The Current State of RCS in Canada

Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association October 21, 2019 Our Mission CWTA is the authority on wireless issues, developments & trends in Canada.

We represent the Canadian wireless industry, including the innovative facilities-based carriers, equipment vendors, application developers and content creators that deliver world leading wireless services and products to Canadians.

We work to ensure Canada maintains its leading position in wireless and that Canadians derive the full benefits of participation in the digitally-connected mobile world.

2 CWTA’s Members More than 100 Members, Associates and Affiliates, including:

3 Highlights of Canada’s Wireless History A long tradition of innovation and leadership.

1920 1988 1875 1973

May 20: Canada’s RIM, later known as BlackBerry, was June 2: Alexander first wireless April 3: First the first in North America and one of Graham Bell sees his operation. public call from a the first in the world to begin invention come to life developing a wireless data handheld mobile when the first words transmission system to be used in are transmitted by was placed. pagers and wireless payment. telephone.

2000 2003 2016 2001 2009 December: First July: Common May: Bell provides RCS message is North America’s first November: Canada Short Codes September 21: The sent in Canada. Instant Message achieves first inter- launch in Mobile Giving service on digital PCS carrier mobile text Canada. Foundation Canada phones. messaging in North launches. America. 4 Canada: A Leader in Wireless Delivering World-Class Wireless Networks

Wireless Networks are the foundation of the wider digital economy. In order for Canadian carriers to successfully deploy RCS and make it available to as many Canadians as possible, vast coverage and exceptional network speeds are key.

G7 Countries + Australia Global Average 2.3x (Global Rank) 27.22 MB/s Faster than the Global Average Canada (3) 63.81 MB/s Australia (5)

France (19)

USA (36)

Italy (44)

Germany (48) Advanced Wireless Network Availability

UK (49) to Canadians in 2018

Japan (50) LTE 0 17.5 35 52.5 70 Advanced 99% 92% 9% Increase over 2016

5 Regulatory Environment: Compliance in Canada

CASL Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) Canada's anti-spam legislation (CASL) is the federal law dealing with spam and other Canadian Radio-Television & Telecommunications Commission electronic threats. It is meant to protect (CRTC) Canadians while ensuring that businesses can continue to compete in the global marketplace. Competition Bureau of Canada

Public Safety Canada PIPEDA Public Alerting Real-Time Text Next-Gen 911 The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) is a Canadian law relating to data privacy. It governs how private sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information in the course of commercial business.

6 Canada Update Availability of RCS in the Canadian Market

33.6M

Total number of Canadian Wireless Subscribers. 1M

Number of provisioned RCS users on the Rogers network. 101K

2MNumber of provisioned RCS users on the Freedom network. NNI

Interoperability has successfully been achieved between Rogers, Freedom, and TELUS. For Bell, efforts continue to be focused on achieving NNI with all 4 national operators. RBM

Internal testing continues to take place – no firm launch dates as of yet. NNI/interoperability across all 4 national operators is vital in order to ensure maximum reach for RBM. 7 What’s next?

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