MONTREAL – On Friday, Rogers Communications announced it would spend big in Quebec, if it can buy Cogeco’s Canadian assets, primarily its networks in Ontario and Quebec.
It made a number of expensive promises, as we reported here, including investing $3 billion on wired and new 5% networks, adding thousands of jobs, and keeping Cogeco’s brand and head office alive in Quebec.
In a statement issued that day, Cogeco said Rogers doesn’t need to own it in order to invest well in the province.
“Rogers may continue making all the investments it wishes in Quebec but it doesn’t need Cogeco to…
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FREDERICTON – Rogers Communications and the City of Fredericton this week announced 5G is now available in the provincial capital and that Rogers has also partnered with Ignite Fredericton on providing 5G to its Innovation Lab at the Cyber Centre in Knowledge Park, which will be run by CyberNB.
“As we expand into Fredericton, over time our 5G technology will transform the way we live, work, and do business in New Brunswick,” said Matt MacLellan, Rogers Atlantic region president. “We are proud to work with the City of Fredericton to bring 5G to the city. Strong digital infrastructure and this…
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MONTREAL – Rogers Communications this morning said it will invest $3 billion to “honour Cogeco’s legacy” by expanding rural connectivity, accelerating 5G coverage to 95% of Quebecers and creating hundreds of highly skilled jobs with new tech innovation hub, if it is able to purchase Cogeco’s Canadian assets.
“Rogers is deeply committed to the future ofa innovation and the knowledge economy in Quebec. We would be honoured to help enhance the customer experience and bring new investments including 5G that will fundamentally reshape the economic landscape of Quebec,” said Joe Natale, president and CEO of Rogers, in a press release…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications today announced Ajax, Burlington, Grimsby, Oakville and Whitby in Ontario are the latest communities to now have access to its 5G network.
Powered by Ericsson, the Rogers 5G network has now expanded to reach more than 60 cities and towns across the country since Rogers launched 5G service in January, initially in downtown Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. Earlier this month, Rogers announced its 5G rollout had hit more than 50 markets.
“5G is a gamechanger that will bring exciting experiences and opportunities to consumers and businesses across Ontario,” said Jorge Fernandes, chief technology and information…
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KELOWNA – Rogers Communications announced today it has virtually opened its new B.C. customer solution centre in Kelowna.
More than 100 new employees have already been hired and trained virtually, but the centre will bring a total of 350 new jobs to the local economy by 2021, as part of the company’s all-Canadian based customer service team.
All positions will be work from home until the new Kelowna centre can be safely opened, said the company.
“When we first announced our plan to open this new customer solution centre, none of us could have imagined we would be opening virtually, but…
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Cogeco decries “bad faith tactics”
MONTREAL and TORONTO — The latest maneuverings in the now open battle between Rogers and Cogeco — as the former persists in its efforts to take over the latter — were made public by Cogeco Wednesday.
After Rogers sent a letter Tuesday to Cogeco board member Louis Audet (president of Gestion Audem, the Audet family holding company and Cogeco’s controlling shareholder) suggesting Audet had behaved in an “unacceptable manner” after Altice USA and Rogers presented their joint proposal to buy the company on September 1, Cogeco published the Rogers letter on its website and issued…
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EXTON, Pa. — SCTE-ISBE, organizers of the annual Cable-Tec Expo, announced today a global cast of cable companies and organizations has stepped forward to provide sponsorship support for this year’s free virtual event, which will take place October 12-15.
Canada’s Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, as well as Liberty Global in Europe, Millicom in Latin America, Midco in the United States, and the U.S.’s National Cable Television Cooperative all have become attendee registration sponsors of the all-digital event. Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications and the SCTE Foundation had previously committed sponsorship dollars to make Cable-Tec Expo Virtual Experience free for…
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Cogeco, meanwhile, awaits CRTC’s new wireless policies
By Greg O’Brien
TORONTO – Rogers Communications CEO Joe Natale on Tuesday explained a little more about why his company is pursuing the purchase of Cogeco Cable so hard (and why he’s not intending to back off), while a senior executive of its intended target insisted that pursuit will be fruitless.
“The bid is really about answering some basic questions as we look at our investment into the future,” Natale told BMO telecom and media analyst Tim Casey at the bank’s annual Media and Telecom conference, held virtually. The $10.3 billion bid for the company,…
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Adds there will be further pursuit of Cogeco
By Ken Kelley
NEW YORK – Following last week’s big news which saw Altice USA and Rogers team up to try and buy Cogeco (a deal which was utterly and repeatedly rejected by Louis Audet, its controlling shareholder), it was little surprise the topic was first on the agenda when Rogers executives Joe Natale and Tony Staffieri spoke Wednesday at Bank of America Securities’ virtual 2020 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference.
“We have immense respect for Mr. Audet and his family, and for the legacy of the company,” said Rogers CEO Natale. “At…
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MONTREAL — Incendo and Screentime New Zealand today announced principal photography has started on a new TV movie, Together Forever Tea, to air as part of Rogers Sports and Media’s Citytv Fall in Love Friday lineup.
The new film is being shot on location in New Zealand and stars Kiwi actors Kimberley Crossman (Shortland Street, Deathgasm, Golden Boy), Jay Ryan (Go Girls, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Kills People) and Jacque Drew (Power Rangers Ninja Steel, Shortland Street, Reset).
Marketing whiz Lara Thompson (played by Crossman) is living a fast-paced life in the big city when she’s summoned to the sleepy…
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