CRTC Report Supports Wireless Strategy for your Organization

The CRTC has issued its annual Communications Monitoring Report, providing an overview of the Canadian telecommunications and broadcasting industries. Highlights of the report and a link to the full report are provided here.

The report reveals that by the end of 2010:

• the number of Canadians subscribing to wireless services grew by 8.5% to 25.8 million
• the number of Canadians who watched a video on their cellphone nearly doubled to 9% of anglophones and 4% of francophones
• wireless services made up 43% of all telecommunications revenues
• revenues increased 6.6% from $16.9 billion in 2009 to $18 billion in 2010
• wireless networks now reach approximately 99% of Canadians
• advanced wireless networks, which support smartphones and other devices that connect to the Internet, were available to 97% of the population

Click here for the full report