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Rogers employees start LTE training

By on June 28, 2011 at 11:45am in Mobile News, Rogers Wireless News


Ottawa residents will be first to experience the new Rogers LTE network this Summer. There has been no official launch date announced but the Sierra Wireless Rocket Stick (AirCard 313U) has been deemed the inaugural device. Rogers has future roll-out plans to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver by the end of 2011, then another 25 locations in 2012.

Other carriers such as Bell, TELUS and WIND all plan to deploy LTE in the coming months. TELUS is expecting to be early 2012, but Bell stated they’ll be first and will unleash LTE “in certain Canadian markets in 2011″. The heat is now on as Rogers employees have started training on LTE, a good indication that the testing phase is complete and a launch is imminent.

According to the internal doc we received the training is called “The The Future of Fast” and that “Rogers customers will be among the first in the world to experience Long Term Evolution (LTE), a next generation network that will revolutionize the mobile experience”. The Rogers LTE network is being called “beyond 4G” and will “provide lightning-fast connected experiences” that could bring peak download speeds of up to 150 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 70 Mbps (the fall back is their 4G HSPA+ network). The training is focused on 4 core areas: What is LTE?, How fast is LTE?, LTE beyond 4G and The Customer Experience.

The good news is that every second gets closer to LTE… but who’ll be crowned as being first? Tick tock.
(Thanks tipster!)

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Discussion

23 comments for “Rogers employees start LTE training”

  1. Let’s just hope Rogers won’t introduce special $10/mo LTE Monthly Access Fee.

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    Posted by Kenypowa | June 28, 2011, 11:54 am
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  2. Awesome, now we just need the phones and (affordable) plans to go with it. Kinda worried about both of these with Rogers…

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    Posted by lmps56 | June 28, 2011, 11:55 am
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  3. Give me a good phone and a decent data plan and I will enjoy LTE if not then I don’t care how the coverage is….they should do a start of network unlimited date plan if they want consumers to choose them

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    Posted by sean | June 28, 2011, 12:20 pm
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    • they have over 9 million customers, most in Canada. I think consumers are choosing them….

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      Posted by Adam | June 28, 2011, 12:37 pm

    • 90% of costumer at data use maybe 300 or 400 Mb .( normal usage)the question is why do you need unlimited data! if you dont use nothing!..
      Ps i dont talk about exeption usage!

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      Posted by catherine | June 28, 2011, 2:26 pm

  4. Compared to the following plans:
    * $55/month for 3 GB of 3G+ Internet from TELUS (my plan)
    * $55/month for 5 GB of 3G+ Internet from TELUS (Saskatchewan)
    * $29/month for unlimited 3G+ Internet from WIND (in zones)
    * $35/month for unlimited 3G+ Internet from Mobilicity (in zones)
    * $30/month for 6 GB of 3G+ Internet from Rogers iPhone plans

    How much will Rogers’ LTE offerings cost? Will it be similar to USA plans, which include unlimited 4G but only about 5 GB of 3G? Will they resemble cable Internet plans? After all, Ottawa will be the first with LTE service. Hopefully they offer very affordable plans with wonderful service and no unfair, annoying gimmick fees.

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    Posted by Alex Perrier | June 28, 2011, 12:50 pm
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    • unfair comparison.

      $30 6GB is for data only (not only available to iPhones)
      $55 5GB is for voice+data

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      Posted by bob | June 28, 2011, 1:02 pm

    • @BOB
      “unfair comparison.
      $30 6GB is for data only (not only available to iPhones)
      $55 5GB is for voice+data”

      Where are you that you are seeing 5g of data/voice for $55
      I’m in Ontario and I only see 1g of data/voice for $55.

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      Posted by RichieRich | June 28, 2011, 1:19 pm

    • $29 for unlimited data with Wind is only for rocket sticks and tablets. Wind and Mobi both offer unlimited data on smartphones for $10 a month. Unlimited talk and text is $25 so with the data it’s $35 a month

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      Posted by Big 3 | June 28, 2011, 2:56 pm

    • RichieRich
      $55 5GB is a current Telus promo in Saskatchewan.

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      Posted by bob | June 28, 2011, 3:01 pm

  5. Rogers LTE Bell LTE Telus LTE and what about the new guys? Mobli is just keeping the quality up, getting subs and making money as is Public.. Wind well they continue to underwhelm, follow mobli and just lay dead in the water.. This all confirms the rumor that the new guys are no threat at all.

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    Posted by Rocco StiffReddi | June 28, 2011, 12:51 pm
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    • New guys don’t even have service in the entire GTA, I think LTE is a bit out of their scope.

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      Posted by Adam | June 28, 2011, 12:55 pm

  6. i would like to have 6GB LTE access for 20$ a month!

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    Posted by Androdo | June 28, 2011, 1:18 pm
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    • And I’d like it if they gave everyone a free Aston martin, but unfortunately it is how it is.

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      Posted by Adam | June 28, 2011, 2:40 pm

  7. rogers will be first in a month (July)

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    Posted by James | June 28, 2011, 1:19 pm
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  8. So people can go thru their data caps even faster. lol

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    Posted by KingK | June 28, 2011, 1:30 pm
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    • when have you ever heard of someone going past their data bucket?

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      Posted by Chris | June 28, 2011, 2:24 pm

  9. They better have some decent data rates otherwise I’ll pass on this, just like every other mobile data plan available.

    LTE is supposed to be faster than my standard 10Mbps rogers cable internet package. If the rates/caps are good enough, I’d consider ditching the cable. But who are we kidding? Rogers won’t let LTE cannibalize their lucrative wired internet services.

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    Posted by MXM4K | June 28, 2011, 1:32 pm
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  10. Bell will beat them.

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    Posted by Rick | June 28, 2011, 1:46 pm
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  11. Rogers might be first,Bell/Telus will have more coverage always have always will.Similar to HSPA launch.

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    Posted by Larry | June 28, 2011, 3:40 pm
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    • Larry: Actually you need to look again. Their coverage is vast with HSPA, that’s true, but they’re falling way behind when it comes to 3G/4G coverage. Rogers sacraficed HSPA coverage to get ahead on 3G/4G, which is where the future is. That’s called being smart.

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      Posted by Jay | June 28, 2011, 8:22 pm

  12. I can’t figure out why people still compare limited network companies like Wind to Rogers/Bell/Telus. Wind is ONLY available in LIMITED areas! For MOST of Canada that company isn’t even even an option, aka it doesn’t exist, so putting it in a price comparison is completely pointless. When Wind has to fork out the money to maintain a network as large as Rogers/Bell/Telus, then we’ll see what they have for prices. Until then keep the Wind comparisons where they belong, with other zoned companies.

    To put it in even greater perspective, I just did some math on Wind. If I were to switch to them, and my usage were to remain identical to what it was this month, instead of paying $67.80 my bill would have been $1247.72 … I’m sorry, but that doesn’t really save me money now does it?

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    Posted by Jay | June 28, 2011, 8:18 pm
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  13. “Beyond 4G,” who are these companies trying to kid. LTE is 4G. They name their HSPA+ network 4G (which isn’t) and now LTE is beyond 4G? Given me a break.

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    Posted by mikester | June 29, 2011, 12:48 am
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