HOLLAND MARSH, Ont. — Rogers Communications today announced it will use 5G fixed wireless access technology to connect residents and businesses in the rural area of Holland Marsh (located 50 km north of Toronto) later this year, in partnership with CENGN (Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks) and the government of Ontario.
Rogers has developed an innovative 5G technology solution that uses e-band microwave technology to deliver 5G fixed and mobile wireless access to rural and remote communities, says the press release.
As part of the project announced today, supported by CENGN program funding, Rogers will provide wireless connectivity in…
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By Denis Carmel
OTTAWA – On Friday, March 19, during a break week(!), the members of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) of the House of Commons held a meeting at the request of four of its Conservative members to examine the proposed $26-billion acquisition of Shaw Communications by Rogers Communications.
The very busy committee – which has already undertaken studies on competitiveness in Canada, Investment Canada Act, development and support of the Aerospace Industry, front-line grocery store workers, affordable telecom, and domestic manufacturing capacity for a Covid-19 vaccine – agreed the Rogers/Shaw transaction must be looked…
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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 make…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada today launched an exclusive new app available only to customers with a 5G phone – and who are in a Bell 5G coverage area.
The new TSN 5G View/Vision 5G RDS launched Friday night as the Montreal Canadiens hosted the Vancouver Canucks at the Bell Centre.
The Bell announcement says 5G tech allows it to use the app to take “fans into the rink on their smartphones, rotating around the action supported by 80-plus in-game cameras broadcast live within the TSN/RDS App.”
This is the first Bell Canada-Bell Media co-production under new Bell Media senior vice-president, product platforms…
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By Greg O’Brien
TORONTO – Rogers president and CEO Joe Natale surprised more than a few observers on Monday with the announcement his company would purchase Shaw Communications. Not with the deal itself since that had been a rumour for two decades, but with the level confidence he displayed when saying he believes Canadian regulators will, in the end, approve.
That confidence hadn’t wavered when Cartt.ca spoke with him on Wednesday.
The company went out of its way to offer major incentives to Canadians as sweeteners to the deal: A $1 billion broadband fund to deliver broadband to 600,000 un- or…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – Rogers Communications’ proposed $26-billion purchase of Shaw Communications will reduce competition in Canada’s broadband and wireless sector at a time when the industry’s top players are enjoying record profits, and therefore needs to be opposed by the federal government, according to Windsor, Ontario Member of Parliament Brian Masse, the New Democrat critic for telecommunications.
“We need to have strong direction for the industry that buying each other out is not a solution for lowering prices, increasing access for Canadians and bringing greater accountability to consumers,” he told Cartt.ca in an interview.
The federal government should use…
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EEYOU ISTCHEE and JAMES BAY REGION, Que. — Rogers Communications today announced it is providing spectrum to new wireless carrier Eeyou Mobility to support the Cree-controlled provider’s services in the remote Eeyou Istchee and James Bay regions of northern Quebec.
Eeyou Mobility will provide local wireless coverage to nine Cree communities and five francophone municipalities in the region. Rogers customers will be able to roam on the new Eeyou Mobility network when travelling to this northern region of Quebec, and Eeyou Mobility customers will have access to Canada-wide roaming on the Rogers network, says the company’s press release.
“Our customers want…
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Network partners Telus and Bell tie for fastest median download speeds
VICTORIA — When it comes to the best mobile experience for customers in Canada, Telus ranks highest compared to Bell and Rogers, according to a new report from Tutela Technologies, a Canadian crowdsourced mobile network data company.
According to Tutela’s 2021 State of Mobile Experience report for Canada, Telus took the top spot for both excellent consistent quality (achieving a score of 88.4%) and core consistent quality (95.2%). For excellent consistent quality, Rogers and Bell achieved scores of 82.7% and 82%, respectively. For core consistent quality, Bell scored 92.9%, while…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications flanker brand Fido announced today it is expanding its Fido Payment Program to include accessories, allowing its mobile customers to get headphones and phone cases for $0 down and 0% interest and pay them off over a 24-month term.
The new financing options now include AirPods, Beats, cases, screen protectors, chargers and more. Customers can choose to finance a single item or multiple items starting today by visiting a Fido retail store.
Fido launched its Fido Payment Program in February 2020 and was the first flanker brand wireless carrier to offer this financing option.
With the expanded…
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By Ken Kelley
AS CANADIANS WEARILY commemorate the first anniversary of the Covid-19 crisis, we’ve witnessed companies, schools and other services migrate to the digital world in unprecedented fashion. While the internet wouldn’t be considered a luxury by most Canadians, it is exactly that to a segment of the population facing the rising cost of home internet service while their household budgets are growing increasingly tighter.
On Tuesday, consumer group OpenMedia virtually hosted the Day of Action for Affordable Internet, bringing together more than two-dozen civil society and social justice groups, policy experts, activists and independent ISPs to highlight not…
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