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Data Collection – Annual Telecommunications Survey

This survey is to be completed by all telecommunications entities in Canada that have been classified as Group 1 as described in Telecom Circular CRTC 2005-4. Such entities are to use the CRTC's web-based Data Collection System (DCS) to submit their data.

If your entity is a Group 1 entity, has provided telecommunications services in Canada at any point during the previous year and has not received a request to submit data, please contact us for guidance using On-line form.

Authority

This survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada 1985, Chapter S-19 and under the authority of the Telecommunications Act, Section 37. The Telecommunication Act applies for all forms and the Statistics Act for a sub-set of forms: each form indicates the authority or authorities that apply.

Completion of this survey is a legal requirement under the Statistics Act and the Telecommunications Act.

Processes

Annual telecommunications data collection
Contribution
Telecommunications Fees

Due dates

1 March 2012 – Registration Form
31 March 2012 – Data forms

Form assignment

The forms are assigned based on the details captured in last year’s survey.

Significant changes

A number of changes have been made to the Annual Telecommunications Survey forms to simplify reporting requirements or to capture new information as the telecommunications industry continues to evolve. Below is a list of the changes:

Financial forms

Form 106

Form 106 has been renamed to form 108 – Intercarrier expenses. See form 108, below.

Form 108

Form 106 has been restructured to align with the intercarrier revenues captured by form 211 - Local and Access Operating Revenue.
Intercarrier expenses have been eliminated from the form.

Form 200

Form 200 has been modified to collect broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) wholesale revenues and the number of BDU wholesale subscribers.

Form 201

Form 201 has been modified to collect BDU wholesale revenues.

Form 202

Form 202 has been modified to collect the number of fibre-based lines. This includes fibre to the premises (FTTP) lines and lines from a fibre connect node to the premises (fibre to the node (FTTN)).
The form has also been modified to collect BDU wholesale revenues and the number of BDU wholesale subscribers.

Long distance forms

Form 221

Form 221 has been discontinued. Long distance revenues and the number of long distance minutes are captured on form 223 - Long Distance Wireline Billed Revenues and Minutes by Province

Broadcast Distribution forms

Form 260

Form 260 has been modified to capture BDU wholesale revenues and the number of BDU wholesale subscribers.

Mobile and paging forms

Form 279

Voice only plans now include plans with SMS/MMS. Revenues from plans with access to Internet as well as voice services remain in the “voice and data services” category.
New categories have been introduced for mobile broadband plan capacity.

List of survey forms

10x Financial

101 - Income statement
101e - Income statement – Operating expenses (provincial)
104 - Fixed assets and capital expenditures
104p - Fixed assets and capital expenditures on a provincial basis
105 - Wireline small, medium, large and very large business account and revenue distribution
105s - Out-of-territory wireline small, medium, large and very large business account and revenue distribution
107 - Non-forborne revenues
108 - Intercarrier revenues
201 - Telecommunications – Revenues details
202 – Telecommunications – Quantities and validation

21x Local and access

211 - Local and access revenues
211p - Provincial, local and access operating revenues
212 - Local & access owned, leased and rebilled NAS
213 - Total NAS and NAS-equivalent by wire centre

22x Long distance

223p - Long distance wireline billed revenues and minutes by province

23x Data link

231 - Data link operating revenues
231p - Data link operating revenues on a provincial basis

24x Private line

241 - Private line operating revenues
241p - Private line operating revenues on a provincial basis

25x Internet

252 - Internet revenues
253p - Internet revenues and access subscriptions on a provincial basis
255 - Residential Internet access high-speed plans
256 - Geographic residential broadband capability
258 - Geographic residential broadband Internet subscribers

26x Broadcast distribution

260 – Broadcast distribution revenues and subscribers by province

27x Mobile and paging

271 - Mobile and paging operating revenues, subscriptions and churn rates
273 - Mobile voice minutes
275p - Mobile revenues and subscriptions on a provincial basis
277 - Mobile data revenues
278 - Mobile and paging coverage and MVNOs

29x Supplemental

291 - Pay telephone revenues and quantities
295 - ILEC out-of-territory wireline operations
296 - Bundled residential telecommunications services

60x Contribution collection mechanism (CCM)

601 - Contribution - Annual revenue report
602 - Contribution - Non-Canadian revenue breakdown
603 - Contribution - Canadian non-telecommunications revenue breakdown
604 - Contribution - Inter-carrier payment breakdown
605 - Contribution - Bundled non-contribution-eligible revenue breakdown

70x Telecommunications fees

702 - Telecommunications Fees - Invoicing Information

REP Reporting entity profile

REP-T - Reporting entity profile