Rogers improves Ontario 5G access
Rogers Communications has added 34 new mobile towers in eastern Ontario since late April, marking the province’s second 5G coverage boost in a week after Bell Canada’s recent mid-band rollout in the south. The new Rogers infrastructure is part of a CAD300 million public-private project aimed at improving mobile service in rural parts of eastern Ontario.
Rogers won the work through a competitive bid to deliver the EORN Cell Gap Project, which calls for 332 new or collocated towers across the region; 222 are now live. The operator has also upgraded 311 existing sites to support 5G. Federal, provincial, and local governments and municipal leaders are contributing CAD152 million, with Rogers funding the rest. Officials say the expanded network should support local economies and help close coverage gaps, including for Indigenous communities, building on earlier EORN programmes that extended broadband to nearly 90% of the region.
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