$300 million partnership will see Rogers expand eastern Ontario wireless

PETERBOROUGH and TORONTO – Rogers Communications, the federal government, the province of Ontario, and the Eastern Ontario Regional Network, today announced a $300 million partnership which will bring wireless connectivity to 99% of Eastern Ontario’s residents and businesses. Rogers will invest over $150 million in this project, the largest wireless private-public partnership in Canadian history says the company, to upgrade and expand the region’s wireless telecommunications infrastructure over five years. The federal and provincial governments are each investing $71 million to the project, with a $10 million contribution from the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus and Eastern Ontario Mayors’ Caucus, which...