Thank you.
When I reflect on the information Madame Corinne Charette has provided, first I want to reiterate the fundamental difference Madame Sheila Fraser stated in terms of the two types of information technology projects.
The type of information we have in terms of our targets or our performance indicators.... As we know, this started with the federal expenditure management review in 2003. This concluded that actual savings realized by enterprises have done what we wanted to do: yielded a gradual savings of 15% to 30% depending on the speed of the execution once they were put in place.
We have also definitely indicated that we do have targets. Once we know the industry landscape and how it plays out, it can lead to achievable benefits and savings. I will not deny we have targets that vary between 15% to 20%, and I am not surprised to hear people like Mr. Peter de Souza quoted that in their consultation we're not so sure where we're going to be between the 10% or the 20%. It depends on how the industry will respond to us.
We do have a very good example, in our experience, and it's very important. I did not have a chance to comment on that. Our communication services, which have been in place for many years, have delivered economies of scale and cost savings ranging from 10% to 50%. And we have all that evidence. We've achieved 40% to 50% savings by streamlining procurement approaches for the mobile wireless product and services. Our government teleconferencing services have achieved a savings of 30% over the lifetime of those streamlined contracts. Our converged network services contract, which is in place today, has also led to some interesting savings of 15% to 20%. The long distance service savings we have achieved through the same approach...we have confirmed savings of up to 54% over the long term.
So the approach we're using is sound, and the indication here is that we are trying to find the answers to all those affinity and accuracy questions. This is why our approach is to confirm that step by step, without committing the Government of Canada to a large expenditure.