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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TORONTO – Rogers Communications is in talks with potential buyers of Shaw Communications’ Freedom Mobile, although according to the Globe and Mail, these talks do not include Quebecor subsidiary Videotron.
The news comes following a statement earlier this month from François-Philippe Champagne, minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, in which he said he would not allow Rogers to acquire all of Shaw’s wireless assets. (Rogers’ acquisition of Shaw still needs approval from ISED, the CRTC and the Competition Bureau.)
At a Scotia Bank conference the following week, Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said Rogers found the statement to be…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications and Sheridan College announced today a new two-year partnership that will focus on 5G autonomous vehicle research and development through Sheridan’s Centre for Mobile Innovation (CMI), located at the college’s Trafalgar Road Campus in Oakville, Ont.
The collaboration “will involve studying the potential of integrating navigation, diagnostics, and infotainment systems into autonomous vehicles over new 5G wireless technologies and networks, and research into the areas of intelligent transport systems in a multi-user-environment,” explains a press release.
“Sheridan is thrilled to partner with Rogers on this exciting new research,” said Andrea England, vice-provost of research at Sheridan, in…
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VANCOUVER – While Rogers Communications has been working on its acquisition of Shaw Communications, Telus has been accelerating its broadband build program in the hopes of grabbing market share ahead the proposed deal’s approval.
“We knew the timeline for… going through the process of approval was 18 months to two years, and then they’ve got a post-acquisition integration effort,” said Tony Geheran (above), executive vice-president and chief operations officer at Telus, in an interview with Cartt.ca.
Based on this, in May 2021, Telus announced it would invest an additional $1.5 billion in capital expenditures over 18 months. This pulled forward…
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ROGERS PRESIDENT AND CEO Tony Staffieri (above, centre) is “unsurprised” François-Philippe Champagne, the minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, said he would not allow the company to acquire all of Shaw Communications’ wireless licences last week.
Speaking with Scotiabank telecom analyst Jeff Fan (right) at the bank’s telecom, media and technology conference this afternoon, along with Glenn Brandt (left), Rogers’ chief financial officer, Staffieri said the statement was actually “very helpful in terms of articulating their broad view, which is on the wireless side, what they’d like to see is a continued fourth player in the marketplace.”
Overall, Staffieri told…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced today it has extended its 5G network to reach 10 more communities throughout Eastern Ontario as part of its partnership with the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN).
The 10 new communities where Rogers 5G is now available are Elizabethtown-Kitley, Greater Napanee, Hawkesbury, Mississippi Mills, Pembroke, Petawawa, Russell, Selwyn, South Glengarry and South Stormont.
“Rogers’ network expansion will give local residents access to better cell services that will help support economic growth and improve quality of life,” said J. Murray Jones, chair of EORN, in a press release. “We appreciate the support of our federal, provincial and…
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Recommends government ensure all conditions are enforceable if it does
OTTAWA – The merger between Rogers and Shaw should not proceed, the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology says in a report presented to the House today.
The committee recommends that if it does go through, however, the government should ensure “all conditions attached to the merger approval are fully enforceable and that resources are available to enforce them.”
According to the report, the committee, chaired by Liberal member of parliament Joël Lightbound, is unconvinced of the merger’s merits and has taken issue with the enforceability of the commitments Rogers has made…
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Rogers, Shaw continue to work with government; Quebecor CEO weighs in
OTTAWA – Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne will not allow Rogers Communications to acquire all of Shaw Communications’ wireless licences, he said in a statement today.
“The wholesale transfer of Shaw’s wireless licences to Rogers is fundamentally incompatible with our government’s policies for spectrum and mobile service competition, and I will simply not permit it,” the statement reads.
Champagne noted the importance of access to Internet and wireless services and said the “government is making every effort to ensure that telecommunications services are reliable, innovative, competitive…
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