Rogers announced Wednesday that its 5G wireless service is available in nine rural eastern Ontario communities previously underserved.
The cable company has completed the building of nine new wireless sites and upgraded 37 existing sites to provide.
The end result is 5G service to the following areas: Ontario County Highway 2 from Belleville to Shannonville; Southern areas of Sandbanks Provincial Park; Healey Falls to Campbellford South in Northumberland County; Archer’s Road to County Road 2 in Northumberland County; Bridgenorth in Peterborough County; Camp Kawartha in Peterborough County; Glasgow Station to ON-17 in Renfrew County; Demorestville in Prince Edward County; and Highway 7 in Maberly in Lanark County.
The service is part of the Eastern Ontario Regional Network’s Cell Gap Project, a $300-million public-private partnership to improve and expand cell service in rural eastern Ontario. Half the funding comes from the federal and provincial governments, as well as from municipal members of the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus and most of the Eastern Ontario Mayors’ Caucus, Rogers said, adding it funds the rest.
Rogers said, as part of the partnership, it is building more than 330 new wireless sites and upgrading over 300 existing sites with 5G by 2025. So far, it has 13 new wireless sites in service and completed upgrades to 297 existing sites.
The telecom said these new services are enhancing public safety and “providing peace of mind for all residents so they can call emergency services and use navigation apps along the rural and remote roadways in eastern Ontario.”
