Videotron Establishes Roaming Agreement with Rogers
July 22 2009 - 11:31AM
Marketwired
Videotron has established a roaming agreement with Rogers wireless
service provider, under which Videotron will roam exclusively on
the Rogers network - within Rogers' wireless service area across
Canada - to serve future wireless customers outside the Videotron
coverage area, to guarantee a nationwide service.
"This is great news for our customers and for us. At the same
time, we appreciate the openness and collaborative spirit of Rogers
with whom we hope to continue to develop a lasting business
relationship," said Robert Depatie, President and CEO of
Videotron.
Separately, Videotron has also agreed with Rogers to terms for
transmission tower sharing arrangements for certain cellular sites
within Quebec and the Ottawa region.
"As part of the rollout of our wireless network - one of the
world's most sophisticated - we consider every collaboration as
essential to providing customers with quality services and
benefits. This agreement is also a benefit for the population
because it limits the need to build additional towers," added Mr.
Depatie.
Last October, Videotron and Quebecor Media confirmed plans to
invest $800 million to $1 billion over the next four years to
develop their own highly evolved wireless network. This major
project will create hundreds of jobs during the next two years.
Videotron Ltd. (www.videotron.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company
engaged in cable television, interactive multimedia development,
Internet access services, cable telephony and wireless telephone
service. Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its illico
interactive television system and its broadband network, which
supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable
television, and other services. As of March 31, 2009, Videotron was
serving 1,729,168 cable television customers in Quebec, including
963,153 illico Digital TV subscribers. Videotron is the Quebec
leader in high-speed Internet access, with 1,089,251 subscribers to
its cable modem service as of March 31, 2009. As of the same date,
Videotron had activated 68,015 lines on its wireless telephone
service and was providing cable telephone service to approximately
890,918 Quebec households and organizations. For the fourth
consecutive year, Videotron has been named Quebec's most respected
telecommunications company by Commerce magazine, based on a Leger
Marketing poll.
Contacts: Videotron Ltd. Eve Lacasse Specialist, Media and
Analysts Corporate Communications 514-380-7772 Cell:
514-516-7772
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