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This report is divided into a number of sections and appendices. An overview of the Commissions regulatory frameworks is provided in Section 2. Section 3 presents the key financial statistics of the communications industry. This section also addresses the financial landscape of the broadcasting and telecommunications industries by examining key financial indicators, including revenue, capital expenditures, and other operational data. As well, it provides an overview of the broadcasters and TSPs. The performance of the Canadian broadcasting system is presented in Section 4, encompassing traditional radio, television and broadcasting distribution undertaking results, and non-traditional new media broadcasting results. Section 5 discusses the major telecommunications market segments: local and access, long distance, Internet, data and private line, and wireless. This section also reviews the availability of broadband service. Section 6 presents current regulatory developments in other countries, and compares Canadas performance in broadcasting and telecommunications to that of those countries.
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