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Rogers Communications (TSX: RCI; NYSE: RCI) is a diversified Canadian
telecommunications and media company. As discussed on the following
pages, Rogers Communications is engaged in the telecom and media
businesses through its primary reporting segments Wireless, Cable,
Business Solutions and Media.
WIRELESS SEGMENT
The Wireless segment provides wireless voice and data communications services
across Canada to approximately 9.5 million customers under the Rogers, Fido and
chatr brands. Wireless is Canada’s largest wireless provider and the only national
carrier operating on the combined global standard GSM/HSPA+/LTE technology
platforms. Wireless is also Canada’s leader in innovative wireless services, and
provides customers with the best and latest wireless devices and applications and
the fastest network speeds. Wireless provides seamless wireless roaming across
the U.S. and more than 200 other countries, and is the Canadian leader in the
deployment of mobile commerce and machine-to-machine communications.
CABLE AND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SEGMENTS
Cable is a leading Canadian cable services provider, whose service territory covers
approximately 4.0 million homes in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland
representing approximately 30% of the total Canadian cable market. Our advanced
digital hybrid fibre-coax network provides market leading high-speed broadband
Internet access speeds, the most innovative selection of digital television and online
viewing and telephony services to millions of residential and small business
customers. Together with the Business Solutions segment, it also provides scalable
carrier-grade business telecom, networking, hosting and managed data services,
and IP connectivity and solutions to medium and large enterprise, government
and carrier customers.
MEDIA SEGMENT
Media is Canada’s premier destination for category-leading television and radio
broadcasting, sports entertainment, publishing, and digital media properties.
Television assets include the national City network which reaches approximately
80% of Canadians, five OMNI Television multilingual channels, seven regional and
national Sportsnet channels, as well as specialty channels FX, FXX, OLN and G4.
Media also owns The Shopping Channel, Canada’s only nationally televised and online
shopping service. It operates more than 50 Canadian radio stations, publishes 40+
well known consumer and business magazines, and owns a suite of digital media
properties including Next Issue. Media owns the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club
and Rogers Centre, holds a 37.5% investment in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment,
owner of Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors and Toronto FC, and a 50% interest
in streaming subscription video on demand (SVOD) service shomi.
WIRELESS MEDIACABLE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS
ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.