The CRTC has issued its 6th annual monitoring report on the state of the Canadian telecom industry.
We’ll be writing more about the report over the coming days. The report should provide lots of material for us to review.
Here are some highlights from the report. Keep in mind, these are 2005 year end figures.
- Telecommunications service revenues increased by 3.5%. The majority of the increase is attributable to high-speed Internet and wireless services
- Competitors’ share of these revenues increased to 35%
- 98.9% of Canadian households have wireline and/or wireless services
- 51% of all households subscribed to high-speed Internet service in 2005. 54% of high-speed Internet subscribers use cable modem
Watch this space.