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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 / monitoring
Contribution
Telecommunications Fees

Due dates

11 March – Registration Form
31 March – Data forms

Form assignment

Telecommunications survey forms are issued at the same time as the registration form. 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, by form:

Financial forms

Form 200

Additional cells have been added to collect retail and wholesale wireless data.

Local & access forms

Form 211

The “Other Revenues” line has been subdivided into two lines: (a) Other User Revenues (Service charges, Inside wire, etc.) and (b) Other Services (PSTN-related).

Internet access forms

Form 253

Additional cells have been added to obtain churn rates for residential and business high speed Internet access subscriptions.

Form 256

An additional question has been added to the geographic data collection to assess the capacity of Canada’s broadband network.

Form 258

To determine the extent to which residential broadband Internet services are subscribed to on a provincial basis.

Mobile and paging forms

Form 278

Request for an additional electronic Canada country map data of mobile coverage by advertised speeds.
If you are unable to provide maps in Mapinfo format, facilities-based wireless providers can now provide electronic Canada country map data of total mobile coverage via alternative mapping file formats.

Form 279

This new form requests information on the type of mobile plans Canadians are subscribing to and to what extent Canadians are adopting mobile broadband.

Supplemental forms

Form 291

The streamlined Form 291 - Payphone Revenues and Quantities combined the previous pay telephone forms (Form 291 and Form 294).

Examples of forms (not for completion)

10x Financial

101 - Income Statement
101e - Income Statement – Operating Expenses
104 - Fixed Assets and Capital Expenditures
104p - Fixed Assets and Capital Expenditures on a Provincial Basis
105 - Operating Revenues (Business small, medium, large and very large)
105s - ILEC Out-of-Territory Operations (Business small, medium, large and very large)
106 - Intercarrier Revenues and Expenses
107 - Non-Forborne Revenues
200 – Telecommunications - Revenues, subscribers, local lines and minutes
200p - Operating revenues and salaries and wages on a provincial basis

21x Local and Access

211 - Local and Access Operating 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
215 - NAS-equivalent supplemental

22x Long Distance

221 - Long Distance Operating Revenues and Minutes
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
253 - Internet Access Subscriptions
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

27x Mobile and Paging

271 - Mobile and Paging Operating Revenues, Subscriptions and Churn Rates
273 - Mobile Minutes
275p - Mobile Revenues and Subscriptions on a provincial basis
277 - Mobile Data Revenues
278 - Mobile & Paging Coverage and MVNOs
279 - Mobile Subscriptions by Plan

29x Supplemental

291 - Payphone 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 - CRTC Revenue-Based Contribution Regime - Canadian Non-Telecommunications Revenue Breakdown
604 - Contribution - Inter-Carrier Payment Breakdown
605 - Contribution - Bundled Non-Contribution-Eligible Revenue Breakdown

70x Telecommunications Fees

701 - Telecommunications Fees - Eligible Revenue Calculation

REP Reporting Entity Profile
REP-Ta - Reporting Entity Profile - Telecommunications A
REP-Tb - Reporting Entity Profile - Telecommunications B
REP-Tc- Reporting Entity Profile - Telecommunications C