5Payphone service 
    3.6.6Cable TV network facilities – access by third parties 
    3.6.7DSL access for resellers 
    3.6.8Direct connection rates 
    3.6.9Access to municipal rights-of-way 
    3.6.10Opening-up ILEC access lines to new competitors 
    3.6.11Wireless 
    3.6.12Price caps: the first price cap regime – 1998-2002 
    3.6.13Second price cap regime – 2002-2006 
    4.MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE MARKET 
    4.1Overview 
    4.1.1Status of competition 
    4.1.2Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) 
    4.1.3Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) 
    4.1.4Other operators 
    5.TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE 
    5.1Overview 
    5.2Infrastructure build-outs slow down 
    5.3Local infrastructure 
    5.3.1Local access network 
    5.4National infrastructure 
    5.4.1Overview 
    5.4.2PSTN 
    5.4.3ISDN 
    5.4.4Intelligent networks 
    5.4.5Packet switched networks 
    5.4.6Frame relay and ATM networks 
    5.4.7Mobile networks 
    5.4.8Satellite systems 
    5.5International infrastructure 
    5.5.1Satellite networks 
    5.5.2Submarine cable networks 
    5.6Technology trends and imperatives 
    5.6.1Broadband infrastructure 
    5.6.2Fibre optics 
    5.6.3Internet 
    5.6.4Cable television 
    5.6.5Cable data networks 
    5.6.6Digital radio-relay systems 
    5.6.7Future evolution 
    6.FIXED NETWORK VOICE SERVICES 
    6.1Introduction 
    6.2Impact of competition 
    6.3Competition between telecommunications and cable 
    6.4Bundling and local competition 
    6.5Convergence/divergence of business and residential customers 
    6.6VoIP/IP telephony 
    6.6.1Via cable TV infrastructure 
    6.6.2Orbit Canada 
    6.6.3Allstream’s IP-VPN service 
    6.6.4Bell Canada 
    7.PUBLIC DATA, INTERNET AND ISPS 
    7.1Public data 
    7.1.1Overview 
    7.1.2Data and private line services 
    7.1.3ISDN 
    7.1.4IP VPN 
    7.1.5Major players in the data market 
    7.2Internet and online market 
    7.2.1Market overview and analysis 
    7.2.2Internet access 
    7.2.3Regulatory environment 
    7.2.4Internet usage and demographics 
    7.2.5Internet and mobile phones 
    7.3ISP market 
    7.3.1Overview 
    7.3.2Major ISPs 
    8.BROADBAND NETWORKS AND SERVICES 
    8.1Market overview 
    8.1.1CANARIE Corporation 
    8.1.2Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance 
    8.1.3Broadband usage 
    8.2Cable modems 
    8.2.1Major high-speed cable providers 
    8.3DSL 
    8.4Wireless broadband 
    8.4.1LMDS 
    8.4.2Wireless LANs 
    8.5Internet via satellite 
    8.6Video-on-Demand (VoD) 
    9.CONTENT AND E-SERVICES 
    9.1E-commerce 
    9.1.1Online banking 
    9.1.2Online shopping 
    9.1.3Online brokerage 
    9.2E-government 
    10.WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 
    10.1Overview 
    10.1.1Statistical overview 
    10.2Regulatory issues 
    10.2.1Spectrum auctions 
    10.2.2Lifting of the spectrum cap 
    10.2.3Licensing the 40MHz of PCS spectrum 
    10.2.4Number portability 
    10.3Mobile technologies 
    10.3.1PCS 
    10.3.2GSM 
    10.3.3Third generation mobile 
    10.4Major mobile operators 
    10.4.1Overview 
    10.4.2Bell Wireless Alliance 
    10.4.3Microcell (Fido) 
    10.4.4Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc 
    10.4.5Telus mobility 
    10.5Mobile services 
    10.5.1Prepaid services 
    10.5.2Wireless data 
    10.6Paging 
    10.6.1Market overview 
    10.6.2Paging operators 
    10.7Satellite mobile 
    11.BROADCASTING 
    11.1Market overview, major broadcasters, programming and content 
    11.1.1Market overview 
    11.1.2Regulatory environment 
    11.1.3TV broadcasters 
    11.1.4Programming and content 
    11.2Cables satellite, digital and interactive TV 
    11.2.1TV distribution industry 
    11.2.2Digital TV 
    11.2.3Cable TV 
    11.2.4Satellite TV 
    11.2.5MDS and lcms services 
    11.2.6Interactive TV 
    12.GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS 
    Exhibit 1 – Registered CLECs – May 2002 
    Exhibit 2 – Telesat’s current and planned fleet of satellites 
    Exhibit 3 – Submarine cables serving Canada 
    Exhibit 4 – Clusters of ISPs 
    Exhibit 5 – Top site categories ranked (broadband and dial-up users) – January 2003 
    Exhibit 6 – New licences and spectrum covered – 2001 
    Exhibit 7 – 3G licence awards – January 2001 
    Exhibit 8 – Public television networks 
    Exhibit 9 – Private networks and corporate groups 
    Exhibit 10 – Specialty channels 
    Exhibit 11 – Selected cable operators by province – 2002 
    Exhibit 12 – Canadian TV-over-DSL (IPTV) – March 2003 


