2007 North America - Telecoms, Broadband and Mobile Statistics (tables only)

Publication Date	September 2007
Publisher	BuddeComm
Product Type	Report
Pages	52
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	BUD00173

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Summary

Canada

In 2006, the Canadian mobile and broadband sectors continued to enjoy double-digit revenue growth rates. In contrast, local service and access revenues have remained stagnant whilst long distance revenues continue a downward trend. This has led to further regulatory amendments in 2007 towards a lighter-handed more market-based framework.

During 2006, mobile subscribers increased by approximately 10%, compared with a 17% increase during 2005. By end-2006, although Canada's wireless carriers offered coverage to more than 98% of the population, only 58% of all Canadians were mobile phone customers. Cellular penetration in Canada thus remains relatively low by OECD standards.

Broadband subscribers reached 7.7 million by end 2006, placing Canada ninth in the world in terms of broadband penetration. Cable still leads DSL in terms of share of the broadband market. The major cable providers are Shaw, Rogers, Vidotron and Cogeco. Another driver for cable modems is the rapidly increasing growth of VoIP services. Cable VoIP experienced significant subscriber growth in 2006, growing from around 270,000 to nearly 1.1 million subscribers.

The number of digital TV households in Canada stood at approximately 6.5 million at end-2006, up from around 5 million at end-2004. The continued growth indicates that the industry is in firm transition from analogue to digital.

This report provides key statistical data on the major Canadian telecommunications sectors, including fixed-line, mobile, broadband and broadcasting.

All dollar values in the Canadian section refer to Canadian dollars.

USA

This report provides key statistical data for years up to 2006 and, where available, for 2007, covering the major US telecommunications segments including fixed-line, mobile, broadband, Internet, and broadcasting.

Fixed-line revenue continued to decline during 2006, by approximately 3%, whilst mobile revenues grew by around 14%, driven largely by increased SMS and other data revenues and by increased minutes of use.

Broadband continued to experience strong growth, with broadband penetration exceeding 50% of households. With over 60 million broadband subscribers, the USA boasts the world's largest broadband market. At current DSL growth rates, the number of DSL subscribers is expected to exceed the number of cable subscribers during 2008. Verizon is leading the deployment of FttH networks, with the number of US communities being connected by fibre growing at approximately 100% per annum. The number of homes passed with FttH by early 2007 approached eight million, of which around 1.3 million were connected, a take-up rate of over 15%.

By end 2006, there were approximately 230 million mobile subscribers, up 10% from the previous year, amounting to a 72% penetration rate. The four main national wireless carriers are, in order of size, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. The fifth major player, Alltel, covers 34 states. Together, the big-3 hold just over 75% of the market, and the big-5 around 92%. A major development in the sector is Sprint Nextel's planned nationwide WiMAX network, in combination with Clearwire, which will underpin its mobile broadband services.

Digital TV continued to grow with the number of digital cable subscribers increasing by around 14% and satellite subscribers increasing by around 6%. By mid 2006, around 85% of households subscribed to either cable or satellite. The major current development in the digital TV sector involves Verizon and AT&T entering the IPTV market.

Finally, VoIP continues to grow rapidly, reaching approximately 16 million subscribers by end 2006. It is expected to continue to play an increasingly significant role in the US telecommunications market.

