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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. [22]
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
(in millions) |
Ownership |
| 1 |
Rogers Wireless
includes Fido and Chatr |
850/ 1900 MHz GSM, GPRS, EDGE
850/ 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ (21 Mbit/s)
1700 MHz LTE |
9.29 [23] (September 2011) |
Rogers Communications |
| 2 |
Bell Mobility
includes Solo and Virgin Mobile |
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
850/ 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ (42 Mbit/s)
1700 MHz LTE |
7.37 [24] (September 2011) |
Bell Canada |
| 3 |
Telus Mobility
Includes Mike, Clearnet and Koodo |
Telus Network
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
850/ 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ (42 Mbit/s)
1700 MHz LTE
Mike Network
iDEN, WiDEN |
7.21 [25] (September 2011) |
Telus |
| 4 |
SaskTel Mobility |
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
850/ 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ (42 Mbit/s)
LTE (deployment will begin in the fall of 2012) |
0.57 [26] (December 2010) |
SaskTel |
| 5 |
MTS Mobility |
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
850 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ (21 Mbit/s) |
0.49 [27] (June 2011) |
MTS |
| 6 |
Wind Mobile |
1700 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ |
0.36 [28] (September 2011) |
Globalive |
| 7 |
Videotron Cellulaire |
UMTS, HSPA |
0.25 [29] (September 2011) |
Videotron |
| 8 |
Mobilicity |
UMTS, HSPA |
0.053 [30] (August 2010) |
Mobilicity |
| 9 |
Public Mobile |
CDMA2000 1xRTT |
0.003 [31] (August 2010) |
Public Mobile |
Source: Wikipedia
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