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  • Since 1995, communications has been the fastest growing household expenditure in the OECD.
  • In Canada, the mobile phone share of telecommunications spending reached 40% in 2009; by comparison, it reached 50% in Japan in 2002.
  • Canada, the Czech Republic, Greece and Luxembourg had the highest host growth rate from 2008 to 2010.
  • In 2009, there were 155.6 telecommunications access paths per 100 people in Canada, just below the OECD average of 162.7.

Chart 19.4 Country code and  generic top-level domain name registrations, by country, 2010
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