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Capital expenditure, or Capex, is one of the foundations of high-quality and reliable telecommunications services. It finances the building, expansion, maintenance, and enhancement of Canada’s world-class telecommunications networks. In recent years, the telecom sector has invested more than $11 billion per year in capital expenditures.
Capital expenditure for wireless and wireline sectors.
In 2016, $2.325 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.235 billion in wireline.
In 2017, $2.339 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.722 billion in wireline.
In 2018, $2.699 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.663 billion in wireline.
In 2019, $2.941 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $8.905 billion in wireline.
In 2020, $2.769 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $8.597 billion in wireline.
In 2021, $3.438 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.250 billion in wireline.
In 2022, $3.786 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $10.002 billion in wireline.
In 2023, $3.365 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.682 billion in wireline.
Note: Capital expenditures, or CAPEX, are investments made primarily to maintain or upgrade telecommunications networks. CAPEX does not include amounts spent on acquiring spectrum licenses. Spectrum refers to spectrum auction fees and not annual license fees.