Spectrum Management and Telecommunications

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 Note* 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%
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
* PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network.
** CAGR - Compound Annual Growth Rate.
Source: Statistics Canada.


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 Note* 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
* TELUS Mobility includes Clearnet and QuébecTel Mobilité as of 2000.
Source: Company annual reports (April 2004).