IDC Market Share Figure

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

Market Share

Video Segment Pressured

Communications Service Provider Market Share

Wireless Key to Competitive Position

Communications Service Provider Capital Spending in 2017

Wireline Voice

Local Wireline

Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Remain Dominant

Competitive Local Exchange Carriers

Long Distance Interexchange Carriers and Resellers

Data WAN/MAN

Cloud Computing and Datacentres

Fibre-Optic Networks and Wholesale Internet Transport

Internet

Other Internet Service Providers

IPTV and Video

Wireless

Wireless Subscriber Growth Picks Up

Prepaid Versus Postpaid Subscriber Mix

Who Shaped the Year

Market Context

3rd Platform and Digital Transformation

Significant Market Developments

Wireline Voice Service

SIP Trunks

VoIP Also Stalls

Wireless Service

Wireless Subscriber Growth Slowed But Not Stalled

Wireless Voice Declines Pressure ARPU

Wireless Broadband Fuels Data Growth: More Connected Devices and Services

5G, SDN, and the 3rd Platform

Data (WAN) Services

IP VPN and Metro Ethernet

Internet and Video

Increasing Data Needs and Gigabit Internet

Fibre-Optic Last Mile Rollouts Accelerate

Quad Bundles

Over-the-Top Video

Regulatory Environment

Methodology

SIP Trunk

Note on SIP Terms

Unified Communications and Collaboration

Difficulty Reconciling with CRTC Market Data

Market Definition

Telecom Taxonomy and Service Definitions

Communications Service Provider Types and Classification

Local TDM and Wireline

VoIP, Cable Telephony, SIP Trunk, and UCC

Long Distance

Wireless

Internet

Data

Video Services

Customer Segments

Home

Telecommunications Wholesale

Business Company Size Definitions

Region Definitions

Glossary

Related Research

Supplementary References