Canadian wireless ARPU to slip, says report

TORONTO – While data will account for 19% of wireless service revenue – and all of 2009 service revenue growth in Canada – a 2% decline in Canadian wireless service ARPU is predicted by Convergence Consulting Group.Growing adoption of smartphones/data devices, “which we estimate will reach 23% by year-end 2009 (and break 50% in 2014), is helping to drive data revenue growth,” says the report, as voice revenue has moved into negative territory.As for the new entrants (and taking into account that Globalive likely won’t be in the market in the short term), “based on what we project new entrants...