Content

1. Canada
- 1.1 Fixed-line operations
- 1.2 Internet, broadband and convergence
  - 1.2.1 Broadband
  - 1.2.2 Broadcasting
- 1.3 Mobile operations
  - 1.3.1 Mobile forecast
  - 1.3.2 Canadian mobile operator data
2. USA
- 2.1 Fixed-line operations
  - 2.1.1 Major fixed-line providers
- 2.2 Internet, broadband and convergence
  - 2.2.1 International comparisons
  - 2.2.2 Internet
  - 2.2.3 E-Commerce
  - 2.2.4 Broadband
  - 2.2.5 Broadcasting
- 2.3 Mobile operations
  - 2.3.1 Wireless carriers
  - 2.3.2 Wireless broadband
List of Tables
- Table 1 - Canada - national key statistics - 2006
- Table 2 - Canada - teledensity - fixed vs mobile - 2000 - 2006
- Table 3 - Canada - services revenues by operator type - 2001 - 2006
- Table 4 - Canada - operating revenues by segment - 2002 - 2006
- Table 5 - Canada - revenue by segment - 2005 - 2006
- Table 6 - Canada - fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2006
- Table 7 - Canada - fixed line revenues - 2002 - 2006
- Table 8 - Canada - Internet and broadband key statistics - 2006
- Table 9 - Canada - Internet revenues - 2001 - 2006
- Table 10 - Broadband subscribers in top nine OECD countries - 2001; 2006
- Table 11 - Broadband proportion of Internet households by country - 2002 - 2006
- Table 12 - Canada - residential broadband Internet subscribers by access - 2001 - 2006
- Table 13 - Canada - residential broadband Internet subscribers by access- 2001 - 2006
- Table 14 - Canada - cable modem subscribers by operator - 2003 - 2006
- Table 15 - Canada - DSL subscribers by major operator - 2003 - 2006
- Table 16 - Canada - VoIP subscribers by provider - 2005 - 2006
- Table 17 - Canada - forecast residential broadband subscribers by access - 2008 - 2017
- Table 18 - Canada - cable, DTH & MDS subscribers - 2002 - 2006
- Table 19 - Canada - cable, DTH & MDS revenues - 2002 - 2006
- Table 20 - Canada - television and digital households - 2002 - 2006
- Table 21 - Canada - subscribers by broadcaster - 2004 - 2007
- Table 22 - Canada - cable TV market statistics - 2002 - 2006
- Table 23 - Canada - cable modem subscribers for major MSOs - 2005 - 2006
- Table 24 - Canada - DTH and market share by provider - 2006
- Table 25 - Canada - DBS subscribers - 2001 - 2006
- Table 26 - Canada - ExpressVu DTH subscribers - 1998 - 2006
- Table 27 - Canada - Star Choice digital TV subscribers - 1998 - 2006
- Table 28 - Canada - Rogers Cable statistics by market segment - 2001 - 2006
- Table 29 - Canada - Shaw Cablesystems statistics by market segment - 2002 - 2006
- Table 30 - Canada - Vidotron lte statistics by market segment - 2003 - 2006
- Table 31 - Canada - Cogeco Cable statistics by market segment - 2002 - 2006
- Table 32 - Canada - mobile key statistics - 2006
- Table 33 - Canada - mobile subscribers and service revenue - 1997 - 2006
- Table 34 - Canada - Wireless industry financial data - 2006
- Table 35 - Canada - Wireless revenue by service - 2005
- Table 36 - Canada - Postpaid and prepaid mobile subscribers - 2005 - 2006
- Table 37 - Canada - Text messages sent per month - 2002 - 2006
- Table 38 - Canada - forecast mobile performance by market scenario - 2007 - 2012
- Table 39 - Canada - mobile subscribers by major provider - 2004 - 2006
- Table 40 - Canada - prepaid subscribers by major operator - 2004 - 2006
- Table 41 - Canada - mobile provider market share by province - 2005
- Table 42 - Canada - top 7 licence winners of 2300MHz & 3500MHz auctions - 2004 and 2005
- Table 43 - Canada - Rogers Wireless financial data - 2001 - 2006
- Table 44 - Canada - Rogers Wireless operating data and ARPU - 2005 - 2006
- Table 45 - Canada - Bell Mobility financial and operating statistics - 2005 - 2006
