The telecom services sector continues to post steady growth despite the recent downturn in other sectors of information economy, Statistics Canada reports. Released in May, the agency’s Quarterly Telecommunications Statistics reports that the total telecom market for the fourth quarter of last year hit $8.1 billion, with $6.26 billion or 77.4 per cent, being from the wired market. Wireless, satellite, resellers and others made up the balance.

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