Tagged in: Canada
Forthcoming spectrum auctions to bolster LTE services and takeup in Canada
Telecom market overview Canada’s fully privatised telecom market is dominated by a small number of major incumbents, including Bell Canada, TELUS, Bell-Aliant, MTS, Rogers and SaskTel. Five main operators together account for about 85% of all telecom revenue. There is … Continue reading
LTE deployments to rise and WiFi’s growing importance acknowledged
Wireless broadband will be an integral and essential part of any advanced digital infrastructure. The mobile broadband market is also fast becoming a major income revenue stream for the providers, having taken over the mobile voice sector. But increased usage … Continue reading
FttH offers expanding in the wake of market challenge from cablecos in Canada
Telecom sector background Canada’s fully privatised telecom market is dominated by the incumbents Bell Canada, TELUS, Bell-Aliant, MTS and SaskTel. Smaller operators including cablecos and utility telcos serve a range of municipal areas. Despite competition, the five largest companies control … Continue reading
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
