“Canada is a world leader in wireless telecommunications. Wireless keeps us better connected, increases business productivity, provides jobs and prosperity, and plays a valuable role in keeping our communities safe and secure,” says Bernard Lord, president and CEO, The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) .
Essential facts and stats about mobile from Lord/CWTA:
• Canada was one of the first countries to establish a nationwide 3G network. Currently, the 3G footprint covers more than 90 percent of the population. Continuing investment by carriers means Canada will also have a world-leading 3.5G network.
• 22 million cell-phone subscribers (over 66 percent of the Canadian population) at end of 2009, expected to reach 30 million within five years.
• 75 percent of all Canadian households have a mobile phone.
• 50 percent of phone connections in Canada are wireless.
• Canadians send 100 million text messages per day.
Essential facts and stats about mobile Web:
• 21 percent of mobile consumers (or 4 million Canadians) use their mobile phones to browse the Web (Nielsen Online, June 2009).
• 53 percent of mobile users have an Internet-ready device, (Sympatico.ca [Bell Canada] survey, September 2009).
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