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'Rogers Wireless', formerly known as Rogers AT&T Wireless, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications. Rogers purchased Fido in November 2004, creating Canada's largest wireless carrier, which surpasses Bell Mobility in subscriber volume, and is a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network. Rogers began to integrate the two networks in early 2005.

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History

Services

Call Centres

See also

References

External links

History

Rogers began with an Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) network, and later moved to the IS-136 standard before finally moving to a GSM network in the 1990s. At various times the service was sold under the names Cantel, Cantel AT&T, Rogers Cantel AT&T, and Rogers AT&T Wireless. Their network is GSM standard but development is now focused on UMTS and HSDPA service. Both the AMPS and IS-136 networks have been decommissioned, and the networks were shut down on May 31, 2007.
Prior to the Rogers acquisition, the wireless business was known as Cantel Communications and Cantel AT&T.

Services

Rogers offer the following services:

★ GSM/GPRS/EDGE on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands

★ UMTS/HSDPA on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands

★ Mobitex/GSM/GPRS/EDGE BlackBerries

★ Wireless Data Services

★ Two way messaging

★ Two Way Video Calling
Rogers Wireless carries phones made by Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Siemens AG, LG, Sony Ericsson,HTC and Panasonic. Rogers now focuses primarily on their GSM/GPRS/EDGE network, and has for the past 2 years. Rogers Wireless claims to be the only Canadian Wireless Provider to offer a complete, independent coast-to-coast network spanning all Canadian regions excluding the Territories.
In February 2006 at the 3GSM Conference in Barcelona, Rogers announced that testing for their 3G/3.5G UMTS/HSDPA network would be complete by March 2006. The network was brought online for select markets on November 2, 2006, with further expansion during 2007. UMTS/HSDPA is officially available in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, including Brampton, Burlington, Hamilton, Mississauga, Oshawa, Richmond Hill, Pickering, Newmarket, Markham, Niagara Falls, Oakville, St. Catharines, Toronto, and all points between. [1] So far, users are reporting performance in the 2-3 Mbit/s range on the HSDPA network, and 1 Mbit/s using UMTS.
In February of 2007, in an e-mail blast to its current customers, Rogers wireless division announced that it would be the exclusive Canadian carrier for the Apple iPhone.^[1][2]
Rogers Wireless offers the following Wireless Business Applications to its customers:
Mindit Assist, AskMeNow, Sales Anywhere, NewsClip, bbTV, FPinfomart Mobile, Connection Manager, eOffice

Call Centres

'Corporate Centres'

★ Moncton, New Brunswick

★ Calgary, Alberta

★ Montreal, Quebec

★ Toronto, Ontario

★ Vancouver, British Columbia
'Third Party Providers'

★ Sitel - Kelowna, British Columbia Canada (provides Rogers wireless phone support)


★ Sitel - Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (Wireless tech and phone)

See also

★ Fido Solutions

References

1. Rogers to Be Exclusive Apple iPhone Provider in Canada
2. Rogers to Be Exclusive Apple iPhone Provider in Canada

External links

★ Rogers Main Corporate Website

★ Rogers Wireless

★ Terror phone clone scam exposed, The Register 19th December 2005