BROWSING: Rogers Communications

Rogers vowed to pursue its purchase of Shaw, commenting that the pair will work together to 'highlight the many benefits of the merger' After two days of mediations with Canada’s Commissioner of Competition, Canadian telco Rogers Communications failed to negotiate its way to acquiring Shaw...

Rogers and Shaw last week agreed to sell Freedom Mobile, the cellular business owned by Shaw, to Montreal-based Quebecor Canada's competition bureau is expected to ask Rogers Communications to sell Shaw Communications’ cellular unit Shaw Mobile to overcome competition concerns presented by the proposed merger...

Rogers Communications says it's the first Canadian telco to deploy midband 5G beginning in BC and moving east from there.

In March last year, Rogers Communications had announced that it will purchase Shaw Communications Canadian operators Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications have agreed to not proceed with closing their proposed merger until either a negotiated settlement is agreed with the Commissioner of Competition or the...

Rogers and Shaw said they remain committed to the proposed merger due to the long-term benefits it will bring for consumers and businesses Canadian operators Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications said they were notifiied of the Commissioner of Competition’s intention to file applications to...

Rogers said that researchers will have the possibility to use machine learning techniques combined with traffic modeling and simulations   Canadian operator Rogers Communications has signed a two-year partnership with Sheridan College that will focus on 5G autonomous vehicle research and development. In a release, Rogers said...

Canadian telco Telus' 5G network already reaches 70% of the Canadian population, the company said in a release. In a statement, the carrier said that the acceleration in 5G investments is part of its CAD54 billion ($43 billion) investment in infrastructure and operations through 2024. Telus...

Canadian operator Rogers and the University of British Columbia (UBC) announced a new partnership for 5G research. Under the extended partnership, researchers at UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses and Rogers will seek to develop, explore and test new 5G capabilities in areas such as wildfire...

After trialing standalone 5G in December 2020, Rogers claims to be the first Canadian telco to flip the switch on national standalone 5G.

The government of Canada raised a total of CAD8.9 billion ($7.2 billion) in its auction of 3.5 GHz spectrum, which will be used by local carrier to further expand 5G services in the country. The spectrum auction, initially set to take place in June 2020...

Currently, Rogers’ 5G services are available in more than 700 communities in Canada Rogers Communications is bringing 5G to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The network, built with help from Ericsson, is the first and only 5G network in Atlantic Canada, and is also available in communities...

The Canadian government kicked off on June 15 an auction of 5G frequencies, a process that had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tender will award licenses to operate spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band. The spectrum auction, initially scheduled for June 2020,...

Canadian telecoms operator Telus announced plans to expand its next-generation 5G network to an additional 529 new urban and rural communities across the country by the end of the year. The 5G expansion plan includes deployments in 187 communities in British Columbia, 161 in Quebec,...

Canadian operator Rogers Communications has expanded its 5G network to reach 173 towns and cities across the country, the carrier said in a release. The telco said that its 5G network currently reaches approximately half of the country’s population. In January 2020, Rogers Communications initially launched...

Rogers sees private network opportunity in verticals like mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing Canadian operator Rogers announced the launch of a managed solution for wireless private networks (WPN), the company said in a release. The company said that the new offering chiefly targets large businesses...

Rogers will purchase Shaw for $16 billion Rogers Communications has announced that it will purchase Shaw Communications Inc. in a C$20 billion ($16 billion) deal. If the agreement is approved by regulators, the deal will shake up Canada’s wireless industry as two of the country’s...

Canadian operator Rogers Communications announced that it is starting to roll out what it claims to be the country’s first 5G Standalone core network. The new network, with solutions from Swedish vendor Ericsson, will be initially rolled out in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. “Considered the...

Canadian operator Rogers Communications today announced that it has turned on its 5G service in Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba. Including these communities, Rogers' 5G network now reaches a total of 134 cities and towns across Canada. “The arrival of 5G in Manitoba will change the way...

  Canadian operator Rogers Communications has expanded its 5G network to reach 130 towns and cities across the country, the carrier said in a release. In January 2020, Rogers Communications had initially launched 5G in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Other large cities covered with 5G technology...

  Canadian operator Rogers Communications and the University of Calgary have announced a five-year agreement to advance innovative Internet of things (IoT) research. The two partners have established the Rogers Internet of Things Chair with research led by Dr. Steven Liang, a researcher at the Schulich...

  Canadian telecoms operator Telus has selected Samsung Electronics as its 5G network infrastructure supplier, the latter said in a release. Samsung has signed four new 5G contracts in the last seven months, including operators in Canada, U.S. and New Zealand. “We are pleased to select Samsung as...

  Canadian telecommunications operator Bell announced the launch of its commercial 5G service in the country. In a release, the carrier said that the 5G service is already available in Montréal, the Greater Toronto Area, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. Bell also said its initial 5G service will...

  The government of Canada has announced a six-month postponement of its 3.5 GHz spectrum auction process, to allow the telecommunications industry to maintain its focus on providing essential services to Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic. The government confirmed that the auction is now scheduled to...

Canadian operators move away from Huawei Canadian operator Telus announced it has selected European vendors Ericsson and Nokia to support the deployment of its 5G network after the firm had suggested that it would use Huawei equipment earlier this year. Darren Entwistle, President and CEO of...