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Rogers Wireless division put to the test with GameCentre app; oh, and don’t go anywhere until mid-November, says Laurence


TORONTO – The Rogers sports department sure has been keeping its wireless division hopping with all this new hockey business.Rogers Communications CEO Guy Laurence said yesterday that in just the first two weeks of the hockey season, there have been one million downloads of its new NHL GameCentre app and that 650 Terabytes of data have flowed through the app with an average of 80,000 fans streaming live games and on-demand video content through the application. Big numbers. A good start.While many are doing this on Wi-Fi to save their data plan, there has been undeniable stress on the Rogers...