diff --git a/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js b/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js
index c1ddb14b8..48d1356e9 100644
--- a/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js
+++ b/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var EventEmitter = require("events");
 var eventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
 var CQEvents = require("../../service/connectionquality/CQEvents");
 var XMPPEvents = require("../../service/xmpp/XMPPEvents");
+var StatisticsEvents = require("../../service/statistics/Events");
 
 /**
  * local stats
@@ -96,9 +97,10 @@ function parseMUCStats(stats) {
 var ConnectionQuality = {
     init: function () {
         APP.xmpp.addListener(XMPPEvents.REMOTE_STATS, this.updateRemoteStats);
-        APP.statistics.addConnectionStatsListener(this.updateLocalStats);
-        APP.statistics.addRemoteStatsStopListener(this.stopSendingStats);
-
+        APP.statistics.addListener(StatisticsEvents.CONNECTION_STATS,
+                                   this.updateLocalStats);
+        APP.statistics.addListener(StatisticsEvents.STOP,
+                                   this.stopSendingStats);
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/modules/statistics/LocalStatsCollector.js b/modules/statistics/LocalStatsCollector.js
index 4431ff7f8..f224871a3 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/LocalStatsCollector.js
+++ b/modules/statistics/LocalStatsCollector.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 var RTCBrowserType = require('../RTC/RTCBrowserType');
+var StatisticsEvents = require('../../service/statistics/Events');
 
 var LOCAL_JID = require("../../service/statistics/constants").LOCAL_JID;
 
@@ -106,8 +107,8 @@ LocalStatsCollector.prototype.start = function () {
             if (audioLevel != self.audioLevel) {
                 self.audioLevel = animateLevel(audioLevel, self.audioLevel);
                 self.eventEmitter.emit(
-                    "statistics.audioLevel",
-                    LOCAL_JID,
+                    StatisticsEvents.AUDIO_LEVEL,
+                    self.statisticsService.LOCAL_JID,
                     self.audioLevel);
             }
         },
diff --git a/modules/statistics/RTPStatsCollector.js b/modules/statistics/RTPStatsCollector.js
index e9647a8be..588496d7a 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/RTPStatsCollector.js
+++ b/modules/statistics/RTPStatsCollector.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 var logger = require("jitsi-meet-logger").getLogger(__filename);
 var RTCBrowserType = require("../RTC/RTCBrowserType");
+var StatisticsEvents = require("../../service/statistics/Events");
 
 /* Whether we support the browser we are running into for logging statistics */
 var browserSupported = RTCBrowserType.isChrome() ||
@@ -649,7 +650,7 @@ StatsCollector.prototype.processStatsReport = function () {
         upload:
             calculatePacketLoss(lostPackets.upload, totalPackets.upload)
     };
-    this.eventEmitter.emit("statistics.connectionstats",
+    this.eventEmitter.emit(StatisticsEvents.CONNECTION_STATS,
         {
             "bitrate": this.conferenceStats.bitrate,
             "packetLoss": this.conferenceStats.packetLoss,
@@ -715,7 +716,8 @@ StatsCollector.prototype.processAudioLevelReport = function () {
             // but it seems to vary between 0 and around 32k.
             audioLevel = audioLevel / 32767;
             ssrcStats.setSsrcAudioLevel(ssrc, audioLevel);
-            this.eventEmitter.emit("statistics.audioLevel", ssrc, audioLevel);
+            this.eventEmitter.emit(
+                StatisticsEvents.AUDIO_LEVEL, ssrc, audioLevel);
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/modules/statistics/statistics.js b/modules/statistics/statistics.js
index c8b5de8ed..ee95349a8 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/statistics.js
+++ b/modules/statistics/statistics.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 var LocalStats = require("./LocalStatsCollector.js");
 var RTPStats = require("./RTPStatsCollector.js");
 var EventEmitter = require("events");
+var StatisticsEvents = require("../../service/statistics/Events");
 //var StreamEventTypes = require("../../service/RTC/StreamEventTypes.js");
 //var XMPPEvents = require("../../service/xmpp/XMPPEvents");
 //var CallStats = require("./CallStats");
@@ -43,12 +44,12 @@ Statistics.prototype.startLocalStats = function (stream) {
 
 Statistics.prototype.addAudioLevelListener = function(listener)
 {
-    this.eventEmitter.on("statistics.audioLevel", listener);
+    this.eventEmitter.on(StatisticsEvents.AUDIO_LEVEL, listener);
 }
 
 Statistics.prototype.removeAudioLevelListener = function(listener)
 {
-    this.eventEmitter.removeListener("statistics.audioLevel", listener);
+    this.eventEmitter.removeListener(StatisticsEvents.AUDIO_LEVEL, listener);
 }
 
 Statistics.prototype.dispose = function () {
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ Statistics.prototype.stopLocal = function () {
 Statistics.prototype.stopRemote = function () {
     if (this.rtpStats) {
         this.rtpStats.stop();
-        this.eventEmitter.emit("statistics.stop");
+        this.eventEmitter.emit(StatisticsEvents.STOP);
         this.rtpStats = null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/service/statistics/Events.js b/service/statistics/Events.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..261838262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/statistics/Events.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module.exports = {
+    /**
+     * An event carrying connection statistics.
+     */
+    CONNECTION_STATS: "statistics.connectionstats",
+    /**
+     * FIXME: needs documentation.
+     */
+    AUDIO_LEVEL: "statistics.audioLevel",
+    /**
+     * FIXME: needs documentation.
+     */
+    STOP: "statistics.stop"
+};