VICTORIA – The British Columbia government today announced improved cellular coverage is coming to Highway 3 between Hope and Keremeos, providing better safety for travellers along the route.
Rogers Communications is the service provider for the project, which involves the addition of 11 new cell towers and will expand coverage over approximately 92 kilometres of the highway, according to a press release. The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2024.
“Cellular coverage along this section of Highway 3 is intermittent, with coverage gaps between Hope and Manning Park and between Princeton and Keremeos presenting the greatest challenge,”…
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PORT WILLIAMS, NS – Rogers Communications recently bought Nova Scotia-based Internet service provider Cross Country TV.
The news has been shared with customers in a letter on Cross Country’s website from Steve Scott, the company’s founder and senior manager of operations and Rob Paradis, Rogers’ vice-president of Rogers Community Operators.
“We want to reassure you that business will go on as usual for Cross Country, and that the same local team is here to provide the services you’ve come to know and trust, and that we will continue working out of Cross Country’s offices on Belcher Street,” the letter says.
“Rogers…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC today approved the broadcast side of the merger between Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, with several conditions attached.
The Commission concluded the transaction – when modified – “is in the public interest and advances the objectives set out for the Canadian broadcasting system in the Broadcasting Act,” its decision reads. “Canadians as consumers will benefit from this transaction.”
One of the conditions included in the decision requires Rogers to submit a revised tangible benefits proposal. Tangible benefits were a significant topic of discussion during the CRTC’s hearing last November.
Originally, Rogers proposed a tangible benefits package…
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“I’m not building yesterday’s telecom,” founder says
By Amanda OYE
RICHMOND, B.C. – After spending nearly two decades working for a major Canadian telecom, Babbl Communications’ president and founder Jason Speers (above) decided to put what he had learned to use to bring down Internet prices in western Canada.
Babbl is a third-party Internet access (TPIA) provider that was launched last September and currently serves over 40 communities in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Southern Vancouver Island and the Sea to Sky Corridor.
Internet packages, which are currently being offered at a discounted rate, include $35/month for Internet 75, $45/month…
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WATERLOO REGION, Ont. — Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced today construction is underway on a rural broadband project in the Region of Waterloo that will bring high-speed Internet service to 92 homes and businesses in the Township of Woolwich.
EH!tel Networks was awarded the contract and $584,000 in funding by SWIFT in December 2020. The ISP is constructing a 14-kilometre fibre broadband network to bring high-speed Internet service to residents living between the rural communities of Weissenburg and Maryhill.
Construction of the new high-speed network started in January, according to SWIFT’s press release today, and is expected to…
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TORONTO — Rogers Sports and Media’s Sportsnet and Canada Basketball yesterday unveiled plans to launch GLOBL JAM, an event they are calling “a first-of-its-kind international basketball showcase in Canada.”
Scheduled to take place in Toronto from July 5-10, GLOBL JAM “will shine the international spotlight on the game’s rising stars and feature women’s and men’s teams from around the world competing in an Under-23 tournament live at Mattamy Athletic Centre and broadcast nationally on Sportsnet,” explains a press release.
GLOBL JAM will also feature festivities at Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto celebrating “the intersection of sport, art and culture”, as well…
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Freedom Mobile founder wants to buy the company back
TORONTO – Xplornet Communications Inc. is in talks with Rogers Communications Inc. about purchasing Shaw Communication Inc.’s Freedom Mobile, according to the Globe and Mail, which cites “three sources familiar with the talks.”
It was reported last week Rogers is in talks with potential buyers for Freedom. This news followed a statement from François-Philippe Champagne, the minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, which indicated he would not allow Rogers to acquire all of Shaw’s wireless assets.
Rogers needs approvals from the CRTC, Competition Bureau and ISED before it can…
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One is also a member of the Rogers Control Trust advisory committee
TORONTO – Two new directors have been nominated to Rogers Communication Inc.’s board along with the current directors, all of whom have been nominated for re-election at the company’s 2022 annual general meeting, which will be held on April 20.
According to a Rogers information circular, the board has set the number of directors to be elected at the upcoming meeting at 15.
In addition to the 13 current directors, David Robinson (above, left) and Dr. Mohamed Lachemi (right) have been nominated to be elected.
Robinson is a Rogers family…
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Collaborating on hybrid workplace communications and 5G innovation
TORONTO — Rogers and Microsoft announced today a five-year strategic alliance “to help enterprise and small and medium business customers accelerate digitization and take full advantage of hybrid work and 5G-enabled solutions,” according to a press release.
Rogers has selected Microsoft’s Azure platform “as its strategic cloud for infrastructure and technology workloads and will leverage Azure’s public cloud capabilities to power innovation, unlock new customer experiences and enable employees to collaborate with more agility across the organization,” the release reads.
As a result of this alliance, which builds on the two companies’ long-standing relationship, Rogers…
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – The CRTC announced today Canadian television service providers can no longer distribute the Russian state-funded English-language channel RT (Russia Today) or RT France.
The Commission formally removed both channels from its list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution in Canada after determining their continued distribution “is not in the public interest,” according to a press release.
“RT’s programming is not consistent with the standards against which Canadian services are measured nor the policy objectives set out in the Broadcasting Act,” the release explains.
“The CRTC is also concerned with programming from a foreign country…
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