Telecommunications Industry

View the 2010 profile of the BC high tech sector. Scroll down for the long list of analytical articles as well as background reports and occupation statistics and forecasting.

Includes information on associations and committees, regulations, policies, reports, and issues surrounding both the Canadian and Global Telecommunications Industry

The revenues, expenses, employment, and use of the networks of telecommunications services and related industries. These industries include providers of fixed and mobile telephony, Internet access, satellite access, and similar services.

Published every two years, the OECD Communications Outlook provides an extensive range of indicators for the development of different communications networks and compares performance indicators such as revenue, investment, employment and prices for service throughout the OECD area.

Formerly the Information Technology Outlook, the OECD Internet Economy Outlook provides data on the evolving Internet economy, emphasises trends across the OECD area, and highlights emerging policy issues.

Published every other year, OECD Science, Technology and Industry (STI) Scoreboard analyses the major trends in knowledge and innovation in today’s global economy. With over 180 indicators it presents a policy-oriented review of science, technology, innovation and industrial performance in OECD and major non-OECD countries.

Includes data from the International Telecommunications Union regarding landline, mobile phone, and internet subscriptions across the world.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Handbook of Statistics: Click on Information Economy, then click on ICT, view production and trade statistics.

Sources include the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the U.S. National Science Board, the UN Statistics Division, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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Subscribers, market, investment, job creation

Type mobile and Canada in the search box. Includes % of population using mobile phones and % of mobile phone users with smartphones

Market data on Canada's telecom industry

Cell phones/Smartphones - consumer survey data for Vancouver, BC, and Canada on service provider, brand, amount spent per month. click on Product Data, then 2009 and later studies. Click on Computers, Phones & Internet, then Cell Phones/Smartphones

From the Office of Consumer Affairs, this 2010 Consumer Trends Update explores the field of Mobile Commerce.

A 2010 survey of number of households with cell phones.