CORNER BROOK, NL – Rogers Communications today announced it will expand its fibre network to connect 1,780 homes and businesses in Humber Village, Little Rapids and Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador.
In addition to the network expansion, which will reach across 163 kilometers, Rogers will install a new wireless tower “and the existing tower will be upgraded on Bell Island to provide reliable wireless connectivity throughout the island,” a press release says.
“Over the past year, when Canadians relied on connectivity more than ever before, we made significant investments in our network to connect communities across Atlantic Canada,” said Matt MacLellan,…
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HALIFAX – Rogers Communications announced today Rogers Pro On-the-Go is now rolling out in Halifax, the first city in Atlantic Canada to get access to the service.
“The innovative Pro On-the-Go service offers personalized one-to-one support and phone delivery to Rogers wireless subscribers as soon as the same day, at no extra cost,” a press release says.
“The Rogers Pro will hand-deliver the device and guide customers step by step on how to set it up, while also helping to transfer applications, contacts and photos, and set up email, all based on their personal preferences. The Rogers Pro will also bring…
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GATINEAU – Numerous intervenors in their final submissions to the CRTC continue to argue the merger of Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications is not in the public interest and should be denied, despite the fact Rogers offered some concessions in its reply on day five of the recent hearing into the matter as well as in other documents since submitted by the company to the Commission.
(You can read Cartt.ca’s coverage of the CRTC hearing here, here, here, here and here.)
The final submissions, which were due Monday, point to several problems the intervenors argue remain…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. and TORONTO — Harmonic, a provider of virtualized cable access and video delivery solutions, announced today Rogers Communications has chosen Harmonic’s CableOS cloud-native converged core platform to power Rogers’s next-generation multi-gigabit broadband services.
Rogers is deploying the CableOS platform in a distributed access architecture (DAA) with virtualized cable modem termination system (CMTS) software and the Ripple Remote-PHY (R-PHY) node, explains a press release.
“The CableOS Platform is future ready to support converged cable and FTTH, DOCSIS 4.0 technology and other advanced services including edge cloud,” the release reads.
Rogers is using Harmonic’s technology “to fully converge its data, voice…
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NORFOLK COUNTY, Ont. — Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced today Rogers Communications has completed construction of a 70-kilometre fibre-to-the-home network bringing high-speed Internet access to 2,116 homes and businesses in Norfolk County, located southwest of Hamilton.
The Ontario communities covered by the network project include Wilsonville, Boston, Bealton, Dundurn, Waterford, Townsend Centre, Villa Nova and Bloomsburg, according to SWIFT’s press release.
SWIFT awarded the contract to Rogers in January 2020 and the telecom started construction that July.
According to SWIFT’s approved projects webpage, the network project was originally expected to be completed in August 2021.
The overall cost…
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SEATON, B.C. — Rogers Communications announced today it has started construction on the first of 12 new cell towers that will help close gaps and improve safety along B.C.’s Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Prince George, known as the Highway of Tears due to the many Indigenous women and girls who have disappeared or were found murdered on the route.
“At Rogers, we are deeply committed to reconciliation and to using our technology to help connect rural, remote and Indigenous communities,” said Jorge Fernandes, chief technology officer at Rogers Communications, in a press release.
“It is our hope that by…
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OXFORD COUNTY, Ont. – Rogers Communications started construction on a project to bring high-speed Internet to 484 homes, farms and businesses in the communities of Drumbo and Gobles in Oxford County by April 2022, Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced today.
This broadband project, previously announced in October 2020, is valued at $1.5 million and is being funded in part by the Governments of Canada and Ontario, which have committed up to $349,000 each. The contracts were awarded to Rogers by SWIFT.
The “project will service 15 kilometres of roadway with fibre-optic cabling to provide more homes and businesses within…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications announced today Robert Dépatie (above) will be the president and chief operating officer of the company’s new home and business division as of Dec. 6.
Dépatie has “nearly 20 years of executive leadership in telecom and media experience, including four years as a member of the RCI Board of Directors,” a press release says. He was previously president and CEO of Quebecor and Quebecor Media as well as spending 10 years as president and CEO of Vidéotron Itée.
“I am thrilled to welcome Robert to our leadership team,” said Tony Staffieri, interim president and CEO of Rogers,…
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Launches new tagline “At Your Side”
TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced today its discount brand Fido is marking its 25th anniversary by launching a new brand campaign and tagline, “At Your Side”.
“From the beginning, Fido has been on a mission to put customers and communities first while being the ‘ultimate sidekick’ — with plans, deals and a great network. No matter what a customer takes on, wherever and whenever, Fido will be there every step of the way,” reads a Rogers press release.
“I’d like to extend an enormous thank you to all of our customers who have trusted Fido to…
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Duo left Bell Media’s CP24 Breakfast in August
TORONTO — Two faces familiar to Toronto-area viewers of Bell Media’s CP24 Breakfast were announced today as the new morning show hosts at Rogers Sports and Media’s radio station 98.1 CHFI.
Former CP24 Breakfast co-host Pooja Handa (above, left) and news anchor Gurdeep Ahluwalia (above, right), who both left Bell Media this past August, will host the new show CHFI Mornings with Pooja & Gurdeep weekdays from 5-9 a.m. ET, starting Jan. 4, says a Rogers Sports and Media press release.
“Covering some of Toronto’s most glamourous red carpets to the biggest cultural events,…
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