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EnglishTitleCommunications Industry Overview: Telecommunications and BroadcastingDescriptionThis publication gives an overview of the communications industry from 2013 to 2017, and highlights pertinent revenue trends and key industry characteristics. The communications industry encompasses both the broadcasting and telecommunications market sectors. The data presented comes from CRTC sources. Data Dictionary Listed below are various terms and acronyms that are found and used in the report to describe the Communications Industry in Canada.TSP refers to telecommunications service providers. For the purposes of monitoring and reporting on the state of competition in the telecommunications market sectors, telecommunications services providers in Canada are classified into two broad categories: incumbent providers and alternative providers. The category into which a given provider falls may change from one year to the next as a result of mergers or acquisitions in the industry. For example, if a provider acquires or establishes a company that provides mobile (wireless) service, the wireless company takes the same classification as the parent provider. Companies providing telecommunications services are classified according to the structure set out below.Incumbent providers are the companies that provided local telecommunications services on a monopoly basis prior to the introduction of competition. Incumbent providers are subdivided into large and small providers.Large incumbent providers serve relatively large geographical areas, usually including both rural and urban populations, and provide wireline voice, Internet, data and private line, wireless, and other services. The large incumbent providers are Bell Aliant; Bell Canada; Northwestel, SaskTel; Télébec, and TELUS.Small incumbent providers serve relatively small geographical areas (mostly municipal areas generally located in less densely populated regions) in Ontario, Quebec, and, in one instance, British Columbia. Due to the limited size of their serving areas, these companies do not typically provide facilities-based long distance services. However, they provide a range of wireline voice, Internet, data and private line, and wireless services. Examples of small incumbent providers are Lansdowne in Ontario and Sogetel in Quebec.Alternative providers are providers of telecommunications services that are not incumbent providers as described in 1) above. Alternative providers are subdivided into facilities-based and non-facilities-based providers.Facilities-based alternative providers own and operate telecommunications networks.Facilities-based non-incumbent providers are further subdivided into cable-based carriers, utility telcos, and other carriers.Cable-based carriers?are the former cable monopolies that also provide telecommunications services (e.g. wireline voice, Internet, data and private line, and wireless services). These providers include such companies as Bragg, Cogeco, Rogers, Shaw, and Videotron. Utility telcos?are providers of telecommunications services whose market entry, or whose corporate group’s market entry, into telecommunications services was preceded by a group-member company’s operations in the electricity, gas, or other utility business. Other carriers?own physical transmission facilities (e.g.?intercity, intra-city, or local transmission facilities). These service providers include such companies as XplornetNon-facilities-based alternative providers generally do not own or operate a telecommunications network. These companies are referred to as resellers, since they generally acquire telecommunications services from other providers and either resell those services or create their own network from which to provide services to their customers. Examples of non-facilities-based alternative providers are Distributel, Primus, Yak, and independent Internet service providers. For the purpose of this report, a company that owns a small amount of facilities but has the vast majority of its operations on leased facilities may also be classified as non-facilities-based.OTT refers to over-the-top and is in reference to programming via Internet access.BDU refers to broadcasting distribution undertaking. Providers of subscription television service to Canadians by redistributing programming from conventional over-the-air television and radio stations; they redistribute services such as: pay audio, pay television, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, and speciality services. Examples include cable (delivered through coaxial cables), satellite, and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV).DTH refers to direct-to-home and is in reference to the distribution of multi-channel programme services via small antenna (typically using satellite systems in the Ka-band).Cable-based carriers are the former cable monopolies that also provide telecommunications services (e.g. wireline voice, Internet, data and private line, and wireless services). These providers include such companies as Bragg, Cogeco, Rogers, Shaw, and Videotron.EBITDA refers to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. This is one financial metric that measures the profitability of a company. ................
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