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Telecommunications Service in Canada: An Industry Overview
Appendix C: Subscriber Statistics of Telecommunication
Companies
Table C-1
Table C-2
Table C-1 provides residential and business
access lines and wireless subscriber statistics from 1988 to 2003.
Table C-2 provides wireless subscriber statistics by company from 1994
through 2003.
Table C-1: Growth in PSTN Access 1988 to 2003
|
Year
|
Residential Lines Number (000)
|
Business Lines Number (000)
|
Wireless Subscribers Number
(000)
|
Total Access
|
|
Number (000)
|
Annual % Change
|
|
1988
|
10,228
|
3,748
|
203
|
14,179
|
Not Applicable
|
|
1989
|
10,578
|
4,070
|
345
|
14,993
|
5.7%
|
|
1990
|
10,866
|
4,430
|
584
|
15,880
|
5.9%
|
|
1991
|
11,109
|
4,706
|
776
|
16,591
|
4.5%
|
|
1992
|
11,354
|
4,893
|
1,027
|
17,274
|
4.1%
|
|
1993
|
11,607
|
5,110
|
1,333
|
18,050
|
4.5%
|
|
1994
|
11,840
|
5,411
|
1,866
|
19,117
|
5.9%
|
|
1995
|
12,012
|
5,556
|
2,590
|
20,158
|
5.5%
|
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1996
|
12,162
|
5,812
|
3,420
|
21,394
|
6.1%
|
|
1997
|
12,427
|
6,233
|
4,195
|
22,855
|
6.8%
|
|
1998
|
12,602
|
6,692
|
5,346
|
24,640
|
7.8%
|
|
1999
|
12,744
|
7,226
|
6,911
|
26,880
|
9.1%
|
|
2000
|
12,873
|
7,441
|
8,727
|
29,040
|
8.0%
|
|
2001
|
12,854
|
7,725
|
10,649
|
31,228
|
7.5%
|
|
2002
|
12,751
|
7,343
|
11,867
|
31,961
|
2.4%
|
|
2003
|
12,649
|
7,212
|
13,228
|
33,090
|
3.5%
|
|
Period Change 1988 - 2003
|
2,421
|
3,464
|
13,025
|
18,911
|
133%
|
CAGR Note**
1988 to 2003
|
1.4%
|
4.5%
|
32.1%
|
5.8%
|
Not Applicable
|
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Table C-2: Wireless Subscribers by Company (In
Thousands)
|
Year
|
Bell & Partners
|
TELUS Mobility
|
Rogers AT&T
|
Microcell
|
|
Bell Mobility
|
Aliant
|
SaskTel Mobility
|
MTS Mobility
|
TELUS Mobility
|
Clearnet
|
|
1994
|
592
|
85
|
54
|
41
|
263
|
22
|
794
|
0
|
|
1995
|
798
|
120
|
76
|
63
|
462
|
55
|
1,049
|
0
|
|
1996
|
1,044
|
145
|
105
|
86
|
635
|
59
|
1,370
|
2
|
|
1997
|
1,221
|
181
|
136
|
105
|
823
|
152
|
1,552
|
66
|
|
1998
|
1,475
|
231
|
160
|
123
|
963
|
349
|
1,738
|
282
|
|
1999
|
1,845
|
299
|
188
|
144
|
1,099
|
585
|
2,153
|
584
|
|
2000
|
2,381
|
390
|
219
|
169
|
2,156
|
Not Applicable
|
2,526
|
923
|
|
2001
|
2,982
|
471
|
240
|
206
|
2,578
|
Not Applicable
|
2,992
|
1,209
|
|
2002
|
3,369
|
529
|
259
|
234
|
2,996
|
Not Applicable
|
3,408
|
1,165
|
|
2003
|
3,828
|
584
|
286
|
256 |
3,424
|
Not Applicable
|
3,789
|
1,245
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Spectrum Management and Telecommunications
