2022 Canada Telecoms, Mobile And Broadband Market Report: Featuring Bell, Quebecor, Rogers, Shaw And Telus

The “Canada – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses” report has been
added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
Canada’s telecom market is dominated by the facilities-based service providers including Bell,
Quebecor, Rogers, Shaw, and Telus. These companies, including their affiliates, account for
about 87 per cent of total sector revenue. While the market shares of the top five companies
change slightly from year-on-year, merger and acquisition activity results in more significant
market share changes.
Over the years there have been some failed deals, including one in late 2020 when Rogers and
Altice USA made an unsolicited offer to acquire Cogeco. Under the proposed deal Altice would
have bought Cogeco and have sold the Canadian assets to Rogers. Cogeco rejected the takeover
bid.
A prolonged an ongoing merger involving Rogers and Shaw is now uncertain on competition
grounds. In March 2021, Rogers had acquired Shaw’s Class A shares and Class B shares for some
CA$26 billion(US$19.3billion), including about CA$6 billion of debt. The deal was subject to
approvals from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), the Competition
Bureau, and the CRTC.
The CRTC approved the deal in March 2022, which has implications for Shaw’s unit Freedom
Mobile in that final approval includes the requirement that the merged operator divest its
wireless business. To this end, Rogers opened talks with potential buyers of Shaw’s wireless
assets, including mobile spectrum. This would satisfy existing federal policy aimed at ensuring
that there was sufficient competition in the mobile market, with at four wireless providers
required to be operating in any given area.
Following completion of the deal, Rogers and Shaw planned to merge their telecom and cable
operations, becoming a larger company better able to invest in networks upgrades and
expansion projects. However, the Competition Bureau remains opposed to the merger.
Key Topics Covered:
Key statistics
Country overview
Telecommunications market
Overview
Regulatory environment
Regulatory authorities

Mobile network developments
Mobile market
Market analysis
Mobile statistics
Mobile infrastructure
Major mobile operators
Mobile content and applications
Fixed-line broadband market
Introduction and statistical overview
Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP)
Other fixed broadband services
Digital economy
E-health
E-Learning
E-commerce
Fixed network operators
Telecommunications infrastructure
Overview of the national telecom network
International infrastructure
Smart grid developments
Appendix Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
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