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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

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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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Forecast: Half a Billion GSM/UMTS Subscriptions in the Americas by Year End

Trade group, 3G Americas says that by the end of 2008, there will be more than half a billion mobile wireless subscriptions to the GSM technology family including EDGE and UMTS/HSPA in the Americas, according to forecasts by Informa Telecoms & Media. Tremendous growth was posted in the year 2007, as the GSM family of technologies once again grew its market share as the number one mobile wireless technology in the Western Hemisphere, with a 64% regional share of market.  more

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