Pro-Competitive Auction Rules for the Advanced Wireless Services Spectrum Auction in May 2008 Should Bring a Welcome Injection of Competition into the Wireless Sector for Canada

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c84701) has announced the addition of Canada – Telecoms, Wireless & Broadband Overview & Analysis 2007-2008 to their offering.

The convergence of voice, Internet and TV continues to bring Canadian telecommunication and broadcasting operators together as direct competitors in the emerging triple play market. However, though the cable companies had made strong inroads into VoIP telephony by early 2008, the telco deployments of IPTV were still in their infancy. Broadband and wireless revenues continue to be the star performers, outpacing industry-wide revenue growth by three-to-fourfold. Key revenue drivers include the growth in data and content services whilst broadband revenues are being driven by subscriber numbers and price increases. Nevertheless, wireless penetration remains amongst the lowest in the OECD. Similarly, although Canada had the second highest OECD broadband penetration in 2001, by 2006 it had fallen to ninth place. These score cards were the precursors to deregulation of some markets in 2007. Further regulatory reforms are anticipated for 2008/09. In addition, pro-competitive auction rules for the Advanced Wireless Services spectrum auction in May 2008 should bring a welcome injection of competition into the wireless sector.

Content Outline:

1. Synopsis

2. Telecommunications industry

2.1 Overview

2.2 Regulatory framework

3. Telecommunications infrastructure

3.1 National telecom network

3.2 International infrastructure

3.3 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)

3.4 Cable HFC networks

3.5 Broadband over Powerline (BPL)

4. Broadband market

4.1 Overview

4.2 Cable modem and DSL

4.3 WiFi

4.4 WiMAX

4.5 Satellite

4.6 Forecasts

5. Convergence

5.1 Digital Television (DTV)

5.2 Video-on-Demand (VoD)

5.3 TV-over-IP (IPTV)

5.4 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

6. Wireless market

6.1 Penetration

6.2 Major operators

6.3 Wireless revenue drivers

6.4 Forecasts

7. Related reports

Table 1 – Residential DSL and cable broadband Internet subscribers – 2001 – 2007

Table 2 – Forecast residential DSL, cable and other broadband subscribers – 2008; 2013; 2018 (low growth scenario)

Table 3 – Digital households – 2002 – 2007

Table 4 – VoIP subscribers of major cable companies – 2005 – 2007

Table 5 – Wireless subscribers and annual change – 2005 – 2007

Table 6 – Wireless subscribers by major provider – 2004 – 2007

Table 7 – Forecast wireless subscriber, penetration and revenue growth – 2008 – 2013

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