NBI/Michael Sone Associates Completes Report on Local Telecom Services in Canada13 December 2005
NBI/Michael Sone Associates today announced the completion of the 2005 Edition of the Canadian Local Telecom & VoIP Services Market study. The study clearly indicates that the wireline local access market has become a major competitive battleground in Canada's telecommunications industry with businesses and consumers as the clear beneficiaries. A brief synopsis is available to the public at http://www.nbicanada.com/clvts2005/clvts.pdf and highlights certain key findings of the report. "The picture that has emerged is one of a fluid and dynamic market where incumbent telephone companies are being increasingly and seriously challenged both by cable operators as well as newer, smaller companies. As a result, what was the last bastion of phone company monopoly services provisioning is no longer" said Michael Sone, President of NBI/Michael Sone Associates. "While meaningful competition took several years to become established, the advent of IP-based technologies and their inherent low barriers to entry have significantly altered the landscape of Canada's wireline local access market." Report Highlights ----------------- Significantly increased competition forecast over the next few years - Incumbent telephone company share of wireline local access lines in
the residential sector is forecast to fall to 73.1% by 2008
representing an average annual loss of 5% from 2003. - In the business sector, incumbent share is forecast to decline to
75.5% by 2008, with competitors almost doubling over the same five-
year period. Voice over Internet Protocol - VoIP - having a major impact on market - VoIP is expected to attract close to 3 million residential subscribers
by 2008 (from just over 500,000 expected at the end of 2005), or about
24% of the total residential share of wireline local access lines,
including VoIP.
- Cable companies are forecast to hold around 54% of the
residential VoIP sector by 2008, with incumbent telephone
companies having 32% and other companies, the balance - Business VoIP lines offered to all sizes of businesses are expected to
increase from 377,000 in 2005 to over 1 million by 2008, representing
approximately 15% of the business wireline local access lines,
including VoIP, with incumbents holding a 72% share of the VoIP
sector. About NBI/Michael Sone Associates Founded in 1977, NBI/Michael Sone Associates is a Canadian market research and consulting firm whose mission is to provide substantive and detailed information on the Canadian telecommunications industry. In the complex environment of communications, NBI/Michael Sone Associates' independent, full-service research provides the vital tools for strategic and market planning. About The Canadian Local Telecom Services Market Report, 2005 Edition As the most detailed research report available on this sector, NBI/Michael Sone Associates' sixth report on the Canadian Local Telecom Services Market is the culmination of extensive and ongoing primary research carried out over the past several months. The report provides detailed quantitative data that measures market size, the growth for incumbents and new entrants in both the business and residential sectors over a six-year period, and presents share of lines and revenues held by the various participants. The report is buttressed by 19 corporate profiles and 20 exhibits that provide a wealth of qualitative and quantitative information about current and future market participants. Subjects covered include marketing strategy, competitive landscape, bundles, pricing and impacts of regulatory developments.
For further information: please contact Michael Sone, (416) 360-0424, msone@nbicanada.com
Source: newswire
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