TORONTO – Rogers and TBay Tel have teamed up to offer HSPA technology and new mobility products to residents of northern Ontario for the first time.
The strategic business relationship will give TBayTel customers located just west of Sault Ste. Marie to the Manitoba border – an area of close to 300,000 square kilometres – access to Rogers’ network, mobile content and handsets, as well as the ability to bundle services with other TBayTel offerings.
“The integration of Rogers’ services and technology will deliver improved value and customer experience to our customers and other stakeholders throughout the region”, said TBay Tel president and CEO Don Campbell, in the announcement. “This initiative ties together a national HSPA network with TBayTel in the centre of the country, providing an integral link to the east and west.”
Once the deployment is complete during the latter part of this year, up to 235,000 people across the region will be able to access the new HSPA network.
“This is another example of Rogers forming strategic regional relationships that better connect our customers, while improving the efficiencies of our organization,” said Darryl Levy, president of Rogers Communications for Western Canada, in a statement.
The agreement is subject to regulatory approval.
