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By Gary Ng on February 20th, 2012

Rogers is set to announce its quarterly earnings this Wednesday, and many analysts are speculating the carrier will release numbers that show a levelling off in growth within its wireless division, notes The Globe and Mail: Rogers’ early success with the iPhone has given it the largest base of iPhone users in the country. When…

By Gary Ng on February 16th, 2012

A new Rogers Innovation Report has been published today and this time around, Rogers takes a look at how Canadians are using technology to manage their personal relationships. The info graphic below shows women are better communicators in the digital world and the most connect age group are young adults from age 18-24. Check out…

By Gary Ng on February 15th, 2012

Rogers re-introduced the coveted 6GB/$30 data plan last Fall and was set to expire on February 6th. It now appears to have been silently extended past that date and will now ‘disappear’ on February 28th, as seen on an internal memo as sent in by Technapedia: Just four days ago Bell brought back the 6GB data…

By Gary Ng on February 7th, 2012

Rogers has officially announced the launch of its new Rogers One Number service, to allow customers to make free calls from their computers using their their existing number. This includes long distance to any Canadian number: Introducing Rogers One Number. This new service exclusively from Rogers lets you talk, text and send picture messages, and video chat with…

By Gary Ng on February 6th, 2012

The Globe and Mail has added further fuel to rumours of the existence of an ‘iTV’ (as first noted by MacRumors), as sources have revealed Apple has their eyes set on a partnership with Rogers and Bell, with another separate source noting a demo product already exists within their labs: …sources say Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple has…

By Gary Ng on February 6th, 2012

As noted on the Rogers Redboard, new ‘Ultimate Unlimited’ Family Plans are set to be released tomorrow. Essentially these plans allow two lines to share the same bill, in this case for families or couples or whatever the situation may be: The Ultimate Unlimited Family plan starts at $95.94 per month for two lines including…

By Gary Ng on January 30th, 2012

Rogers has announced further expansion of its LTE (Long Term Evolution) network in cities around Montreal (Laval, Terrebonne, Brossard, Longueuil and Vaudreuil) and also plans to expand to 25 more cities this year, and ultimately reaching more than 20 million Canadians by the end of the year. The Rogers LTE network launched last July in…

By Gary Ng on January 28th, 2012

Looks like another promo has emerged from Rogers to encourage customers to stay. Last December we reported on a promo where users called into Rogers and received a one month credit to their account. Now, it looks like a similar promo is back in an attempt to retain customers and to prevent them from ‘porting…

By Gary Ng on January 24th, 2012

Update 1: This new cancellation policy only affects customers who signed on after January 22, 2012. Existing customers aren’t included, until they enter a new term. == Rogers has updated their cancellation policy as previously noted and a new blog post details the changes on the Rogers Redboard. We now see the emergence of new…

By Gary Ng on January 21st, 2012

Rogers has issued a new promo to offer new iPhone customers a $100 activation credit. The iPhone 4S 16GB model is $159 on a three year term, and after this promo it works out to $59–which is a pretty decent deal. It is for new activations only and expires March 31st. Other Rogers promos currently…