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Canada emerging at the forefront of LTE
Canada has made impressive progress in mobile broadband deployment in recent months. This is partly due to operators needing to arrest falls in revenue from mobile voice services by buttressing their data capabilities, as also by the stimulus to the … Continue reading
(Canadian) Assembly of First Nations e-Community strategy resolution
At last week’s gathering of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada, the First Nation leaders did pass a resolution supporting the development of the e-Community strategy … here is a link to a copy of the draft resolution that … Continue reading
Mobile market drives the industry’s recovery
Buddecomm’s latest Canada Annual Publication, Canada – Telecoms, Wireless and Broadband, profiles the wireless (mobile) and broadband markets in Canada. Canada’s wireless industry has experienced rapid growth since its inception in 1985, driven by advances in cellular technology, the deregulation … Continue reading
Ottawa committed to overturn CRTC decision on usage-based Internet billing
Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement has announced that the Harper government will overturn the CRTC’s decision that effectively ends “unlimited use” Internet plans if the regulator doesn’t rescind the decision itself. The CRTC decision allows large Internet providers such as … Continue reading
Canadian Government invests in Smart Grids
The Government of Canada has announced that scientists from four Canadian universities will receive $22.5 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for research on British Columbia Institute of Technology’s (BCIT) own smart … Continue reading
Emphasis shifting away from ARPU
Over the last decade and in particular the last five years, ARPU has been the dominant metric in the mobile and broadband markets amongst other telecommunications sectors. The emphasis is now clearly shifting away from ARPU and towards other metrics … Continue reading
US wireless spectrum to double over next 10 years
Earlier this week President Obama issued a memo to federal agencies and departments stating that his administration intends to almost double the available amount of mobile spectrum available over the next ten years. It is intended to auction an additional … Continue reading
Canadian Telecoms slipping behind
Although Canada’s telecommunications sector was among the most advanced in the world in the early 2000s, by 2010 Canada’s performance in areas such as broadband penetration and wireless penetration was trailing many of its OECD counterparts. In addition, while telecom … Continue reading
Is Canada about to enjoy a broadband market renaissance?
During the last decade Canada’s broadband markets have fallen off the pace of its OECD counterparts. Nevertheless, in 2009 and early 2010 there were positive signs of the growing momentum towards increased fibre deployments and DOCSIS upgrades. For instance by … Continue reading
Mobile data is driving Canada’s mobile market
The Canadian mobile market appears to be undergoing a paradigm shift similar to that occurring in the US mobile market. Where once mobile data services were seen as an adjunct to mobile voice services, major mobile operators are now being … Continue reading
