Canada
The country has 25.54 million subscribers in total, or a 71.78% penetration rate.(September 2010). As of Q1 2012, Canada has 28 million subscribers in total, or a 80.25% penetration rate.
The country's telecom regulator is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). However, it does not regulate most aspects of mobile phone service; prices and service quality are not regulated at all, while spectrum allocation is handled by Industry Canada.
There are numerous mobile virtual network operators, such as Virgin Mobile Canada. These are not presently listed due to difficulty retrieving data for all such operators, and uncertainty as to whether the figures below include MVNOs operating on the applicable networks.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers Wireless |
GSM-850/1900 (GPRS, EDGE) 850/ 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ AWS/2600 MHz LTE |
9.29 (Sept 2011) | Rogers Communications |
| 2 | Bell Mobility |
CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A 850/ 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ AWS/2600 MHz LTE |
7.37 (Sept 2011) | Bell Canada |
| 3 | Telus Mobility |
Telus Network CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A 850/ 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ AWS LTE Mike Network iDEN, WiDEN |
7.21 (Sept 2011) | Telus |
| 4 | SaskTel Mobility | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A 850/ 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ LTE |
0.57 (Dec 2010) | SaskTel |
| 5 | Wind Mobile | 1700MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ | 0.51 (Nov 2012) | Globalive |
| 6 | MTS Mobility | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ LTE |
0.49 (June 2011) | MTS |
| 7 | Videotron | 1700MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ | 0.25 (Sept 2011) | Videotron |
| 8 | Mobilicity | 1700 MHz UMTS, HSPA | 0.053 (August 2010) | Mobilicity |
| 9 | Public Mobile | CDMA2000 1xRTT | 0.003 (August 2010) | Public Mobile |
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