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Rogers brings text, e-mail, voice, video chat together

TORONTO - Rogers Communications announced the launch Rogers One Number on Tuesday, a service that allows Rogers Wireless customers to extend their Rogers wireless number to their computer, if they want. Available for free exclusively to Rogers wireless customers. Rogers One Number lets you text and talk from your computer and video chat with other Rogers One Number users on your computer, all using your wireless number. The service doesn’t integrate other applications such as Skype or BlackBerry Messenger, nor is it enabled for tablets, but John Boynton, Rogers’ executive vice-president and chief marketing officer, says this is just step...