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As of March 2021, there are over 33 million wireless subscriptions in Canada. [1] Approximately 90% of Canadian mobile phone users subscribe to one of the four largest national telecommunication companies (Rogers Wireless, Telus Mobility, Bell Mobility and Freedom Mobile) or one of their subsidiary brands.
Acquired by Rogers Communications in 2008. Avetria Networks: Ontario: Beanfield Metroconnect: Toronto Vancouver Montreal: Largest independent fibre owner in Canada. Acquired FibreStream and UrbanFibre in 2022. Bell Aliant: Atlantic Canada: Bell Canada: Bell Internet: Bell Canada: Bell MTS: Manitoba: Bell Canada: Cable Axion
In October 2009, Telus Mobility and Bell announced plans to deploy HSPA technology by 2010 as part of an effort to eventually upgrade to LTE technology. The network, using largely shared infrastructure, launched on November 4, 2009. According to Bell, the single-channel HSPA+ network is available to 96% of the Canadian population.
Bell Mobility, which shares towers and coverage with Telus, intends to expand LTE coverage to 98% of the Canadian population by the end of 2016. [16] As a consequence, Telus' coverage will similarly expand. In April 2015, Telus announced that all of its wireless sites in British Columbia and Alberta will be upgraded to LTE.
LTE Max is available in a fraction of Rogers' LTE coverage area. [27] On April 17, 2014, Rogers launched LTE service on its 700 MHz spectrum. [42] Rogers has not announced its goals for expanding LTE coverage across Canada, but announced plans in June 2014 to have LTE coverage expanded to 98.3% of the population of British Columbia by the end ...
Telus' wireless division, Telus Mobility, offers UMTS, and LTE-based mobile phone networks. Telus is the incumbent local exchange carrier in British Columbia and Alberta. Its primary competitors are Rogers Communications and Bell Canada. Telus is a member of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association.
The landline service, which was available from mid-2005 to mid-2010, operated switches co-located in the Bell Canada network. As such, Rogers did not maintain the phone lines and was affected by the Bell Subco strike of 2005, which impaired its ability to provide timely service. The same also applied to the Telus strike in Alberta and British ...
Lucky Mobile is a Canadian prepaid mobile virtual network operator and a subsidiary of Bell Canada. Founded in December 2017, Lucky Mobile operates on the Bell Mobility network alongside fellow subsidiary Virgin Plus. [1] It targets the same market segment as discount mobile brands Chatr (owned by Rogers Communications) and Public Mobile (owned ...