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Rogers announces new $5/day U.S. roaming


TORONTO – “Canadians have told us loud and clear they’re afraid to use their mobile phones when travelling to the U.S.,” Rogers Communications CEO Guy Laurence said today while launching the company’s new Roam Like Home plan.The plan lets Rogers Share Everything customers call, text and surf for $5 a day while travelling in the States, so it sure sounds simple. Customers, added Laurence, “find it too complicated” when trying to use, or plan to use, their phones in the U.S. Plus, it’s too expensive. “They also said they were paying for minutes, texts, and Internet at home but they...