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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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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And what still stands in their way
By Greg O’Brien
THE PURCHASE OF SHAW by Rogers has been a steady recurrent rumour which would crop up from time to time over the past 23-plus years this reporter has been tracking the industry, meaning Monday’s $26 billion purchase deal by Rogers was a long, long time coming.
In fact, when I first spoke with former Shaw president Peter Bissonnette in late 1997 (so long ago I don’t think he had yet been appointed president), I asked him then about the rumour I heard Rogers would buy Shaw. Too soon. Much too soon,…
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CALGARY and TORONTO — Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications announced today they have reached an agreement for Rogers to acquire all of Shaw’s issued and outstanding Class A and Class B shares in a transaction valued at approximately $26 billion.
The deal agreement will see Rogers pay $40.50 per share in cash, amounting to approximately $20 billion. The transaction total includes approximately $6 billion of Shaw debt.
The Shaw Family Living Trust has already agreed to vote in favour of the transaction, which still requires the approval of two thirds of votes cast by Class A and Class B shareholders at…
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SURREY, B.C. – Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) and Rogers for Business announced this week they will provide wireless connectivity, services, and dedicated support to over 340 Métis businesses and communities in B.C.
The new partnership will provide Métis-owned businesses registered with MNBC’s business directory with “exclusive access to business solutions and services as well as a dedicated team that will offer support and advice on how Rogers for Business services can advance their operations. MNBC believes this collaboration will help increase economic opportunities for local Métis residents and businesses,” reads the press release.
“This partnership means Métis businesses, no matter…
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TORONTO, FREDERICTON and ST. JOHN’S — Rogers Communications announced Wednesday morning it is expanding eligibility for its Connected for Success low-cost Internet program to help bridge the digital divide for many more people residing within its service areas in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
The company is also introducing new Internet packages with more speed options to support the evolving connectivity needs of low-income Canadians across these three provinces.
In Ontario, the Connected for Success program is expanding to new qualifying customers receiving income support through Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). In New Brunswick, new eligible customers…
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