CALGARY — Rogers for Business announced today it is expanding its fibre-optic network to deepen high-speed connectivity to small and medium-sized businesses, enterprises and public sector customers located in Calgary.
This includes enabling the University of Calgary’s 5G campus, which will support Internet of Things (IoT) research and applications in the areas of energy, smart cities, transportation, and workplace safety, says Rogers’s press release.
Construction of the network, which began last year, is complete for all of downtown Calgary and is now expanding further. Rogers for Business customers will have access to a full range of Internet and fibre packages, including gigabit speeds, says the release.
“With this expansion in Calgary, we are delivering on our commitment to invest in Western Canada and support businesses of all sizes by providing them with more choice when it comes to high-speed fibre connectivity,” said Dean Prevost, president of connected home and Rogers for Business (and a Calgary resident).
Rogers’s investment will expand its fibre network offering to more than 2,500 businesses in Calgary, including public sector organizations, universities and schools, says the company’s release.
On the 5G front, Rogers recently announced it has expanded its 5G network to reach residents and businesses in more than 40 communities in Alberta.
“As part of the company’s future plans, Rogers will continue to invest in Western Canada through the agreement to combine Rogers Communications with Shaw Communications enabling the combined company to build critically needed 5G networks, bridge the digital divide, and connect underserved rural and Indigenous communities. Once approved, the transaction will create 3,000 net new jobs and a newly created Centre of Technology and Engineering Excellence located in Calgary that builds on the existing commitment to research, development, and innovation in 5G,” reads today’s press release.
