Seminars

LYA has the following seminars currently available. Detailed descriptions are provided by clicking on the links. Please note that the seminars are held in-house at your company location.

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LYA 2010 CANADIAN COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE BOOT CAMP

2009 went out with a bang with the decision of the Minister of Industry permitting Wind Mobile to launch, but where are things headed in 2010? Our Executive Boot Camp on the Canadian communications industry will place you on a solid footing taking you through the parameters of the overall market, key wireless and wireline technologies, current state of policies and regulations as well as spectrum awards and the broad strategic lines that should be shaping your thinking and investment strategies going forward. 

Mobile and broadband reshaped the telecom world of the last ten years. Will digital television lead the next industry transformation in Canada as it is in the US with TV-everywhere initiatives and googleian plans to manage the content revolution? Will Canada reap the rewards of its digital dividend as many European countries are planning? And which players will lead the charge? 

Who would have thought that in just a few years Videotron would become the dominant provider of residential telephone service in many areas where it offers cable service? Actually, we did! In early 2006, LYA published an independent market research report entitled “LYA Canadian Consumer Telecom & Cable TV Market Forecasts “ where we stated “LYA forecasts that cablecos could capture close to 43% market share over all residential lines over the next five (5) years”. Across the country, Shaw just reported that its Digital phone service is now available to 93% of its basic cable customers and that 40% have elected to subscribe to Shaw’s phone service.  It does indeed appear that the LYA forecast is well on its way to become a reality with profound ramifications across different market segments. For example, will Videotron be inclined to encourage its wireless customer base to disconnect their wireline phone service or on the contrary, will they focus their efforts on keeping and increasing market share among the two services, thus maintaining high usage and penetration of wireline phones? Will the somewhat uniquely integrated nature of Canadian carriers impact how the wireless market evolves even with additional new entrants launching service over the coming months?

This 1-day session will provide you and your key team members with comprehensive quantitative analyses of the Canadian communications market, trends in markets, services and technologies as well as key excerpts from LYA’s most recent primary research regarding mobile broadband services. In addition, the boot camp covers key items on the communications policy and regulatory agenda for 2010 including a discussion of foreign investment and upcoming spectrum awards.

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LYA MOBILE OPPORTUNITIES SEMINAR

The competitive landscape for mobile services has been turned upside down by the licensing of AWS and other spectrum to new entrants as well as by license conditions affecting national roaming and tower sharing. This new reality brings opportunities that were up to now much more difficult to realize for regional or smaller telecom service providers across Canada, whether one owns or not spectrum licenses for mobile services. LYA has developed a one day in-house strategy and training seminar specifically tailored to help you assess and address these new opportunities as well as a complete suite of consulting services covering the launch of new mobile service offerings.

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Conferences

Ms. Lemay and Mr. Yates are experienced speakers and can contribute to your company meetings and events. Please call us at (514) 288-6555 for details.