The Canadian telecom market continues to witness a fixed growth rate as the operators continue to invest in network upgrades that have been directed to investments in LTE infrastructure to capitalize the increasing consumer demand for mobile data services.
Canada’s telecommunications industry is composed by mainly of six segments which are Internet, wireless, local, long distance, data and private line. Internet and wireless contribute the highest in terms of revenue. Companies like Bell, Québecor, Rogers, Shaw and TELUS are Canada’s five largest providers of telecommunications services. Together with their associates, they generate 84% of the total market revenues. Let us have a look at these key market players:
- Bell Canada
Bell Canada, Inc. provides media and communications services to the household consumers and corporate clients. They not only offer telephone, digital TV services, wireless voice and data communications goods & related services to the residential customers but also provide complete network solutions to the small & medium sized corporate clients.
Bell Canada Inc. operates as the subsidiary of BCE Inc. Established in 1880; its head office is located in Montreal. Currently, they employ more than 50,000 employees and have multiple subsidiaries functioning under them.
- Québecor
Québecor Inc. is a telecommunication and media company based in Quebec, Canada. Established in 1965, today they are operating in telecommunications, media, Sports and Entertainment segments through its various subsidiaries like TVS Group, Vidéotron, Canoe Inc., TVA Publishing Inc., Quebecor Media Book Group, Distribution Select, Le SuperClub Vidéotron, Nurun Inc. They employ more than 15,500 employees.
The telecommunications segment of Québecor offers mobile & cable telephony services, Internet services, cable television services, high-speed data transmission, hosting etc.
- Rogers
Rogers Inc. is a communications and media company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The Company provides wireless communications services and cable television, Internet, information technology (IT) and telephony services to residential consumers and corporate clients. Today they operate a number of subsidiaries like Chatr, Fido Solutions, Rogers Bank, Rogers Cable, Rogers Media, Rogers Telecom and Rogers Wireless.
Rogers was established in 1983. Ted Rogers, David Margolese, Marc Belzberg, Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien founded this company. Today, they employ over 25,200 people in Canada.
- Shaw
Shaw Communication Inc., also a telecommunication company, was established in Alberta, in 1966. Today, this company as a group operates a number of divisions; they are Shaw Media, Shaw Business, Shaw Direct, Shaw Tracking and Shaw Broadcast Services and most recently, they added WIND. Their subsidiary Freedom Mobile provides mobile services in various parts of the country.
With the help of 15000 employees, this company provides television, telephone, internet and mobile services across Canada.
- TELUS
Employing over 47000 employees TELUS serves 12.7 million subscribers. Their customer support team provides excellent after-sales services. You may visit the official website to look for TELUS head office phone number for any queries.
TELUS is one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in Canada. Established in 1990, they are headquartered in Vancouver. They offer a huge range of communication products and services that include wireless services, high-speed data, IP, television, healthcare IT etc.
Some websites updated TELUS head office phone number as 604 697-8044 whose credibility is questionable.