Top 10 xSP Companies
The Canadian x Service Provider (xSP) category is comprised of application, managed, wireless and Internet service provider companies. The 32 xSP companies appearing on the Top 250 in 2009 combined to generate $27.78 billion in sales, up three per cent compared to last year’s group, while this year’s Top 10 xSP Companies bettered last year’s group by four per cent, increasing sales to $27.23 billion in 2009. The Top 10 xSP Companies listing is led by the Big Three Canadian telecom firms. BCE tops the list for the sixth consecutive year in 2009, generating an estimated $8.27 billion in revenues, on par with its 2008 sales. Rogers Communications advanced into the second spot this year, increasing revenues by approximately eight per cent to $7.42 billion in 2009, while Telus generated modest growth (up two per cent) to produce $6.86 billion in revenues and a third-place ranking on the Top 25 xSP Companies listing in 2009.
Ottawa-based Protus, an online business communication tools provider, led all Top 10 xSP Companies with 32 per cent year-over-year growth to land in the tenth spot this year with $69.56 million in revenue. Cogeco Cable followed with an 18 per cent increase in sales, generating $295.2 million in revenues to rank eighth.
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