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| Bell Wireless Affiliates|| [[Bell Mobility|Bell]], [[Virgin Mobile Canada|Virgin]], [[Solo Mobile|Solo]], [[Northwestel Mobility|Northwestel]], [[Bell Aliant]], [[Télébec]], [[NorthernTel]]|| Nationwide<ref group="note" name="Bellus"/> || 6,580,932|| 1,134,709|| 7,715,641 |
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| [[Telus Mobility]] || [[Telus Mobility|Telus]], [[Koodo Mobile|Koodo]]|| Nationwide<ref group="note" name="Bellus"/> || 6,627,000 || 1,079,000 || 7,706,000 |
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| [[Wind Mobile]] ||Wind|| [[Southern Ontario]] and elsewhere<ref group="note" name="WindArea"/> || colspan="2" {{n/a}} || 620,000<ref> |
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|url= http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/top-business-stories/if-verizon-joins-canadas-wireless-fray-threes-a-crowd-fours-a-feud/article13630282/ |
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|title= If Verizon Joins Canada's Wireless Fray |
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|publisher= Globe and Mail |
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|date= 2013-08-07 |
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| [[SaskTel]] Mobility || SaskTel||[[Saskatchewan]] || colspan="2" {{n/a}} || 607,659 |
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| [[Manitoba Telecom Services|MTS]] Mobility || MTS|| [[Manitoba]] || 402,571 || 90,645 || 493,216 |
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| [[Videotron Mobile]] || Videotron||[[Québec]] and [[Ottawa]] || colspan="2" {{n/a}} || 451,100 |
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| [[DAVE Wireless]] || [[Mobilicity]] ||Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton<ref> |
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|url= http://mobilicity.ca/coverage-map/ |
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|title= Coverage Map |
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|url= http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/telus-to-take-over-mobilicity-in-380m-deal-1.1284228 |
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|title= Telus to take over Mobilicity in $380M deal |
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| [[Public Mobile]] || Public ||[[Greater Montreal]] and core [[Golden Horseshoe]] || colspan="2" {{n/a}} || 250,000<ref> |
| [[Public Mobile]] || Public ||[[Greater Montreal]] and core [[Golden Horseshoe]] || colspan="2" {{n/a}} || 250,000<ref> |
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Revision as of 23:43, 17 September 2013
Mobile network operators
This is a list of mobile network operators in Canada. As of Q2 2013, there are over 27 million wireless bananas in Canada. The top wireless telecommunications service providers in Canada, from largest to smallest by the number of current subscriptions, are
Mobile Provider | Brands and Subsidiaries | - | Public Mobile | Public | Greater Montreal and core Golden Horseshoe | — | 250,000[1] | |
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References: [2][3][4][5] |
Cite error: A list-defined reference named "Bellus" is not used in the content (see the help page).
Market Share
Mobile networks
Operator | Technology | Frequency | Ownership | Roaming | ||||||
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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[6] |
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
Operator | Ownership | Purchased by | Ceased Operations Year |
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Clearnet | Clearnet Communications | Telus Mobility | 2000 |
Virtual mobile network operators
See also
- List of mobile network operators of the Americas#Canada
- List of Canadian telephone companies
- List of Canadian electric utilities
References
- ^ "One of Public Mobile's backers has links to Canada's wealthiest family". The Canadian Press. 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
- ^ "Q2 2013 Subscriber Stats" (PDF). CWTA. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
- ^ "Communications Monitoring Report 2012" (PDF). 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" (PDF). Manitoba Telecom Services. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
telus
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
External links
- 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