    Table 1 – Telecommunications service revenues – fixed-line versus wireless – 1998 - 2002 
    Table 2 – Residential broadband Internet subscribers – March 2003 
    Table 3 – Value of online sales – 1999 - 2002 
    Table 4 – Mobile subscribers by operator – June 2003 
    Table 5 – Country statistics Canada – 2002 
    Table 6 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002 
    Table 7 – Telephone network statistics – 2002 
    Table 8 – Internet provider statistics – 2002 
    Table 9 – Internet user statistics – 2002 
    Table 10 – Broadband statistics – 2002 
    Table 11 – Mobile statistics – June 2003 
    Table 12 – Broadcasting statistics – 2002 
    Table 13 – National telecommunications authorities 
    Table 14 – Teledensity statistics (millions) – 1997 - 2002 
    Table 15 – Telecommunications service revenues – fixed-line versus wireless – 1998 - 2002 
    Table 16 – Telecom industry revenues – 1998 - 2001 
    Table 17 – Fixed-line telecom operating revenues by segment – 2002 
    Table 18 – Wireless telecom operating revenues by segment – 2002 
    Table 19 – Quarterly telecoms capital expenditure – fixed-line and wireless– 2002 
    Table 20 – Revenue by category of market participant – 1998 – 2001 
    Table 21 – Incumbent payphone statistics – 1998 - 2001 
    Table 22 – Aliant operating revenues – January-June 2002 
    Table 23 – Total telecoms capex spend – 1997 - 2002 
    Table 24 – Capital expenditure by operator – 2002 
    Table 25 – Fixed lines in service – 1995 - 2002 
    Table 26 – Data and private line revenues (incumbents and competitors) – 2000 - 2001 
    Table 27 – Data service retail and wholesale revenue by service – 2000 - 2001 
    Table 28 – Market share by data service type (incumbents and competitors) – 1999 - 2001 
    Table 29 – Private line service – retail and wholesale revenues by market – 2000 - 2001 
    Table 30 – Private line service revenues – intra- and inter- city market shares – 1998 - 2001 
    Table 31 – Internet users and penetration rates – 1997 - 2002 
    Table 32 – Internet host computers – 1996 - 2002 
    Table 33 – Key Internet adoption rates – private sector companies – 1999 - 2002 
    Table 34 – Key Internet adoption rates – public sector companies – 1999 - 2002 
    Table 35 – Retail Internet access revenues – 1998 - 2001 
    Table 36 – Retail Internet access revenues by company type – 1998 - 2001 
    Table 37 – Internet access options – 2002 
    Table 38 – Business Internet access revenue percent by access type – 2001 
    Table 39 – Internet access revenues by access type – 1998 - 2001 
    Table 40 – Incumbent plant shares – 1998 - 2001 
    Table 41 – Dial-up subscriptions – 1998 - 2001 
    Table 42 – Residential broadband Internet subscribers – 2002 - 2003 
    Table 43 – High-speed Internet access revenue shares – 1998 - 2001 
    Table 44 – Internet access by province – 2001 
    Table 45 – Purpose of online activity (all users) – 2001 
    Table 46 – Internet subscribers per selected operator – 2002, 2003 
    Table 47 – Top 10 broadband countries by density per 100 – 2002 
    Table 48 – Residential broadband Internet subscribers – 2001 - 2003 
    Table 49 – Broadband Internet usage metrics – Canada & USA – January 2003 
    Table 50 – Canadian household broadband access forecasts – 2000 - 2006 
    Table 51 – Cable modem subscribers by operator – March 2003 
    Table 52 – DSL subscribers – 2000 - 2003 
    Table 53 – DSL subscribers by operator – 2002 
    Table 54 – Value of online sales – 1999 - 2002 
    Table 55 – Mobile subscribers – 1997 - 2003 
    Table 56 – Mobile subscribers by operator – June 2003 
    Table 57 – Text messages sent per month – 2002 - 2003 
    Table 58 – Private networks and cable TV statistics – 1997 – 2001 
    Table 59 – Canadian TV delivery statistics – 2000 - 2002 
    Table 60 – Speciality TV revenue and expenses – 1998 - 2002 
    Table 61 – Pay TV revenue and expenses – 1998 - 2002 
    Table 62 – Digital programming subscribers – 2001 
    Table 63 – Cable TV subscribers – 1998 - 2002 
    Table 64 – Cable TV revenue and expenses – 1998 - 2002 
    Table 65 – Major cable operators and subscribers – 2002 
    Table 66 – Number of licensed cable TV undertakings by province – 1997 - 2003 
    Table 67 – Rogers Cable statistics – 2002 
    Table 68 – Shaw Cablesystems statistics – 2002 
    Table 69 – Persona Inc statistics – 2002 
    Table 70 – Cogeco Cable statistics – 2002 
    Table 71 – DTH and MDS TV revenue and expenses – 1998 - 2002 
    Table 72 – ExpressVu subscribers – 1998 - 2003 
    Table 73 – Star Choice subscribers – 1998 - 2003
     
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