- Table 46 - Canada - TELUS Mobility financial and operating statistics - 2001 - 2006
- Table 47 - Canada - TELUS Mobility subscribers - 2005 - 2006
- Table 48 - Canada - SaskTel Mobility revenue, subscribers and ARPU - 2005 - 2006
- Table 49 - Canada - MTS Allstream mobile revenue, subscribers, ARPU and churn - 2005 - 2006
- Table 50 - USA - national key statistics - 2006
- Table 51 - USA - fixed-line market statistics - 2006
- Table 52 - USA - revenue comparisons for major telcos - 2001 - 2006
- Table 53 - USA - Verizon operating statistics - 2005 - 2006
- Table 54 - USA - AT&T operating statistics - 2002 - 2006
- Table 55 - USA - BellSouth operating statistics - 2001 - 2006
- Table 56 - USA - Internet and broadband key statistics - 2006
- Table 57 - Top ten rankings by country for Internet users - June 2007
- Table 58 - Country comparison of monthly at-home Internet usage - 2006 - 2007
- Table 59 - Selected OECD countries' broadband penetration - 2001; 2005 - 2006
- Table 60 - Broadband subscribers and penetration in selected OECD countries - 2001; 2006
- Table 61 - USA - broadband penetration and decline in OECD ranking - 2001 - 2006
- Table 62 - Broadband access amongst Internet households - selected countries - 2001 - 2007
- Table 63 - USA - Internet users and penetration - 1996 - 2005
- Table 64 - USA - ISP residential subscribers and market share - May 2007
- Table 65 - USA - home Internet connection speeds - 1999 - 2007
- Table 66 - USA - at work Internet connection speeds - 2000 - 2006
- Table 67 - USA - ISP residential subscribers and market share - May 2007
- Table 68 - USA - average monthly web usage - 2006 - 2007
- Table 69 - USA - proportion of time online by activity - June 2007
- Table 70 - USA - top 10 search engines - May 2007
- Table 71 - USA - top ten websites - June 2007
- Table 72 - USA - fastest growing web properties - June 2007
- Table 73 - USA - largest US global social networking sites - July 2007
- Table 74 - USA - top 10 US online streaming video sites - May 2007
- Table 75 - USA - annual email volume - 2000 - 2007
- Table 76 - USA - source of spam by country - 2007
- Table 77 - USA - zombie IPs by country - 2007
- Table 78 - USA - forecast Internet users and penetration by market scenario - 2007 - 2015
- Table 79 - USA - online retail sales - 2003 - 2007
- Table 80 - USA - fastest growing e-commerce sectors - 2006 - 2007
- Table 81 - USA - leading Internet advertising by industry - July 2007
- Table 82 - USA - top 10 online advertisers by spend - 2007
- Table 83 - USA - top 10 audiences by parent company - 2006 - 2007
- Table 84 - USA - forecast online retail sales and advertising expenditure - 2007 - 2015
- Table 85 - USA - broadband subscribers and penetration - 1999 - 2006
- Table 86 - USA - broadband household penetration - 2000 - 2006
- Table 87 - USA - broadband penetration and ranking among 30 OECD countries - 2001 - 2006
- Table 88 - USA - broadband lines (>200Kb/s in one direction) by access - June 2006
- Table 89 - USA - broadband lines (>200Kb/s in both directions) - 2005 - 2006
- Table 90 - USA - residential VoIP subscribers & market share - 2006
- Table 91 - USA - forecast VoIP subscriber and revenue by market scenario - 2004 - 2010
- Table 92 - USA - broadband subscribers by technology and market share - 2001 - 2006
- Table 93 - USA - cable vs DSL subscribers and market share - 2005 - 2006
- Table 94 - USA - top cable and DSL providers, subscribers & market share - 2006
- Table 95 - USA - cable modem subscribers - 1998 - 2006
- Table 96 - USA - subscribers for top cable modem providers - 2002 - 2006
- Table 97 - USA - analogue, digital and cable broadband subscribers by operator - 2005 - 2006
- Table 98 - USA - cable industry infrastructure expenditures - 2000 - 2006
