CRTC says Canadians becoming more attached to Internet, smartphones.

Canadians are turning off their televisions and cutting their land lines in favour of online streaming and smartphones in record numbers, Canada's telecommunications regulator flags in a recent report.

The number of mobile phone subscribers is expected to reach 29.5 million by 2014, representing a penetration rate of 85 per cent. By then, smartphones will account for half of all mobile handsets in Canada, up from 31 per cent in 2009.

And by next spring, the percentage of Canadians with tablets is expected to double in a single year, to 10 per cent, according to consumer trends...

Read the complete article in the Calgary Herald