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Rogers has announced it has completed its acquisition of ScoreMedia, a deal that was revealed in late August that includes theScore TV network. Once approved by the CRTC, the latter will join the Sportsnet family. Rogers paid $167 million for ScoreMedia (consisting of theScore TV Network, closed captioning service Voice to Visual Inc., and mixed...

Rogers announced today it has partnered with Microsoft as the "preferred Canadian wireless partner" for the launch of Windows 8, which will include the earlier announced exclusive offering of the Nokia Lumia 920, Windows Phone 8X by HTC and the Samsung ATIV Smart PC tablet: "Rogers has a rich history of innovative firsts, and we're excited...

Yesterday Rogers and Gemalto announced a partnership to utilize NFC-SIM cards from the latter in an upcoming mobile payment system. Earlier in the year Rogers and CIBC previewed their partnership by showing off their NFC credit card payment system on a BlackBerry. Now, MobileSyrup has gotten their hands on an internal doc that reveals the...

The iPhone 5 supports HD Voice, a feature that results in increased call clarity. We previously told you it was only available on the Bell and Telus LTE network, with Rogers noting it would be coming soon. The latter has now confirmed HD Voice is up and running on their network with us: Rogers Network...

Rogers has announced a partnership with digital security technology firm Gemalto to offer mobile payment solutions via NFC (near field communication). Currently, Rogers is undergoing pilot testing of NFC-enabled devices, announced earlier this year in a partnership with CIBC. Gemalto's Upteq NFC is an EMV-ready (Europay, MasterCard and Visa), high-end SIM UICC (Universal Integrated Circuit Card) solution...

We've covered how the Nokia Lumia 920 would fare against the iPhone 5 and also looked at camera shootouts involving the next big phone from the Finnish company. This latest Windows Phone 8 device is set to challenge the iPhone 5 with its impressive camera and video capabilities. Today, Nokia and Rogers announced the latter...

Looks like Rogers has started a new promo called "Get a gig on us", where the following $63/$73 monthly plans get an extra 1GB of data at no extra charge, notes MobileSyrup: $73 4GB Promotional Voice and Data Plan: - 200 anytime minutes (local) - Evenings and weekends starting at 6PM - Unlimited text, picture...

Just over a couple weeks ago Rogers announced more Canadian cities would get LTE on October 1st, which is today (what happened to September?). Here are the cities where LTE should now be live: British Columbia: Victoria, Abbotsford, Kelowna Alberta: Edmonton Saskatchewan: Saskatoon and Regina Ontario: St. Catharines/Niagara, Oshawa/Pickering/Ajax, Windsor, Sudbury, Kingston, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, London, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge...

If you're about to do a hardware upgrade to the iPhone 5, Rogers is waiving the activation fee for this weekend only. Here's what they emailed us to share with you all: From September 28 until midnight on September 30, Rogers will waive the activation or administration fee on all consumer and small business activations or hardware...

Rogers debuted an exclusive service for its customers back in February called Rogers One Number, that allows users to make free calls, exchange pictures and text messages with other Rogers One Number users, all from a computer using their existing phone numbers. Today, Rogers has announced that the service is now compatible with any regular home phone as well as the...

Canadian Competition Bureau has concluded its 5 month investigation today regarding misleading advertisements from carriers who claim to be offering “premium texting services” and has announced that is suing Rogers, Telus and Bell, along with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association over it for $31 million (via Mobile Syrup). The Competition Bureau is suing the three carriers...

With Rogers iPhone 5 reservations beginning today, the company has just announced a new offer regarding the Rogers Reservation System for iPhone 5 and other smartphones. According to the offer, the Rogers guarantees that customers placing pre-orders will get their devices within 14 days of that device launching, or they’ll give them $50. Here are the...