BROWSING: Rogers Wireless

Separate cores for wireless and internet and AI-enhanced reliability are coming, said the CEO Rogers Communications said it will spend to spend CA$10 billion (US$7.78 billion) over the next three years to avoid another outage like the one that took out services across Canada in...

Canadian communications companies Rogers and Shaw plan to sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor to appease Canada's competition manager.

Most often, we read of differences between the United States and Canada, but in one area, the people of both nations agree: neither country can get enough of mobile wireless services. Consumers devour more mobile wireless data each year, and mobile operators beg the...

MVNO Sugar Mobile has been given 50 days to stop tapping into a 3G roaming agreement from its parent company accessing Rogers’ wireless network. Canadian regulators struck down a creative move by mobile virtual network operator Sugar Mobile that took advantage of...

Newly rebranded Canadian wireless carrier Freedom Mobile using 64 QAM MIMO for LTE-A, though larger rivals have 5G on the horizon. Canada’s mobile telecom market is set to gain a new LTE network option backed by the rebranding efforts of the country’s No....

T-Mobile US announces no-cost North America roaming plan; counters AT&T’s Mexico venture T-Mobile US continues to update its “Un-carrier” promotions, with the latest move expanding services across North America. T-Mobile US announced that beginning July 15, postpaid and prepaid customers will be able to place calls,...

Canada’s attempts to reduce wireless service pricing continue to draw mixed results, with the latest news coming from a report commissioned by government regulators. The report, which was conducted by Wall Communications and is commissioned annually by Canadian regulator Industry Canada and the Canadian Radio-television...

The Canadian government is looking to maintain a fresh supply of spectrum for that country’s mobile industry as well as attempting to encourage new entrants, announcing this week plans to conduct an auction of licenses in the 1.7/2.1 GHz band next year. Industry Canada said...

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --A new report from Infonetics Research...

Canada’s regional operators, mobile virtual network operators and sub-brands scored highest in customer satisfaction according to a new survey released by J.D. Power and Associates. The survey of more than 12,000 wireless customers found that among “full-service” carriers, or those that own and operate their...

Canada’s telecom regulator Industry Canada is set later today to announce the winners of that country’s 700 MHz spectrum auction. The auction is assumed to have wrapped up sometime in the past five days as Industry Canada said before the auction began that it...

Canadian wireless customers beginning this week will be able to take advantage of a new “wireless code” designed to ease the burden on subscribing to wireless services. The code, which was enacted in early June by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, states that...

Root Metrics recently conducted network speeds tests and availability across three markets in Canada to find out which of that country’s three largest operators provided a superior network experience to consumers. The testing, which was similar to those conducted by Root Metrics across the...

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --Canadian wireless operator Rogers suffered a...

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --AT&T said it has closed on...

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --AT&T announced an agreement with Disney...

Canada’s attempt to infuse more competition into its wireless space gained more clarity as the country’s telecommunications regulator laid out rules for the transfer of spectrum licenses. The rules follow the government’s recent re-booting of its competition initiative that saw Industry Canada refuse consolidation...

Verizon Communications has reportedly moved closer to entering the Canadian wireless market, having offered to purchase beleaguered operator Wind Mobile and initiating talks with equally-troubled Mobility. Reuters reported that sources claimed Verizon has offered up to $800 million to purchase Wind, seeming to confirm reports...

Canada’s wireless market continues to show its fluid nature, as Orascom Holdings announced it was backing away from attempting to consolidate its ownership in Wind Mobile. Orascom did note that it was still interested in the move at some point, but that at this...

In the shadow of a foreign takeover of domestic wireless operator Sprint Nextel by Japanese operator Softbank, the Canadian market is set for a similar exchange as Egyptian-based Orascom is set to take a controlling stake in Wind Telecom’s parent company Globalive Investment Holding. During...

Canadian wireless operator Wind announced a triumph in its running dispute with rival Public Mobile, claiming a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada stays an appeal to a Federal Court of Appeal decision that confirmed Wind’s compliance with Canada’s ownership rules for mobile...

Apple’s decision to include LTE in its latest iPad device was the first serious move by the consumer electronics giant into the world of mobile broadband and could have a significant impact on the uptake of services that have so far been more a...

Apple (AAPL) finally set the record straight on its latest iPad device, with a majority of pre-launch predictions falling flat as usual. The new model, dubbed the “New iPad,” will begin shipping on March 16. Apple’s new tablet device will look very similar on the...

Expected at some point to be a worldwide phenomenon, the carriers in the Western Hemisphere are currently the leaders in rolling out LTE technologies to consumers. According to a new report from trade organization 4G Americas, North America represented 87% of all LTE connections at...