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CANADIAN MOBILE/WIRELESS 
COMMUNICATIONS MARKET REPORT

 

 

 

 

1999 EDITION

 

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August 1999


Table Of Contents

Section Page
About This Report vii
A note on Accuracy viii

 

PART I - THE CANADIAN WIDE-AREA PAGING MARKET

Section Page
WIDE AREA PAGING AT A GLANCE 1
1.0 Introduction/Executive Summary 2
1.1 Pager Shipments and Type 7
1.2 Installed Base 10
1.3 Pricing and Revenues 11
1.4 Equipment Manufacturers 12
1.4.1 Motorola 12
1.4.2 Panasonic 14
1.4.3 NEC 16
1.5 Paging Service Providers 18
1.5.1 Overview 18
1.5.2 Bell Mobility Paging 23
1.5.3 Cantel Paging 27
1.5.4 PageNet of Canada 30
1.5.5 Telus Mobility Paging 34
1.5.6 Shaw Paging 36
1.5.7 PageMart Canada 38
1.5.8 AirTouch Paging Canada 41
1.5.9 Glentel Paging 43
1.5.10 InterPage 45
Paging Exhibits 51


PART II - MOBILE WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATIONS

Section Page
2.0 Introduction 64
2.1 Wireless Data Transmission Choices 66
2.1.1 Data-to-Go 67
2.1.2 MiKE Data 68
2.1.3 Data over Packet Radio 69
2.1.3.1 Bell Mobility-ARDIS (BM-A) 70
2.1.3.2 Cantel Mobitex 75
2.2 Data over Cellular 78
2.2.1 Introduction 78
2.2.2 Modems and Modem Manufacturers 79
2.3 Legacy Data Networks 82
2.3.1 Mobility Canada Cellular 83
2.3.2 Cantel Wireless Data 83
2.4 Mobile Solution Companies 84
2.4.1 Research in Motion (RIM) 84
2.4.2 Inter@ctive Pager Products 84
2.5 Packet Switched Data-over-Cellular 88
2.6 Future Wireless Data Services 90
2.6.1 Dense Wave Division Multiplexing 91
2.6.2 Bluetooth 92
2.6.3 The Elusive "Killer App" 93


PART III - TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

Section Page
3.0 Introduction and Market Overview 95
3.1 Equipment Manufacturers 97
3.1.1 Motorola SmartZone 97
3.1.2 EDACS (Ericsson) 99
3.1.3 iDEN (Motorola) 101
3.2 Networks 102
3.2.1 ClearNet MiKE 102
3.2.2 Elyps Dispatch Solutions 104
3.2.3 Bell Mobility Radio 106
3.2.4 Telus TANGO Network 108


PART IV - IN-BUILDING WIRELESS BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

Section Page
4.0 Introduction 111
4.1 Business Wireless 115
4.1.1 Companion (Nortel Networks) 115
4.1.1.1 Technology 117
4.1.2 SpectraLink 122
4.1.3 Definity Wireless (Lucent) 125
4.1.4 Freeset Business Wireless System (Ericsson) 126
4.2 Business Cordless 129
4.2.1 Norstar (Nortel Networks) 129
4.2.2 TransTalk (Lucent) 131


PART V - MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Section Page
5.0 Overview 133
5.1 Satellite Services 136
5.1.1 TMI Communications 136
5.1.2 ORBCOMM 140
5.1.3 Iridium Canada 142
5.1.3.1 Latest Iridium News 145
5.1.4 Globalstar 145
5.1.5 AIRIQ 147


LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit Page
Exhibit 1 Pager Shipments, by Manufacturer (1997-2002) 52
Exhibit 2 Pager Shipments, by Manufacturer by Region - 1998 52
Exhibit 3 Pager Shipments, by Region (1997-2002) 52
Exhibit 4 Pager Shipments, by Pager Type (1997-2002) 53
Exhibit 5 Wholesale Pager Revenue, by Manufacturer (1997-2002) 53
Exhibit 6 Average Monthly Lease Costs (1997-2002) 53
Exhibit 7 Average Weighted Wholesale Prices, by Pager Type (1997-2002) 54
Exhibit 8 Average Weighted Retail Prices, by Pager Type (1997-2002) 54
Exhibit 9 Installed Base of Pagers, by Manufacturer (1997-2002) 54
Exhibit 10 Installed Base of Pagers, by Manufacturers, by Region - 1998 55
Exhibit 11 Installed Base of New Pagers, by Type (1997-2002) 55
Exhibit 12 Number of Subscribers/Net Subscriber Activations, by Service Provider (1997-2002) 56
Exhibit 13 Pager Penetration, by Population, Canada and U.S., (1997-2002) 57
Exhibit 14 Number of Paging Subscribers, by Service Provider by Region - 1998 57
Exhibit 15 Revenue, by Service Provider (1997-2002) 58
Exhibit 16 Gross Pager Activations, by Distribution Channel, by Service Provider -1998 58
Exhibit 17 Bell Mobility Paging Service Rates 59
Exhibit 18 Cantel Paging Service Rates 60
Exhibit 19 PageMart Paging Service Rates 61
Exhibit 20 PageNet Paging Service Rates 62
Exhibit 21 Telus Paging Service Rates 62
Exhibit 22 AirTouch Paging Service Rates 63
Exhibit 23 Cantel Interactive Messaging 94
Exhibit 24 MiKE (ClearNet) 110
Exhibit 25 Companion (Nortel Networks) – Shipment & Installed base Information 120
Figures
Figure 1 Pager Shipments (1997-2002) 8
Figure 2 Wide-Area Paging & PCS Subscribers (1997-2002) 22
Figure 3 Canadian Paging Service Revenues (1997-2002) 49


About This Report

Wireless networks are growing world-wide at an unprecedented rate. Indeed, Canada is one of the technology and marketing leaders of this evolution. Given the ever increasing activities and the many new and exciting developments in the industry, the goal of seamless and limitless connectivity that will ensure everyone can be reached anywhere and thus, in turn, communicate with anyone else, is becoming a reality. As wireless communication becomes increasingly commonplace in business and personal life, the roles of the individual components of this transformation need to be examined in detail and clearly understood.

At 150 pages, the 1999 edition of the NBI/Michael Sone Associates’ Canadian Mobile/Wireless Communications Market Report guides the reader through the maze of information that is presented almost daily in various forums. This report is a companion publication to NBI’s Canadian Cellular/PCS Market Report, 1999 Edition. The current report deals with these subjects only as necessary to provide the reader with an understanding of their relative place in the wireless market as a whole.

The report is divided into five parts. Part I covers Wide Area Paging, and examines such topics as market size, share and growth for both equipment and services, profiles the top three manufacturers and 10 service providers, presents subscriber and revenue projections plus discussions and analyses of current market conditions and expected developments. The in-depth discussions are complemented with 22 detailed exhibits and the most up-to-date market information gathered by NBI. Part II deals with Mobile Wireless Data Communications, its evolution, services currently offered and the probable future direction and fit with other wireless services. Part III looks at Two-way Wireless Communications and the relative place of that industry in today’s market of converging technologies and the emergence of new public networks. Part VI looks at the role of Wireless Business Communications Systems including the size of the market across several parameters along with an examination of the various vendors and products that are available. Finally, Part V offers an overview of Satellite Communications, concentrating on the main players in the market and the services that are available and being planned.

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