- Table 99 - USA - top 10 cable MSOs, coverage, subscribers and penetration - 2006
- Table 100 - USA - cable VoIP subscribers - 2003 - 2008
- Table 101 - USA - DSL subscribers - 1999 - 2006
- Table 102 - USA - DSL subscribers by major carrier - 2002 - 2006
- Table 103 - USA - ADSL subscribers and proportion of lines type of provider - June 2006
- Table 104 - USA - forecast broadband subscribers and penetration - 2007 - 2012
- Table 105 - USA - FttH homes passed and connected - 2001 - 2007
- Table 106 - USA - FttH communities and states - 2004 - 2007
- Table 107 - USA - RBOC, CLEC, ILEC and Muni FttH communities - 2006 - 2007
- Table 108 - USA - non-RBOC and overall FttH take-up rates - 2002 - 2007
- Table 109 - USA - forecast homes passed by fibre by market scenario - 2007 - 2012
- Table 110 - USA - broadcasting coverage subscribers and penetration - 2006
- Table 111 - USA - HDTV adoption forecast - 2008
- Table 112 - USA - homes passed by cable HDTV service - 2002 - 2006
- Table 113 - USA - national FtA broadcasters - 2006
- Table 114 - USA - CAPEX in cable infrastructure upgrades - 1996 - 2005
- Table 115 - USA - market shares of major MSO and DBS providers - 2005
- Table 116 - USA - cable broadband availability, DTV & broadband subscribers - 1999 - 2006
- Table 117 - USA - cable MSOs ranked by subscribers & market share - March 2006
- Table 118 - USA - cable MSOs modem subscribers - 2002 - 2005
- Table 119 - USA - cable MSOs residential VoIP market shares - 2006
- Table 120 - USA - DBS vs MSO market shares - 2001 - 2005
- Table 121 - USA - satellite DBS subscribers by major network - 2000 - 2005
- Table 122 - USA - digital TV sets and display sales - 1999 - 2005
- Table 123 - USA - cable DVR capable households - 2004 - 2009
- Table 124 - USA - DVR sales - 2001 - 2006
- Table 125 - USA - cable VoD-capable households - 2004 - 2009
- Table 126 - USA - wireless market statistics - 2006
- Table 127 - USA - wireless subscriber growth - 1995 - 2006
- Table 128 - USA - mobile subscribers, churn and ARPU - 2000 - 2006
- Table 129 - USA - wireless revenue, roamer revenue, ARPU and employees - 1994 - 2006
- Table 130 - USA - average local monthly bill & average local call length - 1995 - 2006
- Table 131 - USA - number of cell sites - 1999; 2000 - 2006
- Table 132 - USA - customer churn of national carriers - 2001 - 2005
- Table 133 - USA - prepaid subscribers - 2005 - 2006
- Table 134 - USA - prepaid market share, major - Q1 2006
- Table 135 - USA - 3G market share - 2006
- Table 136 - USA - wireless revenues for major operators - 2000 - 2006
- Table 137 - USA - wireless subscribers by operator - 2002 - 2006
- Table 138 - USA - wireless operator market share - December 2006
- Table 139 - USA - ARPU of selected operators - September 2006
- Table 140 - USA - AT&T Mobility operating statistics - 2000 - 2006
- Table 141 - USA - Verizon Wireless operating and financial statistics - 2001 - 2006
- Table 142 - USA - Sprint Nextel wireless operating and financial statistics - 2001 - 2006
- Table 143 - USA - T-Mobile operating statistics - 2001 - 2006
- Table 144 - USA - Alltel wireless operating and financial statistics - 2001 - 2006
- Table 145 - USA - major acquisition and merger agreements - 1998 - 2006
- Table 146 - USA - WiMAX versus 3G UMTS
- Table 147 - USA - public WiFi hotspots - top 10 countries, cities and location types - April 2006
- Table 148 - USA - number of hotspots in the top 10 US states - April 2006
- Table 149 - USA - Top seven US WiFi hotspot operators - April 2005
- Table 150 - USA - municipal WiFi deployments - 2005 - 2006
- Table 151 - USA - estimated US revenue from WiMAX infrastructure - 2005 - 2008
- Table 152 - USA - top 10 Wireless ISPs - April 2006