Canadian Communications Market Shares, 2021: Who's Who in the Zoo 21

IDC Market Share Figure

• Figure: Canadian Communications 2021 Share Snapshot

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

Market Share

• Table: Canadian Communications Services Revenue by Segment, 2021: Comparison of Actual 2021 Results and September 2021 Market Model (C$M and %)

• Communication Service Market Segment Trends

• Figure: Canadian Communications Services Revenue Share Including and Excluding Wholesale by Segment, With and Without Video, 2021 (% of Contribution)

• Video Segment Declining

• Figure: Canadian Telecom and Video Services Revenue, 2011–2021

• Enterprise TV Revenue Not a Panacea

• Communications Service Provider Market Share

• Figure: Canadian Communications Revenue Market Share by Provider Type, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Communications Provider Market Share, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Telecom Provider Market Share, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Communication Service Provider Revenue, 2021

• Wireless Remains Key to Competitive Position

• Figure: Canadian Telecom Services Wireless Versus Wireline Revenue, 2011–2021

• Figure: Comparison of Telecom Revenue Composition of Canada's Top 3 Providers, 2021

• Canadian Communications Service Providers Capital Spending in 2021

• Figure: Canadian Communications Capex by Segment 2006-2021

• Figure: Canadian Top 5 Telecom Capex Spenders, 2006-2021

• Wireline Voice

• Local Wireline

• Figure: Canadian Local Market Share by Revenue, 2021

• Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Remain Dominant

• Figure: Canadian Incumbent Providers' Telecom Revenue, 2021

• Circuit Switch Decline

• Competitive Local Exchange Carriers

• Figure: Canadian Retail Local Line Share by Customer Segment, 2021

• Cable and IP Telephony

• Table: Canadian Cable Company Revenue Sources, 2021 (C$M)

• SIP Trunk Spawns New Players

• Unified Communications and Collaboration

• Long Distance Interexchange Carriers and Resellers

• Figure: Canadian Retail Long Distance Revenue Share, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Long Distance Market Share by Revenue, 2021

• Data WAN/MAN

• Figure: Canadian Data Communication Revenue Share Estimate by Provider Type, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Data Market Share by Revenue Estimate, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Enterprise Wireline Retail Telecom Revenue Market Share Estimate, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Enterprise Data WAN Provider Share, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Telecom Market by Customer Segment, 2011-2021 (C$M)

• Cloud Computing and Datacentres

• Fibre-Optic Networks and Wholesale Internet Transport

• Figure: Canadian Principal Fibre-Optic Backbone Routes, 2021

• Table: Canadian Major Fibre-Optic Network Route Length, 2021

• Table: Canadian Optical Network Providers' Equipment Vendors, 2021

• Internet

• Figure: Canadian Residential Internet Access Connections by Type, 2021

• Figure: Canadian High-Speed Internet Market Share by Provider, 2021 (% of High-Speed Subscribers)

• Figure: Bell Canada Fibre-Optic Footprint Locations Passed, 2016-2021

• Other Internet Service Providers

• IPTV and Video

• Figure: Canadian TV Service Revenue Share by Service Type and IP TV Share by Provider, 2021

• Wireless

• Wireless Subscriber Growth Picks Up

• Figure: Mobile Penetration Rates Canada and Select Countries, 2021 (per 100 Inhabitants)

• Figure: Canadian Wireless Subscriber Growth, 1997-2021

• Figure: Canadian Mobile Service Provider Coverage, 2021

• Table: Canadian Cell Sites by Carrier, December 2021

• Table: Canadian Wireless Providers' Vendors

• Figure: Incumbent Wireless and 5G Networks Coverage, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Wireless Market Share, 2021 (% of Subscribers)

• Prepaid Versus Postpaid Subscriber Mix

• Figure: Canadian Incumbent Wireless Carriers' Subscriber Share by Plan Type, 2021

• Table: Canadian Unlimited Wireless Data Plans, 2021

• Figure: Canadian Enterprise Wireless Provider Share, 2021

Who Shaped the Year

• Rogers Proposed Acquisition of Shaw

• Figure: Rogers and Shaw Combination

• Rogers and Shaw Agree to Sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor

• Digital Colony Emerged as Major Player in Canada

• Figure: Allstream's Corporate Lineage, 1847–2019

• Digital Colony Expands Allstream's Network Presence

Market Context

• Next-Generation Networks and Digital Transformation

• Figure: Next-Generation Network Technology Building Blocks

• Figure: Enterprise Vertical Market Use Cases for DX with Next-Generation Networks

• Enterprise Over the Top: Multi-Access Edge Computing Links Wireless, Cloud Compute, and Artificial Intelligence

• Figure: 5G Wireless Network and MEC Expand Enterprise DX Scope

• Figure: 5G Wireless Enables Network Slicing with MEC for Massive IoT Networks

• Significant Market Developments

• Figure: Competition in Canadian Communications Markets, 2021

• Wireline Voice Service

• SIP Trunks

• VoIP Also Declining

• Wireless Service

• Figure: Canadian Wireless Subscribers Versus Fixed Telephone Line Customers, 2003-2021

• Wireless Subscriber Growth Slowed But Not Stalled

• Wireless Voice Declines Pressure ARPU

• Figure: Comparison of Canadian Wireless Provider ARPU, 1995-2021

• Wireless Substitution

• Wireless Internet Substitution

• Next-Generation Wi-Fi 6 for 5G Wireless Broadband

• Data (WAN) Services

• IP VPN and Metro Ethernet

• Table: Canadian Metro Ethernet Optical Equipment Vendors

• Datacentre Networking and WAN Convergence

• Interoperability

• SD-WAN

• Internet and Video

• Fibre-Optic Last-Mile Rollouts Accelerate and Enable Gigabit Internet Services

• Over-the-Top Video

• Regulatory Environment

Methodology

• SIP Trunk Forecast

• Note on SIP Terms

• Difficulty Reconciling Forecasts with CRTC Market Data

Market Definition

• Communications Taxonomy and Service Definitions

• Figure: Canadian Telecom Market Taxonomy and Key Players, 2022

• Local TDM and Wireline

• VoIP, Cable Telephony, and SIP Trunk

• SIP Trunk

• Long Distance

• Wireless

• Wireless Subscriptions and Subscribers

• Wireless Data Segmentation

• Wireless Wholesale

• Internet

• Data

• Video Services

• Figure: Over-the-Top Paid Video Services Market Landscape

• Industry Sector Definitions

• Table: IDC Canada Vertical Markets Map

• Financial Services

• Manufacturing

• Retail/Wholesale

• Public Sector

• Utilities

• Communications and Media

• Services

• Other Industries

• Consumer

• Telecommunications Wholesale

• Company Size Definitions

• Region Definitions

• Glossary

Related Research

• Further Research