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Articles tagged with: Telus and Mts
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
Related Tags: arpu, itu, ovi, orascom, bell, saskatchewan, Canada
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 Orascom's network - scheduled for spring 2009 - will energise what is a decidedly sluggish market. more
Related Tags: arpu, rogers, bell, sasktel, bce, Canada
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
Related Tags: arpu, rsa, rogers, bell-mobility, bell, sasktel, saskatchewan, manitoba, Canada
Canadian Spectum Auction Passes $2 Billion Mark
Canada's wireless spectrum auction finished last night having passed the CA$2 billion (US$2.01 billion) landmark after two weeks of bidding - and exceeding the estimated CA$1.5 billion which had been thought to be earnt. The auction is expected to continue for another couple of weeks. more
Related Tags: roaming, driving, mts-allstream, ottawa, auction, Canada
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
Related Tags: arpu, rogers, bell, manitoba, Canada
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
Related Tags: arpu, rogers, bell-mobility, bell, sasktel, Canada
Canadian Networks Make Substantial Customer Satisfaction Improvements
Customer satisfaction with contract and prepaid wireless service providers in Canada has increased substantially during the past year, according to a J.D. Power report. They report that SaskTel Mobility ranks highest in customer satisfaction among contract service providers, while Virgin Mobile ranks highest among prepaid providers. LG is the highest-ranking mobile phone brand. more
Related Tags: virgin-mobile, sanyo, number-portability, battery, j.d.-power, sasktel, virgin, fido
Canadian mobile customers grew 10.9% in the 12 months to 30th September 2006 to reach 17.98m at the end of the period, taking penetration in the market to 54.2%, compared to 49.3% at the end of Q3 last year. GSM was the fastest growing technology with a 23% uplift in customer numbers year on year thanks to its sole Canadian exponent, Rogers. more
Related Tags: rogers-wireless, rogers, bell-mobility, sasktel
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