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Rogers Telecom Inc.
Type	Subsidiary of Rogers Communications
Founded	Toronto, Ontario (1986)
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Key people	See Rogers Communications
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	Data, e-business, Voice services
Revenue	$818 million CAN
Employees	1,800 (2004)
Website	www.rogers.com/homephone

Rogers Telecom Inc. is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications. It is a Toronto-based company with focus on integrated communications solutions provider of data, e-business and voice services to business and households. It was formerly known as Sprint Canada Inc., pursuant to a 1993 branding agreement between parent Call-Net Enterprises Inc. with what is now Sprint Nextel Corporation.

In 1998 Call-Net acquired long distance service and data circuit provider Fonorola of Montreal for approximately $1.2 billion and merged it into Sprint Canada.

On May 11, 2005, Rogers Communications Inc. and Call-Net jointly announced that they entered into an agreement under which RCI will acquire 100% of Call-Net under a plan of arrangement ([1]). The deal was approved by shareholders and an Ontario court on June 30, 2005, and completed July 1, and allowed Rogers to enter the residential phone business to challenge Bell Canada.

On July 7, 2005, Sprint Canada Inc. officially became Rogers Telecom Inc. and Call-Net Enterprises Inc. became Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc.

Sprint Canada launched in the late 1990's, with Candice Bergen as their spokesperson, who was also pitching the products of their US sister company. CallNet licensed the name Sprint from the United States Sprint Corporation up until it was bought out and renamed by Rogers Communications.

The Rogers Home Phone service in Canada was launched on July 1, 2005 on the same day that Rogers Telecom was acquired by Rogers Communications Inc. There are two offerings; one service is Voice over IP technology, over cable lines, and the other is provided by landline service over traditional telephone lines. The VOIP service is currently available in most of the Greater Toronto Area, with service to be expanded to Ottawa and Southwestern Ontario in late 2005.

The VOIP service operates using the PacketCable technology over their cable network. Service is delivered by cable to the subscriber's residence and is connected into a Home Phone Terminal, which then provides the connection to the internal wiring at the address. The Home Phone Terminal has a six-hour backup and can support up to two different phone numbers.

The landline service operates switches co-located in the Bell Canada network. As such, it does not maintain the lines itself and was affected by the Bell Subco strike of 2005 which affected its ability to provide timely service. The same also applies to the TELUS strike in Alberta and British Columbia. During the time of the local strikes Rogers Telecom was not able to provide exact installation dates in those two provinces although due to legal obligations Rogers customers received higher priority service during strikes than actual Bell Canada / TELUS customers.

• Rogers Communications Announces Agreement to Acquire Call-Net Enterprises in all Stock Transaction - May 11, 2005
• Call-Net Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Rogers - June 29, 2005
• Rogers Expands Telephony Offering Effective Canada Day 2005 - June 29, 2005
• Rogers Communications Completes Acquisition of Call-Net -- July 1, 2005
• Call-Net and Sprint Canada Name Changes Following Rogers Acquisition -- July 7, 2005

• Sprint Nextel Corporation
• Rogers Communications

• Rogers Home Phone
• Additional Rogers Home Phone Information

v • d • e Rogers Communications Inc.
Corporate Directors:	Ronald Besse · Charles Birchall · H. Garfield Emerson · Peter Godsoe · Thomas Hull · Philip Lind · Nadir Mohamed · David Peterson · Ted Rogers · Edward Rogers III · Loretta Rogers · Melinda Rogers · William Schleyer · John A. Tory · J. Christopher Wansbrough · Colin Watson
Magazines:	Canadian Business · Chatelaine (English) · Châtelaine (French) · Flare · glow · L'actualité · LOU LOU · Maclean's · Marketing · MoneySense · Ontario Out of Doors · Profit · Today's Parent
Cable television:	The Biography Channel · CPAC · G4techTV Canada · OLN1 · Rogers Sportsnet · Rogers Television3 · Télévision Rogers3 · TVtropolis  · The Shopping Channel · Viewers Choice
Conventional television:	OMNI Television: CFMT  · CHXC  · CHXE  · CIIT4  · CJMT  · Citytv: CITY  · CHMI  · CKAL  · CKEM  · CKVU  · Independent: CHNU4
Other assets:	Fido  · Jack FM (most Canadian stations)  · Rogers Cable  · Rogers Building  · Rogers Centre  · CFMT Building  · 35 Dundas Street East  · Rogers Park  · Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet  · Rogers Telecom  · Rogers Media  · Rogers Plus  · Rogers Wireless  · Spring Fishing Show  · Toronto Blue Jays
Radio stations:	CFAC  · CFFR  · CFRV  · CFSR  · CFTR  · CHEZ · CHFI · CHFM · CHMN · CHNI · CHTT · CHUR · CHYM · CICX2 · CIGM · CIOC · CISQ · CISS · CISW · CITI · CIWW · CJAQ · CJCL · CJET · CJMX · CJNI · CJQM · CJQQ · CJRQ · CJRX · CKAT · CKBY · CKCL · CKER · CKFX · CKGB · CKGL · CKIS · CKLG · CKNI · CKQC · CKSR · CKWX · CKY
Notes	1Co-owned with CTVglobemedia and Comcast. Rogers currently does not manage the channel. There is a sale pending that will give 100% control of OLN to Rogers. 2Sale to Larche Communications pending; if approved, Rogers will acquire CIKZ in the same transaction. 3These channels are only available on Rogers Cable and are not available on satellite or through other cable service providers. 4 As a condition of the CRTC approval of Citytv, Rogers must sell these stations in order to comply with CRTC restrictions on owning multiple stations in one market. These stations are now being sold to S-VOX pending CRTC approval.
Annual Revenue: $5.60 billion CAD (24% FY 2004) · Employees: 18,057 · Stock Symbols: TSX: RCI.A, TSX: RCI.B, NYSE: RG · Website: www.rogers.com