OTTAWA – Rogers Cable will expand its local calling area in the Ottawa-Gatineau region on Monday.
Calls previously classified as long distance in the region will now be free local calls for Rogers Home Phone customers. Customers will no longer required to dial "1" before the number and will not be charged for a long distance call within Rogers’ new local calling zones.
"The city is pleased that Rogers has come forward to meet an important community need," said Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli, in a release. "The reality that Ottawa residents and businesses making calls within the city limits…
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TORONTO – Rogers and Sprint have gotten together to offer businesses with locations in Canada and the U.S. access to a new, secure IP-based network.
Using a new MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) network-to-network interface (NNI), the new relationship between Rogers Business Solutions and Sprint allows the Rogers network to connect to Sprint’s in order to deliver "a seamless customer experience with consistent technology, service level agreements, and in-country support on both sides of the border," say the companies.
Businesses are provided with secure connections between corporate offices, customers, partners and suppliers while reducing the need to purchase and maintain…
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OTTAWA – Former Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association senior vice-president and general counsel, Lori Assheton-Smith has launched her own business. This week she made official the establishment of Lori D. Assheton-Smith Professional Corporation, "through which I will continue to provide legal services and advice in the areas of broadcasting, telecommunications and Internet law and regulation," she said.
Assheton-Smith (right) has been with the CCTA in various roles since 2000, culminating in her SVP role. Prior to the CCTA, she was legal counsel with the CRTC.
The CCTA ceased operations in February after the association’s second-largest member,…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications has signed a deal to bring FIFA World Cup coverage to Canadians this summer.
Rogers has an agreement with Infront Sports & Media, FIFA’s global electronic media distribution partner, to offer live coverage and highlights from the soccer games in Germany through Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers Wireless, Rogers Personal TV, Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet, and Rogers’ OMNI Television.
“Rogers is excited to offer our customers a unique experience through exclusive access to FIFA World Cup coverage and content when and where they want it,” said Phil Lind, Vice-Chairman, Rogers Communications Inc. “Soccer fans will experience FIFA…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is talking to the OK Radio Group about buying some or all of the Western-based company’s stations.
Rogers is “discussing opportunities” with OK but doesn’t know if or when a deal might be reached, company spokesperson Jan Innes told cartt.ca.
OK Radio’s COO, Stu Morton, said in an email “I’m sorry but at the moment I really have no comment” on whether a deal has been reached. “If and when I can comment I would be happy to do an interview,” he wrote.
OK Radio, headquartered in Edmonton, is an independently owned company, broadcasting in…
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TORONTO – Yesterday, Rogers forecast more growth in its wireless applications and services. Today, it’s showing what it means.
Rogers Wireless announced the availability of the Sales Anywhere software for the Salesforce.com service, to allow sales professionals to access client databases remotely on a mobile device. Subscribers can use their Windows Mobile, Palm OS, or BlackBerry-enabled devices to access their customer relationship management software when roaming in more than 80 countries.
It will be offered as a subscription for $25 a month after a free 30-day trial.
“As Canada’s leading wireless carrier, Rogers understands that its business customers’ time…
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WHILE THE WORD CONVERGENCE is still a four-letter word to some, Rogers Media president Tony Viner sits on the axis of convergence in the Rogers Empire.
His division, which includes the Toronto Blue Jays, radio, magazines, TV and other media is a large supplier of content to the company’s other two huge divisions: cable and wireless. While all at NAB this week fret about producing for multiple platforms, hitting all the screens has been in the Rogers plan for some time, with the media division providing the content. Rogers Media president Tony Viner (left) recently chatted with…
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LAS VEGAS – A pair of sessions today, one led by an Intel executive on Viiv, the other by a Microsoft TV honcho on IPTV shone some light on where technology is taking broadcast TV – and not five or 10 years down the road, but this year.
Kevin Corbett, vice-president of Intel’s digital home group concentrated on outlining the company’s new Viiv chipset (no surprise there). Viiv’s capability is to bring the content available on the PC to the TV – and vice versa – and also to be able to move content onto mobile devices and to…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications Inc. reported strong first quarter 2006 results, posting revenues of $2.0 billion, up 28.4% from the previous quarter.
Operating revenue rose in all three units, increasing 53.2% at Rogers Cable (which includes cable, Internet, and VoIP), 20.1% at Rogers Wireless, and 9.5% at Rogers Media. RCI’s operating profit rose 25.5% (year over year) to nearly $600 million for the three months ended Mar. 31, 2006.
Its subscriber base continued net growth that quarter, adding 89,600 wireless voice and data subscribers, 48,700 cable telephony subscribers, 11,400 circuit-switched telephony customers, 50,000 digital cable subscribers, and 40,300 residential…
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OTTAWA – Hustler TV operator Ten Broadcasting announced today that its Red Light District TV channel will be available across Canada on April 27th.
The channel is available with Hustler TV via Cancom and on the HITS QT platform.
Until now, Red Light had only been available on the Rogers cable network and has been available as a VOD product in cable systems across the U.S. or as individual programs on some U.S. satellite distributed channels. Red Light District has been the world’s top selling adult studio since 2001, says the company.
"We will now be able to offer…
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