Last Fall, Rogers announced LTE trials in Ottawa. Today, as part of their quarterly earnings call (which had profits drop), Rogers CEO Nadir Mohammed confirmed this to investors:
“We’re committed to LTE. We’re committed to deploying it and it’s going to be a multi-year deployment.”
What is LTE? As defined by the Rogers Redboard:
LTE is fourth generation “4G†wireless technology that allows significantly more data to pass through a wireless network at faster broadband speeds. For our customers, LTE will truly enable a world defined by data, providing a true broadband experience for HD video streaming, gaming, communications, transactions and other connected experiences through mobile Internet.
Good news for Canadian mobile junkies. However, this announcement is better suited as reassurance for investors that Rogers continues to invest in its future. There was no word yet on when it will be commercially available, or what devices and cities will get it first.
LTE networks and devices are years away from becoming mainstream, but it’s great news that Rogers diving into the mix.
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Yeah, and then there’s pricing to announce…
My guess is they’ll offer a 2 gb data plan for $1000.
It’ll be like Christmas Eve!
you are being too kind…500mb for $1000 on a 3 year contract
100 mb for Only 300 bucks and if you want 500 mb it will be 1500 bucks.
Does this mean Fido gets it too?