By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers said Thursday it has entered into an agreement to sell to a “leading global financial investor” a minority equity stake in a newly formed subsidiary that will include parts of its wireless traffic transport network from one region of the country.
The minority stakeholder will get paid periodic distributions based on the net income made by that subsidiary. Wholesale fees to use the network will maintain it, while consumer use of the network, which Rogers CFO Glenn Brandt said is in the range of 40 to 50 per cent growth per year, will ensure distribution stability.
The investment,…
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The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) and Rogers announced Wednesday that the cable giant’s 32 new 5G towers are now operational to deliver service to parts of eastern Ontario.
5G services, as a result, are available in the Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Lanark, Lennox and Addington, Peterborough, Renfrew, Leeds and Grenville, Quinte West, Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Muskoka, South Algonquin, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan, Curve Lake First Nation, Hiawatha First Nation, and Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte.
Rogers said since May 1, it has installed the 32 new cell towers and has made an additional upgrade to an existing…
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Rogers said Thursday that it has completed an $8-million upgrade to its 5G network at Rogers Centre in Toronto ahead of a six-night tour stop by singer Taylor Swift next month.
The construction involved 10,000 hours of installing new equipment and infrastructure, including antennas on the roof of the stadium, Rogers said in a press release, which means “faster speeds, lower latency” and three times more capacity, Rogers said in a release.
The increased capacity means the thousands of expected fans should be able to share live moments from the concert without significant delay.
“As the proud presenting sponsor of Taylor Swift…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Internet service provider Fibernetics is accusing Rogers of undue preference by allegedly refusing to allow the independent telecom to use a third party transport service at the same building it already uses Rogers facilities to haul leased internet traffic back to its own office.
For years, the Cambridge, Ont.-based telecom said it has been leasing, via the third party internet access (TPIA) regime, capacity from Shaw, which was gobbled up by Rogers last year. In that configuration, the telecom hauls the internet traffic using Rogers’s ethernet transport mile to its own Calgary office.
But in a Part 1 application…
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The chief technology and information officer (CTIO) for Rogers has retired from the company late this summer, Rogers confirmed.
Ron McKenzie was brought on in July 2022 as the cable giant’s CTO to replace Jorge Fernandes in the wake of the Rogers network outage that knocked out services for millions of Canadians, which prompted a regulatory study and the company announcing billions of dollars in network resiliency initiatives.
“Being the CTIO of Rogers has been an incredible honour with such a long history of innovation,” McKenzie said in a LinkedIn post. “Leading the best Technology team in the…
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Bell secures access to Raptors and regional Leafs games
By Connie Thiessen and Ahmad Hathout
Rogers Communications has signed an agreement to buy Bell’s 37.5 per cent ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) for $4.7 billion, making it a majority owner in the Toronto sports empire.
MLSE owns the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Toronto Argonauts, Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League, the NBA G League Raptors 905, MLS Next Pro team TFC II, and the Raptors Uprising Gaming Club, which is the Toronto Raptors esports franchise in the NBA 2K League. MLSE also owns and…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Corus has failed to show that any of its Disney-themed channels are comparable to Disney+ programming, making its undue preference complaint against Rogers unfounded, the cable giant said in response to the media company’s Part 1 application.
Corus filed the complaint last month alleging Rogers is giving itself an undue preference by trying to lure people to its Disney+ offerings – which Rogers provides in subscription and ad-supported formats – by manipulating how it positions those services to Corus’s Disney-theme specialty channels on the Ignite TV service, an aggregation platform. That manipulation allegedly includes the…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The Federal Court of Appeal has granted Rogers’s application to challenge the CRTC’s decision to pick, in final offer arbitration, Quebecor’s offer to ride on the cable giant’s mobile wireless network.
The appeal court released its decision on August 16, almost exactly a year after Rogers filed an appeal disputing the July 2023 decision on the basis of an alleged lack of transparency by which the CRTC decided to select the Montreal-based company’s rate to lease wireless capacity.
Rogers has always claimed that the rate selected by the CRTC is “materially lower than…
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Rogers has submitted to the CRTC a restated application for an immediate temporary stay of the speed-matching requirement for its new retail gigabit internet services.
The amended application dated Aug. 23 was posted to the commission’s website on Aug. 29.
The changes to the cable giant’s initial application asking for an interim speed-matching exemption reflect the CRTC’s Aug. 13 decision to expand the last-mile fibre regime nationwide, Rogers explained in its new application.
The regulator had informed Rogers via an Aug. 6 letter that it would not consider the company’s request for an expedited…
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Rogers Communications announced Wednesday a new partnership with cross-border credit bureau Nova Credit to help newcomers build credit in Canada and finance a new smartphone, making their transition to the country easier, it says.
Through the collaboration, Rogers is able to offer newcomers maximum credit by considering their international credit history when they apply for a Rogers Red credit card, helping them establish a strong financial foundation in Canada, Rogers says in a press release.
Newcomers approved for a Rogers Red credit card can also take advantage of flexible device financing on new Rogers…
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