Rogers Rolls Out Next Generation Network - Advanced Wireless Services Available in 25 Canadian Markets |
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Rogers Wireless, Inc.
One Blue Jays Way
Toronto, M5V 1J1
Canada
Press release date: October 16, 2007
Major expansion of HSPA means wireless video calling from Quebec City to Victoria
TORONTO, Oct. 16 / / -- Rogers today announced the next phase of its 3G high speed wireless network and Vision services in 22 Canadian markets. Earlier this year, Rogers introduced its Vision suite of services in Ontario's Golden Horseshoe. Rogers is the first and only wireless carrier in North America to offer wireless video calling.
The Rogers Vision suite of services operates on Rogers' new High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network, the fastest wireless network in Canada. HSPA is the latest evolution of GSM, the world-wide standard for mobile wireless communications. This 3G protocol significantly increases download speeds on wireless devices, providing a user experience similar to broadband high-speed services.
The expansion announced today introduces Rogers Vision services for customers in Greater Vancouver, Kelowna, Victoria, Whistler, Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Ottawa/Gatineau, Kingston, Sudbury, Barrie, London, Kitchener/Waterloo, Guelph, Windsor, Greater Montreal, Quebec City, Chicoutimi and Trois-Rivieres. Rogers Vision is already available in the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton/St. Catharines, Burlington/Oakville making this unique suite of services available to 60% of the Canadian population.
With Rogers Vision customers can communicate in entirely innovative ways with mobile multimedia and visual services, like video-on-demand, including, online community sites like MySpace and YouTube, over 25 channels of Mobile Television and video programs with incredible clarity; radio-on-demand, featuring live XM Satellite radio and Rogers MusicStore with more than one million music tracks.
Moreover, the Rogers HSPA network allows business customers to save time by taking their high-speed broadband office experience on the road and even abroad with incredibly fast wireless Internet and multimedia access. Just as Rogers customers can roam with GSM, they can roam when traveling to countries where HSPA networks have been deployed. Already there are 117 commercially launched HSPA networks in 58 countries.
"This major expansion solidifies Rogers' position as Canada's fastest and most advanced wireless network," said John Boynton, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. "Rogers Vision is a quantum leap forward in wireless communications and has revolutionized the way customers access information and entertainment on-the-go both at home and abroad."
Rogers is offering state-of-the-art handsets to enable the Rogers Vision suite of services to come to life, including the Samsung A706, the LG TU500 and the LG Shine Slider. Business customers can choose from a range of high-speed wireless devices such as the Motorola Q9H, the Palm Treo 750, the HTC TyTN and the GT Max PC card.
For more information about Rogers Vision services and Rogers High Speed Wireless network for business, visit www.rogers.com/Vision.
About Rogers Wireless
About Rogers Wireless: Rogers Wireless provides wireless voice and data communications services across Canada to more than 7 million customers under both the Rogers Wireless and Fido brands. Proven to operate Canada's most reliable wireless voice and data communications network, Rogers Wireless is Canada's largest wireless provider and the only carrier operating on the global standard GSM and highly advanced HSPA technology platforms. As well as providing seamless roaming in more than 200 countries around the world with its GSM based services, Rogers Wireless also provides wireless broadband services across Canada utilizing its 2.5GHz fixed wireless spectrum. The company is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI; NYSE: RCI), a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For further information, please visit www.rogers.com.
Source: Rogers Wireless Inc.
CONTACT: Odette Coleman, Rogers Wireless, (416) 935-6441, odette.coleman@rci.rogers.com
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