TORONTO – Rogers celebrated the first anniversary of its LTE wireless launch by confirming plans to invest close to $500 million to bring the service to approximately 60% of Canadians by the end of this year.
After first launching in Ottawa on July 7, 2011, Rogers then rolled out LTE in the greater metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. So far in 2012, it has launched LTE in St. John's, Halifax and Calgary to reach approximately 35% of the Canadian population.
Rogers said Monday that it is on track to offer LTE in Moncton, Trois Rivières, Sherbrooke, Quebec City, Kingston, Ajax, Pickering, Oshawa, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara, Windsor, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, London, Barrie, Sudbury, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Kelowna, Abbotsford and Victoria. More cities will be launched in 2013.
"We're proud to have been the first to offer the fastest wireless network technology in the world to our customers," said John Boynton, EVP and chief marketing officer, in a statement Monday. "We continue to deliver world leading Internet experiences by investing heavily in our wireless network, and based on what our customers tell us, our investments are paying off. Whether it's a family using faster connections to stay in touch through video calling, a student downloading large files on the go, a sports fan catching every second of the game, or a commuter maximizing travel time, LTE is making Canadians' lives better."
This summer, Rogers will also launch several more LTE devices, including Sony's first LTE smartphone, the Sony Xperia Ion, and the LTE Rocket hub that will connect up to 15 devices simultaneously.
