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Q1 revenues, profits dip at Rogers


Best ever postpaid churn rateTORONTO – Slowing wireless equipment sales and a dip in its media division revenues took a bite out of Rogers’ first quarter revenues and profits, the company said Thursday.For the period ended March 31, total revenue decreased 1% to $3.59 billion, largely driven by 12% drops in both Wireless equipment revenue and Media revenue.  Rogers said that declining Wireless equipment revenue was primarily a result of its “disciplined approach to postpaid subscriber loading this quarter”, whereas Media revenue fell year-over-year due to a distribution from Major League Baseball in the first quarter of 2018.These declines were...