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2007 HIGHLIGHTS
16 ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2007 ANNUAL REPORT
HEALTHY
GROW TH
RogersCommunications
posts double-digit growth
withrevenuesup15%and
adjusted operating profit
up26%
MARGIN
EXPANSION
RogersCommunications
increases adjusted operating
profitmargins330basis
pointsto37%
CASH
FLOW
RogersCommunications
growsfreecashflow118%
to$1.3billion
DIVIDEND
GROW TH
RogersCommunications
more than triples annual
dividendfromC$0.16to
C$0.50 per share
INVESTMENT
GRADE
RogersCommunications
upgraded to investment
gradecreditbyStandard&
Poor’s,Moody’sandFitch
CORPORATE
STRUC TURE
Rogerscompletessimplifica-
tion of corporate structure
with amalgamation of
wireless and cable subsidiar-
iesintoRCI
OPTION
RE-PURCHASE PLAN
Rogersintroducescash
settlement of stock options
to tax-efficiently deploy cash
and mitigate dilution
CITYTV
ACQUISITION
RogersMediaacquiresthe
five-station Citytv television
network
NETWORK
QUALITY
RogersWirelessnetwork
rated clearest and most reli-
able in Canada
ADVANCED
WIRELESS SERVICES
RogersWirelesslaunches
nextgenerationHSPAwire-
less services across 25 markets
WIRELESS
DATA
RogersWirelessgrows
wirelessdatarevenues49%
to$683million
WIRELESS
SUBSCRIBERS
RogersWirelesssubscriber
basegrowsto7.3million
DIGITAL
TELEVISION
RogersCablereportstop
penetration of digital cable
inCanadaat59%ofcable
subscribers
HIGH-SPEED
INTERNET
RogersCableadds164,494
new high-speed Internet
subscribers,reaching41%of
homes passed
CABLE
TELEPHONY
RogersCableannounces
cable telephony subscribers
up79%to655,800
PORTABLE
INTERNET
Rogersexpandscoverage
of fixed wireless portable
Internet service to more than
100urbanandruralareas
ThefollowingrepresentsasamplingofRogersCommunicationsInc.’sperformancehighlightsfor2007.
Foradetaileddiscussionofourfinancialandoperatingmetrics,andresults,pleaseseetheaccompanying2007MD&Alaterinthisreport.