List of Canadian mobile phone companies
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Mobile network operators[edit]
This is a list of mobile network operators in Canada.
As of Q1 2013, there are over 27 million wireless subscriptions in Canada. The top wireless telecommunications service providers in the Canada, from largest to smallest by the number of current subscriptions, are
| Mobile provider | Availability | ARPU | Number of Subscribers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postpaid | Prepaid | Total | ||||
| Rogers Wireless | Nationwide | $60.48 | 7,878,000 | 1,498,000 | 9,376,000 | |
| Telus Mobility | Nationwide[note 1] | $60.04 | 6,602,000 | 1,101,000 | 7,703,000 | |
| Bell Mobility | Nationwide[note 1] | $55.92 | 6,484,542 | 1,187,533 | 7,672,075 | |
| SaskTel Mobility | Saskatchewan | N/A | N/A | 607,659 | ||
| Wind Mobile | Southern Ontario and elsewhere[note 2] | $27.60 | N/A | 601,719 | ||
| MTS Mobility | Manitoba | $60.58 | 402,571 | 90,645 | 493,216 | |
| Videotron Mobile | Québec and Ottawa | N/A | 420,900 | N/A | 420,900 | |
| Mobilicity [note 3] | Urban centres | ? | N/A | 250,000 | 250,000[1] | |
| Public Mobile [note 4] | Greater Montreal and core Golden Horseshoe | $25.57 | N/A | 199,000 | 199,000[2] | |
| Bell Aliant | Atlantic Canada | N/A | 143,400 | |||
| References: [3][4][5][6] | ||||||
- ^ a b Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility have a mutual roaming agreement, allowing both companies' customers to access both networks at no additional charge. Bell builds most of its towers in Eastern Canada, while most of Telus' towers are in Western Canada.
- ^ Available in Abbotsford, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and most cities in Southern Ontario. Latest Q4 2012 numbers available are from December 12, 2012.
- ^ Latest reliable numbers published on May 16, 2013. Sale to Telus Mobility awaiting regulatory approval.
- ^ Latest reliable numbers published on February 7, 2012 and reflect Q4 2011 subscribers.
Mobile networks[edit]
| Operator | Technology | Frequency | Ownership | Roaming | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSM |
CDMA | iDEN |
HSPA+ | LTE |
PCS |
SMR |
AWS | |||
| Airtel Wireless | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Airtel Wireless Ltd. | None |
| Bell Mobility | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Bell Canada Enterprises | Telus Mobility |
| Eastlink | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Eastlink | Rogers Wireless |
| Fleetcom | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Fleetcom Inc. | None |
| ICE Wireless | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | ICE Wireless | Rogers Wireless |
| Keewaytinook Mobile | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Keewaytinook Okimakanak's (KO) Kuhkenah Network | Rogers Wireless |
| Lynx Mobility | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Lynx Mobility | Bell Mobility / Telus Mobility |
| Mobilicity | Roaming[note 1] | No | No | Yes | No | Roaming[note 1] | No | Yes | DAVE Wireless | Rogers Wireless |
| MTS Mobility | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | MTS | Rogers Wireless / Sasktel |
| Public Mobile | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Public Mobile | Bell Mobility / Telus Mobility |
| Rogers Wireless | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Rogers Communications | TBayTel / ICE Wireless |
| SaskTel Mobility | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | SaskTel | Bell Mobility / Telus Mobility / MTS |
| Sogetel Mobilité | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Sogetel | Bell Mobility |
| TBayTel Mobility | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Thunder Bay Telephone | Rogers Wireless |
| Telus Mobility | No | Yes | Yes[note 2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[note 2] | Yes | Telus Communications | Bell Mobility[7] |
| Videotron Mobile | Roaming[note 1] | No | No | Yes | Planned | Roaming[note 1] | No | Yes | Vidéotron | Rogers Wireless |
| Wind Mobile | Roaming[note 1] | No | No | Yes | Experimental[note 3] | Roaming[note 1] | No | Yes | Globalive | Rogers Wireless
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- ^ a b c d e f Mobilicity, Videotron Mobile, and Wind Mobile allow their customers to roam on Rogers Wireless' GSM technology and Personal Communications Service (PCS) frequency network. Roaming is intended to be used when one is outside of the AWS carrier's network coverage.
- ^ a b Telus Mobility sells Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) services using Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) frequencies. Services are sold under the Mike brand, which is available in Telus retail stores and online.
- ^ Wind Mobile confirmed to be testing basic 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology on February 3, 2011. The operator has not yet deployed LTE for general public use.
Former mobile networks[edit]
| Operator | Ownership | Purchased by | Ceased Operations Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearnet | Clearnet Communications | Telus Mobility | 2000 |
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Virtual mobile network operators[edit]
| Operator | Ownership | Network provider |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless | Ztar Mobile | Rogers |
| Brightroam | iRoam | Rogers |
| Chatr | Rogers Communications | Rogers |
| Cityfone | Cityfone | Rogers |
| CityWest | CityWest & Northwestel | Bell |
| Clearnet | Telus Communications | Telus |
| DCI Wireless | DCI Telecom | Rogers |
| Fido Solutions | Rogers Communications | Rogers |
| good2go Mobile Canada | Ztar Mobile | Rogers |
| KMTS Mobility | KMTS | Bell |
| Koodo Mobile | Telus Communications | Telus |
| KORE Wireless | KORE Telematics | Rogers |
| NorthernTel Mobility | Bell Aliant | Bell |
| Northwestel | Bell Mobility | Bell |
| PC Mobile | Loblaws | Bell(Prepaid)/Telus(Postpaid) |
| Petro-Canada Mobility | Ztar Mobile | Rogers |
| Primus Canada | Primus | Rogers |
| Roam Mobility | Roam Mobility Inc. | T-Mobile USA |
| SearsConnect Wireless | Cityfone/SearsConnect | Rogers |
| SimplyConnect | Cityfone/Scotiabank/ | Rogers |
| Solo Mobile | Bell Mobility | Bell |
| Talk & Earn | Cityfone/Bank of Montreal | Rogers |
| Talk & Save | Cityfone/Royal Bank of Canada | Rogers |
| Télébec Mobilité | Bell Aliant | Bell |
| Virgin Mobile Canada | Bell Mobility | Bell |
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
See also[edit]
- List of mobile network operators of the Americas#Canada
- List of Canadian telephone companies
- List of Canadian electric utilities
References[edit]
- ^ "Telus to take over Mobilicity in $380M deal". CTV News. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- ^ "Public Mobile says keeping pace, hiking rates". Reuters. 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- ^ "Q1 2013 Subscriber Stats". CWTA. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Communications Monitoring Report 2012". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. September 5, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ "Public Mobile says keeping pace, hiking rates". REUTERS. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "MTS Allstream reports second-quarter 2012 results". Manitoba Telecom Services. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
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External links[edit]
- Canadian mobile phone cellular tower infrastructure, on a map
- A comparison of Canadian pay-as-you-go cell phone plans
- GSM Coverage Maps | Canada
- [1]
- [2]
- [3] (Bell and Telus partnership)
- [4] Primus MVNO uses Rogers' network
- [5] Talk and Earn uses Rogers' network
- http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1652445-Want-to-break-away-from-the-Big-3-Here-are-your-options
- http://corpo.videotron.com/site/press-room/press-release/440
- http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf09007.html
- http://www-ssl.tbaytel.net/residential/mobility/support/glossary.shtml
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