TORONTO — As we head into the CRTC’s wireless policy review hearing beginning February 18, where Canada’s Big Three wireless players will be probed, prodded and panned, Rogers Communications issued a press release today reminding Canadians the company deserves praise, too.
In the Tuesday announcement, the company Ted founded says it contributed $14.1 billion directly to the Canadian economy in 2019 alone through investments in Canadian jobs, content, communities and networks.
“As a proud Canadian company, Rogers has a deep history and legacy of investing in Canada,” said Joe Natale, Rogers president and CEO, in the release. “Over the past…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced Wednesday it’s partnering with Fleet Complete to provide Canadian businesses with a full range of cost-effective commercial fleet management and asset tracking solutions.
This collaboration will deliver connected technologies, including vehicle and asset GPS tracking, to businesses that own and operate fleets across Canada and the United States.
The integrated management platform from this partnership tracks vehicle productivity and driver behaviour, provides continuous vehicle location monitoring, and helps prevent potential breakdowns with scheduled maintenance, says the news release.
Rogers Fleet Complete solutions are enabled by Rogers’ national wireless network, a low-power wide-area (LPWA) network option for…
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TORONTO — Multicultural broadcaster Ethnic Channels Group (ECG) announced Tuesday that The Africa Channel is now available to Rogers Ignite TV subscribers in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
Based in Los Angeles, The Africa Channel features English-language, Pan-African television series, specials, documentaries, feature films, music, biographies, historical and cultural content.
“The continent of Africa has been a major influencer of global culture. The launch of The Africa Channel gives further impetus to the growth of this culture, by capturing the microcosm of this great continent on multiple screens in Canada,” said Slava Levin, CEO of ECG, in the company’s news…
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TORONTO — Multicultural broadcaster Ethnic Channels Group (ECG) says it’s launching the PeopleTV channel in Canada on Rogers Ignite TV.
U.S. media company Meredith Corp.’s PeopleTV network features programming produced by the People and Entertainment Weekly newsrooms in New York and Los Angeles, including celebrity and entertainment news highlighting live red-carpet events, the royals, popular TV cast reunions, high-profile celebrity interviews and more.
Marquee shows on the network include People Now, Entertainment Weekly Cast Reunions, Couch Surfing, The Royal Report and Reality Check.
“People and Entertainment Weekly are iconic brands that exemplify the highest standards in the world of entertainment. As ECG…
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BRAMPTON and DAVOS – There were a couple of important Canadian cybersecurity announcements today.
The first was from Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, in partnership with Ryerson University’s DMZ, which announced the launch of the Catalyst Cyber Accelerator, “Canada’s first commercial accelerator specifically designed for scale-up companies in cybersecurity and related fields,” reads the press release.
Headquartered in Brampton’s Innovation District, the Catalyst Cyber Accelerator “will help Canada’s cybersecurity ecosystem by providing Canadian scale-up companies in cybersecurity and related fields the essential tools they need to grow and succeed nationally and internationally.”
The CCA is supported by the Government of Canada, through the Federal…
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TORONTO — Healthy uptake and migration to its Rogers Infinite unlimited data plans helped drive the fourth quarter of 2019, Rogers announced as part of its year-end fiscal report on Wednesday morning.
Among the highlights for its Rogers Infinite business, the company said approximately 60% of its existing customers who migrated to these unlimited wireless data plans have upgraded to higher-priced plans and only 40% had downgraded. In addition, these migrated customers, on average, are using more than 65% more data than they had previously used, Rogers says.
Data overage fees have historically represented approximately 5% of Rogers Wireless service revenue…
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TORONTO — Rogers said Wednesday it is starting to roll out its 5G network in downtown Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, the same day it was announced as the exclusive Canadian member of a newly formed global 5G Future Forum, created to accelerate the delivery of 5G and mobile-edge computing solutions around the world.
Rogers said in its news release it has started its 5G network rollout in anticipation of 5G devices becoming available this year, and it plans to expand the network to more than 20 additional markets by the end of the year.
The Rogers 5G network initially…
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OTTAWA — The CRTC has agreed to direct the Competition Bureau to disclose certain confidential information that was redacted in the economic report submitted by the Commissioner of Competition in November to the CRTC’s wireless policy review proceeding. That is, the CRTC is agreeing to disclosure requests from Bell and Rogers; but it’s still considering similar requests from Telus and CNOC.
In a letter posted to the CRTC website on January 10, the CRTC says it is of the view that, generally speaking, the public disclosure of the redacted information, as requested by Bell and Rogers, would pose minimal…
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WATERLOO – Rogers Communications and the University of Waterloo announced Friday a three-year, multi-million-dollar partnership agreement to advance 5G research in the Toronto-Waterloo tech corridor.
Together the school and the wireless carrier will create the first 5G smart campus in central Canada. This new partnership is part of company’s $20 million investment in Canadian 5G research and development already announced with the University of British Columbia, Ryerson University and Communitech, added the company announcement.
“5G is at our doorstep and these investments are critical to developing the ideas and solutions that will fuel industries and drive Canada’s digital economy for decades…
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New Yonge/Dundas store showcases all of what Rogers does – and will be able to do in the future
TORONTO – Just in time for Christmas, Rogers Communications will open a state-of-the-art flagship retail store, Rogers 302, tomorrow (December 12).
Located in one of the busiest intersections in the country (50 million people per year pass through Yonge and Dundas), the 9,000 sq.-ft. space – at 302 Yonge St. – will provide an in-store experience unlike any other across the Rogers retail chain.
Rogers 302 will showcase all of the latest wireless, connected home technology, and media content for consumers and businesses….
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