is one of
Canada 's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications and
Cable Television .
Edward S. "Ted" Rogers is the company's well-known controlling shareholder and chief executive. Its four key units are known as Rogers Wireless, Rogers Cable, Rogers Media, and Rogers Telecom.
is Canada's largest
Wireless Communications services provider, under the Rogers and
Fido brand names, with 6.2 million voice and data subscribers, and now the sole Canadian operator of a
GSM -based network.
is Canada's largest
Cable Television service provider with approximately 2.3 million customers in southern
Ontario (90% of customers),
New Brunswick and
Newfoundland And Labrador . Its growing
Digital Cable service provides access to technologies such as
High Definition Television ,
Video On Demand ,
Interactive Television and enhanced television. Rogers also provides
Broadband Internet Access , co-marketed with
Yahoo! , and operates
Rogers Video , Canada's largest domestically owned chain of video stores, with over 300 locations from coast to coast.
(formerly Call-Net Enterprises which did business under the Sprint Canada brand) is a major competitive
Telephone carrier throughout Canada, best known for its local and long distance consumer and business services and solutions. Since acquiring Call-Net, Rogers has also entered into the lucrative residential phone business within its cable TV territory under the
Rogers Home Phone brand, to challenge
Bell Canada , using both traditional and
VoIP technologies.
Rogers publishes
Maclean's , Canada's weekly newsmagazine; its French-language equivalent,
L'Actualité ; Chatelaine; Flare; and a variety of other magazines.
Rogers Broadcasting operates 45 Canadian radio stations, some of the better known outlets being
CHFI Toronto,
CJCL Toronto (The FAN 590), and various stations operating under the
Jack FM brand. It also owns
The Shopping Channel , the
OMNI Television stations,
Rogers Sportsnet , and is a partner in
OLN Canada ,
G4techTV Canada and
The Biography Channel Canada .
In addition to its ownership of Sportsnet, Rogers operates the
Toronto Blue Jays Baseball team and the
Rogers Centre (previously known as SkyDome).
Current members of the ,
Charles Birchall ,
H. Garfield Emerson ,
Peter Godsoe ,
Thomas Hull ,
Philip Lind ,
Nadir Mohamed ,
David Peterson ,
Edward Rogers ,
Edward Rogers III ,
Loretta Rogers ,
Melinda Rogers ,
William Schleyer ,
John A. Tory ,
J. Christopher Wansbrough , and
Colin Watson .
- Chairman of the Board: H. Garfield Emerson
- President and CEO, Rogers Communications Inc.: Ted Rogers
- President and COO, Rogers Communications division: Nadir Mohamed
- President, Rogers Wireless: Robert Bruce
- President, Rogers Cable: Edward Rogers
- President, Rogers Media: Tony Viner
