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Articles tagged with: Telus and Arpu
Telus Warns of Falling ARPU Due to Economic Downturn
Canada's telus has warned that its first quarter wireless segment financial results are expected to be adversely impacted by lower than expected wireless net additions and average revenue per unit (ARPU). Wireless operating results are being impacted by a weak macro-economic environment, reflect the acceleration of a negative trend first observed in the fourth quarter of 2008, and are below telus' expectations. more
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Canada Sees Lowest 4th-Quarter Gain Since 1997
Despite the fact that the Canadian mobile market is probably the least developed in the Western world, with a penetration rate of just 63.9% at the end of 2008, it performed poorly in the fourth quarter of the year. Quarterly net additions stood at just under 410k, down from 580k in Q4 07. In fact, this was the smallest fourth-quarter gain since 1997. More worryingly still, this was the first year since 1990 that fourth-quarter net additions were not the highest of the year: the Q3 08 increase was more than 27% higher than the Q4 08 figure at 520k. more
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Rogers Leads for Canadian Quarterly Net Subscriber Growth
The Canadian mobile connection market stood at 21.25m at the end of Q3 08, equivalent to a penetration rate of 63.0%. Annual growth has been stable at between 8.2% and 9.0% for the past five quarters and the Q3 08 figure of 8.7% was exactly the same as the year-earlier figure, although given the low penetration level this is not exactly an impressive performance. Perhaps the launch of OrascomĂ's network - scheduled for spring 2009 - will energise what is a decidedly sluggish market. more
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Canada's Mobile Penetration Rate Rises to 61.6%
The Canadian mobile market had another quiet quarter, as operators prepared for the 2GHz spectrum auction. This saw most of the available bandwidth going to the three large players, Rogers, Bell and telus, but no fewer than 12 new entrants acquired licences. In total, the aution raised CA$4.25bn. The new entrants include 9193-2962 Quebec Inc (CA$554m, for Quebec), Globalive Wireless, which paid CA$442m for a national licence, Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises which won licences for Ontario, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Victoria at a cost of CA$243m and Shaw Communications, which paid CA$190m for spectrum in British Colombia, Alberta, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan and northern Ontario. more
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Telus 2Q Net, Revenue Up On Stronger Wireless, Wireline Revenue
telus Corp. posted stronger earnings and revenue in its second quarter, driven by improvements in both wireless and wireline data revenue, leading it to nudge its revenue view for the year slightly higher. more
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Rogers Communications 2Q Net Up; Sees Higher 2nd Half Wireless Costs
Rogers Communications posted higher second-quarter earnings in the absence of a large year-earlier charge, as revenue improved 12%. However, disappointing wireless and cable subscriber results prompted a decline in the company's stock price, particularly since there had been some market speculation ahead of the earnings announcement that the company would report strong result based on its recent track record. more
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Spectrum auction to liven up Canadian mobile market – we hope
CanadaĂ's mobile spectrum auction is now underway with results due in a few weeksĂ' time. The government has set aside 40MHz for new entrants in order to stimulate competition, and judging from the latest results, this is a much-needed move. more
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Bell Mobility, TELUS and MTS Canada Q1 2008 Results
Along with Rogers, Bell and telus are the only national operators in Canada; MTS offers services in Manitoba state only. The three national operators remained fairly close in terms of customer numbers with 1.92m separating them at the end of Q1 08. This has changed little in the past three years, with a total range of 1.67m at the end of Q1 05, 1.72m at the end of Q1 06 and 1.87m a year later. more
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Canada's Telus - Payback Period at All Time Low
Canadian number three player telus took its total base to 5.568m by the end of 2007, by adding 161k new customers in Q4 2007 - its best quarterly result of the year. Total net additions for the year stood at over half a million customers, equivalent to an annual increase in proportionate terms of just over 10%. The prepaid part of the business punched above its weight in 2007 accounting for 29.3% of the net additions, thereby increasing the weight of prepaid in the mix from 19.3% at the end of 2006 to 20.2% a year later. more
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Canada to Hit 20 Million Subscribers, But Still Room for Growth
The Canadian market looks set to reach 20 million customers by the end of the year, having added 0.54 million customers in Q3 to hit 19.54 million at the end of the quarter. Traditionally Q4 is the strongest quarter of the year, so it will be surprising if Canada does not break the 20 million barrier in the current quarter. This impending milestone should not be treated with anything like jubilation, however, since the Canadian market is still extremely underpenetrated by reference to its socio-economic peers, with a rate of just 58.4% at the end of Q3. Since Q3 06, penetration has only risen by 4.2pp, and the total market has grown by just 8.7%. more
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