Rogers Communications

Ready for liftoff: Why Canada’s telecom sector sees opportunity in satellite internet

When a severe tropical cyclone hit New Zealand in February 2023, it left thousands on the country’s North Island without internet or cellphone service for

Rogers plans sale of data centres, other real estate as it zeroes in on debt

Techopia

Rogers Communications Inc. is listing its data centres for sale in an effort to raise a billion dollars as the company moves to pay off

Rogers Media shuts down CityNews Ottawa, lays off newsroom staff

Ottawa, Top Stories

Rogers Media is shutting down its CityNews Ottawa radio station effective immediately, the company confirmed to OBJ on Thursday. “We’ve made the difficult decision to

Proptech firm 1VALET eyes Middle East expansion as revenues soar

Ottawa, Techopia, Top Stories

Proptech venture 1Valet says it’s poised to expand into markets such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over the next 12 months as

CEO TALK: Rogers Sports & Media president Colette Watson on what keeps her up at night

Ottawa

We can’t give you a play-by-play of Monday’s business luncheon featuring Colette Watson but we can tell you that the president of Rogers Sports &

Some townships are taking connectivity into their own hands, with mixed results

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

“We decided to go our own route because we didn’t see progress moving fast enough,” Rideau Lakes Mayor Arie Hoogenboom said.

Rogers CEO defends outage response to MPs at committee hearing

Techopia

Tony Staffieri faced questions from MPs about whether a lack of competition in the telecom sector might have contributed to the massive Rogers outage earlier

What Canada’s telcos need to consider when coming up with crisis plan

Canada & World

One former telecom executive says there is the risk of creating a situation where a competitor’s network becomes overwhelmed and service is ultimately degraded.

Small businesses fear Rogers won’t fully compensate them for thousands in losses

Ottawa

A Friday outage from Rogers Communications Inc. resulted in some small businesses losing thousands of dollars, which they fear the telecommunications giant won’t fully

Far reaching implications of Rogers outage shows need for competition: Expert

Techopia

“The outage is illuminating the general lack of competition in telecommunications in Canada,” said Vass Bednar, executive director of McMaster University’s master of public policy