Company chair Edward Rogers lays out Shaw purchase positives for investors
By Greg O’Brien
TORONTO — Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Rogers Communications today reported good results from its first quarter ended March 31, with revenue gains in its cable and media business units, although wireless service revenue was down compared to the same quarter last year.
Of course, there is more news than that orbiting the wireless, broadband, cable and media giant. While the company had so far been mostly mum on the recent new wireless policies announced by the CRTC (where the headline was mandated, regional, facilities-based MVNOs…
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EXTON, PA — The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), a subsidiary of CableLabs, announced today the appointment of a newly formed board of directors, which includes two Canadian executives.
The new board was approved on April 9 and is led by chairwoman Stephanie Mitchko-Beale, executive vice-president and chief technology officer of Charter Communications. The new board members start their two-year term effective today.
Appointed as secretary of the board is Ron McKenzie, senior vice-president of technical operations at Rogers Communications. The other Canadian board member is Damian Poltz, senior vice-president of wireline technologies and strategy at Shaw Communications.
The 14-member board…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications said this afternoon it will be crediting its customers for its nationwide wireless outage yesterday.
“We know our customers depend on us and yesterday we let them down – for this we are truly sorry,” said a company statement.
“A credit equivalent to yesterday’s wireless service fee will be applied to a future bill. This will be done automatically, and no action is required by our customers,” it continued.
As noted yesterday, the company identified the problem as an issue stemming from a recent software upgrade from its primary vendor, Ericsson, “that affected a piece of equipment…
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Recent Ericsson software update impacted wireless equipment in central network
TORONTO — After a day-long network outage that started early this morning affecting customers nationwide, Rogers Communications issued an explanation just before 6 pm. ET this evening, saying “it may take us several hours to get everything back up and running normally,” according to a statement from Jorge Fernandes, Rogers’s chief technology officer.
“We have identified the root cause of the service issues and pinpointed a recent Ericsson software update that affected a piece of equipment in the central part of our wireless network. That led to intermittent congestion and…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications said today it expanded its 5G network into Selkirk and Steinbach, Manitoba, and St. Catharines, Ontario – and it was used it to direct the flight of a drone.
Rogers’s 5G network now reaches 173 cities and towns and is the largest 5G network in Canada.
The niftier bit of the announcement is Rogers for Business worked with InDro Robotics and the University of British Columbia’s MéridaLabs on Canada’s first remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) flight over a 5G network at the UBC campus in Vancouver.
The company said this shows 5G “will enable the ability to fly…
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FREDERICTON – Former CRTC commissioner Chris MacDonald has been hired by Rogers Communications as senior manager regional delivery – Atlantic Canada.
MacDonald made the announcement on his LinkedIn page. We wondered what that job title actually means so we asked him. “Essentially, it’s part chief of staff to the regional VP, but mostly someone that can be dispatched to get projects (sales opportunities, network builds, gov’t and community engagement, etc.) back on the rails. No regulatory matters – so it will be a nice change,” he told us in a message.
For anyone wondering if such a hire so soon after…
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CALGARY — Rogers for Business announced today it is expanding its fibre-optic network to deepen high-speed connectivity to small and medium-sized businesses, enterprises and public sector customers located in Calgary.
This includes enabling the University of Calgary’s 5G campus, which will support Internet of Things (IoT) research and applications in the areas of energy, smart cities, transportation, and workplace safety, says Rogers’s press release.
Construction of the network, which began last year, is complete for all of downtown Calgary and is now expanding further. Rogers for Business customers will have access to a full range of Internet and fibre packages,…
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BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst centre at Ryerson University announced today it has partnered with SANS Institute to launch new cybersecurity training courses which combine the SANS Institute’s curriculum with content specifically designed for Canadian cybersecurity professionals.
Beginning in June 2021, SANS Catalyst Community Courses will run open-enrolment cybersecurity training courses each month. Information on course dates and pricing can be found here.
Learners in the SANS Catalyst Community Courses will also have access to additional learning opportunities at the Catalyst Cyber Range, where they can hone their skills against a wide-variety of attack scenarios in ultra-realistic simulated…
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By Greg O’Brien
TORONTO – Rogers Communications has made a number of changes at the top of its executive team, according to its corporate leadership web page.
In is David Fuller as president of Rogers Wireless and Lisa Damiani as chief legal and regulatory officer. Dean Prevost, who had been president of Rogers for Business, is now president of connected home and Rogers for Business. Lisa Durocher, who had been chief digital officer, is now executive vice-president financial and emerging services.
Out is Brent Johnston, who had been wireless president, Graeme McPhail, who was chief of legal and regulatory and Phil…
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CNOC says the company didn’t remove older modems from compatibility list
By Ahmad Hathout
GATINEAU – Rogers Communications is suggesting an application to allow third party internet access (TPIA) providers who lease access to its networks to sign-up new subscribers on legacy DOCSIS 3.0 modems past June this year would delay its upgrade plans and cost it millions of dollars.
The cable giant said it gave members of the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) a full year to adopt the newer DOCSIS 3.1 modems, which it said will allow it to introduce greater network capacity, faster upload and download speeds, and…
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