Rogers Communications
Canadian telecommunications company
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| 2025 | Rogers-owned television stations CFMT-DT (OMNI.1), CJMT-DT (OMNI.2), and CITY-DT (Citytv) moved from 33 Dundas Street East to the Rogers Building. |
| November 22 2024 | Rogers Sports & Media announced the planned sale of three radio stations (CJDL-FM and CKOT-FM in Tillsonburg, and CJET-FM in Smiths Falls) to My Broadcasting Corporation, pending CRTC approval. |
| July 2024 | The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission published an executive summary of the 2022 Rogers Communications outage. |
| 2022 | Rogers' CTO Jorge Fernandes contacted leadership at rival companies Bell and Telus to advise them of the network issues and potential cyber-attack concerns. |
| September 2022 | Rogers submitted a Memorandum of Understanding to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development outlining how carriers can collaborate during future network emergencies. |
| July 2022 | A major Rogers Communications network outage occurred, affecting approximately 25% of Canada's internet connectivity and over 12 million subscribers nationwide. |
| July 2022 | The Weeknd was forced to postpone his concert at Toronto's Rogers Centre due to service outages impacting venue operations. The concert was later rescheduled for September 22, 2022, with a second show added on September 23, 2022. |
| July 2022 | Medical appointments for oncology patients with radiation therapy through the Niagara Health System were rescheduled, with emergency care patients planned to be transferred to Hamilton Health Sciences. |
| July 21 2022 | Rogers announced a leadership change, replacing Chief Technology and Information Officer Jorge Fernandes with Ron McKenzie, former president of Rogers for Business. |
| July 11 2022 | CEOs of major Canadian telecommunications companies were invited to a conference call with federal minister François-Philippe Champagne to discuss a new mutual assistance framework for emergencies. |
| July 10 2022 | Tony Staffieri, president and CEO of Rogers Communications, sent an email to all customers officially apologizing for the incident and informing them of service credits. |
| July 8 2022 | An internal email was sent requesting retail locations remove signage with the slogan 'Canada's Most Reliable 5G Network' immediately after the outage. |
| July 8 2022 | Rogers Communications experienced a major nationwide service outage affecting over 12 million users across its cable internet and cellular networks, including subsidiary brands Rogers Wireless, Fido, Cityfone, and Chatr. |
| June 2022 | Rogers activated the 3.5 GHz C-Band spectrum for 5G services. |
| 2021 | Rogers acquired 3.5 GHz C-Band spectrum through an auction. |
| December 31 2021 | Rogers Wireless retired its 850 MHz network for business class IoT devices, though other devices could still connect to the 850MHz 2G GSM network in existing markets. |
| June 7 2021 | Rogers shut down its 1900 MHz PCS network, marking a transition in its network infrastructure. |
| April 2021 | A previous similar network outage occurred, which was attributed to a software update. |
| April 2021 | A previous major national outage occurred, preceding the 2022 service disruption. |
| April 19 2021 | Previous significant outage occurred when wireless calls, SMS, and data services were down across Canada for almost an entire day due to a software update issue. |
| December 2020 | Rogers launched 5G standalone (SA) mode on multiple frequency bands, including 600 MHz (n71), Extended AWS (n66), and 2.5 GHz BRS (n41). |
| January 2020 | Rogers launched its 5G network, becoming the first Canadian carrier to offer 5G service, using Block I from the 2500MHz Frequency Block Plan and partnering with Ericsson. |
| 2015 | Rogers established reciprocal agreements with other carriers, enabling employees to use 'emergency SIMs' on alternate networks during critical incidents. |
| 2015 | Rogers Radio sold its two radio stations in New Brunswick to other companies. |
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