Canadians ditch landlines for wireless; spend 6% more on communications services: CRTC report

OTTAWA-GATINEAU - For the first time, more Canadians subscribe exclusively to mobile wireless services than to wired landline telephone services, according to the 2015 edition of the CRTC’s Communications Monitoring Report on the state of Canada’s communications system.The report, released Thursday, provides an overview of the Canadian communication industry for the year ended August 31, 2014. As it did last year, the Commission will release the report in three parts, with data on the telecommunications sector and broadcasting sector still to come.According to the report, 20.4% of Canadians opted solely for mobile wireless services than their traditional landline telephone services (14.4%)....