The data 1. Revenues per subscriber per month were derived by dividing total revenues by the number of subscribers and by the number of months in the year. [...] It provides a means to assess the impacts of market and technological developments on, among other things, the cultural, social, and economic objectives of the Broadcasting Act and the Telecommunications Act (the Acts), and the effectiveness of the CRTC?s regulatory frameworks and determinations in achieving those objectives. [...] The status of local forbearance applications in residential and business exchanges is discussed in Appendix 3. Appendix 4 lists the pricing assumptions used in the development of the price comparisons of telecommunications services in Canada to those in other countries. [...] The components of broadcasting policy set out in section 3 of the Broadcasting Act are directly or indirectly tied to the cultural, social, political, and economic fabric of Canada, while those of the telecommunications policy set out in section 7 of the Telecommunications Act are tied to the country?s social and economic fabric. [...] To achieve the objectives of the Broadcasting Act, the Commission is guided by the regulatory policy objectives set out in subsection 5(2) of that Act, which requires the Commission to regulate and supervise the broadcasting system in a flexible manner that, among other things, takes into account regional concerns, is adaptable to technological developments, and facilitates the provisioning of bro