TORONTO — Rogers Communications said on its website yesterday the company is providing prepaid chatr Mobile SIM cards for the welcome kits handed out by the Canadian Red Cross to displaced Ukrainians arriving at select airports across Canada.
This support for Ukrainians and their loved ones affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is in addition to Rogers’ previously announced waiving of long-distance and SMS charges to Ukraine for Rogers, Fido and chatr customers, as well as roaming charges for any Canadian customers currently in that country.
Last month, Rogers made a $100,000 donation to the Canadian Red…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB — The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) said today it has called on the CRTC to stop Rogers Communications “from shutting down the satellite delivery of television signals to thousands of Canadians living in rural communities and the Far North.”
Just prior to the Commission’s March 24 approval of Rogers’ purchase of Shaw Communications, which includes Shaw Broadcast Services (SBS), “Shaw announced that a critical component of the SBS service, known as HITS-QT Plus, would be shut down by year end,” according to the CCSA’s press release.
The CCSA has been calling on the…
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HAZELTON, B.C. – Rogers Communications announced today it will deploy two more cellular towers as it accelerates construction on its project bringing wireless service to B.C.’s Highway 16, also known as the Highway of Tears.
Rogers announced last April it would be building new cell towers along Highways 14 and 16 to improve connectivity on these routes. For Highway 16, there is to be 12 new towers built – the first of which Rogers started construction on last December.
The first tower is to provide coverage between Prince Rupert and Prince George, while the two towers announced today will…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications announced today it has launched a 5G Transportation Challenge with the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based in Ontario.
“As part of the challenge, mobility and transportation SMEs that operate in Ontario, including designers, innovators and strategists, are encouraged to envision how they might use the Rogers 5G network for an innovative and ultra-low latency application, using the benefits of 5G networks, high precision positioning technologies and multi-access edge computing (MEC),” a press release explains.
Participating enterprises will pitch, build and test a proof-of-concept that uses Rogers 5G. The challenge is…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced today it has launched the first commercially available 5G standalone network in Canada and one of the first globally.
This follows the completion of Rogers’ rollout of its national standalone 5G core network last year and the first 5G standalone device certification in Canada, explains a press release.
“We are thrilled to be the first in Canada to launch a commercial 5G standalone service,” said Jorge Fernandes, chief technology officer at Rogers Communications, in the release. “This milestone underscores our ongoing leadership in 5G and will bring immediate benefits to customers by increasing coverage, scalability…
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PORT WILLIAMS, NS – Rogers Communications recently bought Nova Scotia-based Internet service provider Cross Country TV.
The news has been shared with customers in a letter on Cross Country’s website from Steve Scott, the company’s founder and senior manager of operations and Rob Paradis, Rogers’ vice-president of Rogers Community Operators.
“We want to reassure you that business will go on as usual for Cross Country, and that the same local team is here to provide the services you’ve come to know and trust, and that we will continue working out of Cross Country’s offices on Belcher Street,” the letter says.
“Rogers…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC today approved the broadcast side of the merger between Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, with several conditions attached.
The Commission concluded the transaction – when modified – “is in the public interest and advances the objectives set out for the Canadian broadcasting system in the Broadcasting Act,” its decision reads. “Canadians as consumers will benefit from this transaction.”
One of the conditions included in the decision requires Rogers to submit a revised tangible benefits proposal. Tangible benefits were a significant topic of discussion during the CRTC’s hearing last November.
Originally, Rogers proposed a tangible benefits package…
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One is also a member of the Rogers Control Trust advisory committee
TORONTO – Two new directors have been nominated to Rogers Communication Inc.’s board along with the current directors, all of whom have been nominated for re-election at the company’s 2022 annual general meeting, which will be held on April 20.
According to a Rogers information circular, the board has set the number of directors to be elected at the upcoming meeting at 15.
In addition to the 13 current directors, David Robinson (above, left) and Dr. Mohamed Lachemi (right) have been nominated to be elected.
Robinson is a Rogers family…
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Collaborating on hybrid workplace communications and 5G innovation
TORONTO — Rogers and Microsoft announced today a five-year strategic alliance “to help enterprise and small and medium business customers accelerate digitization and take full advantage of hybrid work and 5G-enabled solutions,” according to a press release.
Rogers has selected Microsoft’s Azure platform “as its strategic cloud for infrastructure and technology workloads and will leverage Azure’s public cloud capabilities to power innovation, unlock new customer experiences and enable employees to collaborate with more agility across the organization,” the release reads.
As a result of this alliance, which builds on the two companies’ long-standing relationship, Rogers…
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Telecoms generally against ISED proposal for restricted areas around airports
By Amanda OYE
OTTAWA – Comments submitted to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s (ISED) Consultation on a Policy and Licensing Framework for Spectrum in the 3800 MHz Band, show Canada’s telecoms are divided on which, if any, pro-competitive measures should be adopted for the 3800 MHz spectrum auction, expected to be held in 2023.
ISED proposed three options for competitive measures for the 3800 MHz auction – a 50 MHz set-aside, a 100 MHz cross-band cap (this would apply across the 3500 MHz and 3800 MHz bands), or both.
The set-aside option…
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