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Articles tagged with: Rogers
Rogers Communications Integrates Cable and Wireless Divisions
The new CEO at Canadian telco, rogers Communications has made his mark by announcing a revamping of the company divisions and the appointment of a new Deputy Chairman, Edward S. rogers. Nadir Mohamed took over as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer earlier this year following the passing of company founder, President and Chief Executive Officer Ted rogers. more
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Canada Q1 2009 - Even more sluggish than usual
Canadian mobile penetration continued to languish below 65% in the first quarter of 2009, with an end-quarter rate of 64.6%. This was up 4.0pp year on year but just 0.4pp in the quarter. As this suggests, Q1 09 saw less than impressive growth, with just 176.6k net additions. This was only the third quarter in the past 10 years to see sub-200k growth. Given that this poor performance comes on the back of the first Q4 since 1990 not to record the peak growth of the year, the Canadian market seems to have been hit harder than most by the global economic downturn. more
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New Mobile Payment Service Launched in Canada
Canadian mobile payment vendor, EnStream has launched a money transfer service, Zoompass that gives customers a fast and convenient way to send and receive money securely using their mobile phone. EnStream is jointly owned by Bell Canada, rogers and Telus - Canada's three leading wireless operators. more
Related Tags: enstream, mobile-banking, bell--canada, telus, mobile-commerce, bell, interoperability, Canada
The Android Apps Market is Coming to Canada
The Android Market, an open distribution channel for mobile applications (apps), is coming to Canada exclusively through rogers Wireless with the launch of the HTC Dream and HTC Magic in June. As of May 15, there were already more than 3200 apps available in Android Market, and that number is growing rapidly. more
Related Tags: android, htc.-rogers-wireless, ipsos-reid, Canada
Canadians to Get Android-Powered Smartphones
rogers Wireless has announced the exclusive Canadian launch in June 2009 of the HTC Dream and HTC Magic smartphones, the first cellphones in Canada powered by the Google backed Android platform more
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Twitter Goes Wireless with Canada's Rogers
Canada's rogers Wireless has followed Bell Canada in resuming SMS services for the Twitter micro-blogging platform. The feature comes at no additional cost for customers on text messaging plans. more
Related Tags: rogers-wireless, twitter, bell-canada, bell, Canada
Rogers 1st-Quarter Revenues Up but Profits Down
Canada's rogers Wireless has reported a rise of 5% in first-quarter revenues to CA$2.75 billion (US$2.25 billion), but a slight dip of 2% in net profits to CA$256 million (US$210 million). Wireless network revenue grew by 8% year-over-year driven by postpaid net subscriber additions of 104,000, data revenue growth accelerating by 43% to 20% of network revenue, and a further reduction of postpaid churn to 1.09%. more
Related Tags: rogers-wireless, iphone, driving, edge, blackberry, Canada
Rogers Names Nadir Mohamed as Chief Executive Officer
Canadian telco, rogers Communications has announced the appointment of Nadir Mohamed, as President and Chief Executive Officer. Nadir's appointment, which is effective immediately, follows the passing of company founder, President and Chief Executive Officer Ted rogers. more
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New iPhone Rumours Emerge from Canada
Following on from recent rumours that O2 UK was trying to run down stocks of the Apple iPhone in preparation for a new model, come stories that Canadian operator Fido is also carrying out a similar operation. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, iphone, apple, ict, o2, hspa, rogers-wireless, o2-uk, apple-iphone, Canada
FMC and femtocell equipment markets poised to take off in face of downturn
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released a report on FMC and Femtocell Equipment, which forecasts that combined, sales of FMC network element equipment and femtocell equipment are expected to grow at a healthy rate through the economic downturn and really take off in 2011, reaching nearly $8 billion worldwide by 2013. more
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