Canadian Texting Explodes Past 2011 Records

According to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association (CWTA) Canadians sent 71.5 billion text messages in the first nine months of 2012.

This Canadian text traffic represents more than 90% of the 78 billion messages sent in all of 2011. In September 2012 alone, Canadians sent approximately 274 million messages per day amounting to 8.2 billion messages for the month.

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Special Holiday Stats: Approximately 424.5 million text messages were sent by Canadians on Christmas Day (December 25, 2012) and another 429.4 million text messages on New Year’s Day (January 1, 2013).

Sorting out how to message/communicate with stakeholders in this environment is a challenge every enterprise faces. On the other side, protecting lips while sipping from the fire hose becomes the issue for consumers.

Wireless Sector Contributes $43 Billion to Canadian Economy

New report provides economic assessment on benefits of the wireless telecommunications industry  

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association (CWTA) released a report, June 4, 2012, by UK-based Ovum Consulting who examined the economic impact of Canada's wireless sector, more specifically, the gross of domestic product (GDP), investment and employment.

Through this data, Ovum determined the wireless communications services industry directly contributed $18 billion to Canada’s GDP and provided an additional $15.66 billion of economic flow to contributing suppliers in the supply chain. 

The report also stated:

• The sector generated a consumer surplus of $9.31 billion.
• In 2010, the industry deployed $2.5 billion in capital expenditures, which represented more than 14% of aggregate Canadian mobile operators’ revenues. This level of capital intensity was greater than the average for North America, which was 13.3% in 2010.
• Wireless industry supported more than 260,000 jobs in 2010.
• Wireless sector offers high value employment, with an average salary level of more than $64,000, compared to the Canadian average salary of just over $44,000.

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Canadians Sent 78 Billion Text Messages in 2011

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) released the total person-to-person text messages sent in 2011 which totaled 78 billion, up from the 56.4 billion messages sent in 2010. More than 7 billion of those text messages were sent in December 2011 alone, an average of approximately 227 million messages per day. 

In addition, Canadians sent 326.7 million person-to-person MMS messages in 2011. As of December 2011, Canadians sent an average of 1.2 million MMS messages per day.  

To learn more about CWTA’s text messaging statistics, please click here. 

WIRELESS CANADA TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE FEATURES M-HEALTH

Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association and Telus will showcase a suite of mobile solutions that span the spectrum of health care in Ottawa, 20 September 2011.

Solutions for acute care will illustrate how secure access to patient information in real-time from anywhere enables quicker diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Mobile solutions for home and community care will show how they simplify the work of mobile caregivers, reduce overall costs for home care organizations, and enable patients to stay in touch with their healthcare providers from anywhere and at any time without the need for costly and inconvenient visits to a hospital or clinic.

TELUS will also demonstrate how mobile solutions for self care help patients better manage their condition and facilitate their journey to improved health and wellness.  Free registration