The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) and Rogers announced Wednesday that the cable giant’s 32 new 5G towers are now operational to deliver service to parts of eastern Ontario.
5G services, as a result, are available in the Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Lanark, Lennox and Addington, Peterborough, Renfrew, Leeds and Grenville, Quinte West, Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Muskoka, South Algonquin, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan, Curve Lake First Nation, Hiawatha First Nation, and Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte.
Rogers said since May 1, it has installed the 32 new cell towers and has made an additional upgrade to an existing site, which is part of the $300-million public-private partnership known as the ERON Cell Gap Project. A chunk of the money comes from the federal and provincial governments.
The project includes a plan by Rogers to build 332 new or co-located sites shared with other providers in the region, 132 of which are new towers that are now providing service.
“We are proud to bring 5G services to more residents and businesses in Eastern Ontario communities, working with our government partners and the Eastern Ontario Regional Network,” Mark Kennedy, Rogers’s chief technology officer, said in a press release. “With over 130 new towers and 310 tower upgrades to date, we continue to invest to expand Canada’s largest and most reliable network so people can connect when and where they want.”
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