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Rogers announces first LTE technical trial in Canada
October 6th, 2010 a 4:43pm
We’re proud to share some exciting news today. Shortly we’ll begin a comprehensive technical trial of Long Term Evolution (LTE) on our wireless network. The technical trial will take place in the Ottawa area.
What is LTE?
LTE is a fourth generation (4G) wireless technology that will enable lightning-fast HD video streaming, gaming, communications, transactions and other connected experiences through mobile Internet. LTE allows significantly more data to pass through a network at higher speeds of up to 150 Mbps and it will become the foundation in a world defined by connected experiences.
What’s happening in Ottawa?
Ericsson, in co-operation with Rogers, has been conducting LTE lab testing comparing speeds and performance of LTE technology in multiple frequency bands. Rogers will expand on this testing and move to a comprehensive technical trial of LTE on both low and high band frequencies across the Ottawa area.
The technical trial will initially use recently auctioned AWS spectrum. Rogers is also working with Industry Canada to secure a development license to use 700 MHz spectrum for the trial.
What does this technical trial mean for Rogers customers?
Rogers was the first carrier to roll out HSPA+ in North America about a year ago, giving customers the ability to get speeds of up to 21 Mbps via a new Rocket Stick. We’re proud of our HSPA+ network, and when the market is ready for commercial deployment of LTE, we’ll be there.
When there are more details to share, we’ll update you here on RedBoard.
Rob Manne is a regular contributor to RedBoard.
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wow, great news!
I’m still waiting for HSPA+ on all of Vancouver Island… how about bringing an LTE capable tower to Nanaimo? :p
For once, we won’t be a year behind the States. Good job, Rogers!
We’re excited too. Appreciate your comment, Robert!
As an Ottawa resident and a large consumer of both wired and wireless media I would like to offer my services as an in field tester for LTE.
Thanks for the offer, Chris!! If we need any testers, we’ll let everyone know :)
I’ll be happy to get 100 kb/s in downtown Ottawa on my iphone. Your network sucks! I can’t even stream a puny music stream.
Hi Greg,
Sorry to hear that. Have you tried 611 to see if it’s a device issue?
I was in Ottawa this summer, primarily in the Byward Market and near the NAC. I was able to stream video using the Rogers On Demand Mobile app without issue.
Must be the iPhone. I’m getting amazing speeds on my Acer Liquid even while using Skype Video Call while tethering.
How about *any service at all* between Revelstoke and Golden? Full bars on my wife’s Telus phone the whole way. My Rogers phone? Nothing.
I’m not really familiar with that particular area Ian. If you can send me some further specifics on the location through the feedback tool on this site, I’ll have a look into that. If there’s news I can share, I certainly will!
Booya. I’m with Chris: need any field testers? ;-) I don’t live in Ottawa but details, details…
Yes! Speeds of up to 150 Mbps…coming for only $130/month with a 250MB cap. Sigh. Affordable Internet and Rogers are fully opposite terms.
Good to hear.
What are the chances of a network expansion in Newfoundland? You have 11 towers here. Its half embarrassing not being able to use my cell phone in certain areas of the St. John’s Metro area. It would be nice to see a few towers thrown up here and there, espically in the west coast of the island.
Hi Luke. While I can’t comment on a roll out before it’s ready to be deployed, I can assure you that Rogers will continue to invest in our network to ensure a superior, reliable network experience.
Odds are Rogers will decide to sell their towers to some local providor before they add more. I know for a fact they did it here in Northwestern Ontario. We had all of 6 towers, and Rogers decided, it would be more profitable to cut and run, then to upgrade.
I’m proud to be part of Rogers Communications, an ever Onward company.
Sprint already has a 4G network up and running in some US markets. It’s about time this technology was made available here.
Exciting, isn’t it?!?!
Sorry Rogers, but I can’t get excited about this. You set the bar really low for reliable 3G coverage, so one can only assume that your LTE deployment will be similarly disappointing. Your current HSPA+ network still needs A LOT of work & expansion…I think greatly improving your 3G reliability & stability should be top priority right now.
Thanks for your comment Paul. Rogers customers currently have access to HSPA+, HSPA and GSM networks, which covers 94% of the population. We are always assessing the needs our customers and will continue to make business decisions that make sense for all our customers in various regions.
Ummm can we please expand the 3G network in New Brunswick first? Bell/Telus is killing us here. Rogers: Moncton, saint john, fredericton ONLY while Belus has 3G coverage pretty much all over NB. Improve your network before rolling something new out.
Hi John. Rogers will continue to invest in our network to ensure a superior, reliable network experience.
I live in Ottawa. How can I participate in this trial?
Hi. We don’t require customers for testing at this point but we appreciate the offer!
This is cool, it’ll be sweet to see some 4G phones coming to Canada. Eventually. Take your time though on this LTE roll-out, will ya? I’m planning on getting a new phone shortly, and if you launch your LTE network and 4G phones 2 months later I’m gonna be super hella annoyed. :P
I would be happy just to get service in my area, which is the clarence-rockland area in Ontario, just outside of Ottawa. But the worse is that Rogers has towers all around where I live in Hammond, they just seem not to work. Already opened 4 tickets with Rogers but I guess they were just ignored.
Hi mbourd25…. I’ll have a look into that. Can you send me some more specifics on the location through the feedback tool? Thanks!
Does Bell and Telus not have an HSPA network already? How is this different then Rogers? In your article is says Rogers will be the first in Canada with this network.
Good question, Caspan.
The testing we’re doing is for LTE/4G, a newer technology that sends data at a higher speed – up to 150 Mbps. The HSPA/HSPA+ network that is currently available to our customers is different, operating at speeds of up to 21 Mbps.
Will the LTE use 700MHz channel? will it have stonger signal than 3G. I can NOT get 3G signal inside the building at my work at Ottawa, unless I move to close to the windows.
@ RogersMary PLEASE STOP saying ” Rogers will continue to invest in our network to ensure a superior, reliable network experience” JUST DO IT.
Did have 2 x 3G Iphones now 2 x 3G Iphone4 (figured it be better,love the phone) with barely any service in Ottawa STILL :( Does not matter how many times you call tech support. its not the phone its not the sim….its the network just admit it and will all be happier simple…………….nobody likes to be lied too :)
Dont get me wrong…..Yes Im excited that we here in canada are finaly gettting LTE 4G in Canada but at the moment I would be happy with just service simple put it.
where in ottawa? i’m in the east end, and recently ditched the iphone in favour of a droid, and have since been getting 3-5Mbps down and 1-1.3Mbps up?
What good does this do my iPhone 4 on Rogers run 0.5 mb/ps and your tech support say oh it’s normal even though my iPhone should be running 7.2 mb/ps
I’d be excited for this if I actually got reliable service with the existing HSPA+ network in my area…I often get speeds of less than 100 kbps (that’s less than 0.1 mbps!!!!!) while walking on my street in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT when nobody is using data, then when I walk to another street I get 6 mbps. I’ve called Rogers and had the issue escalated a few times. All they do is look at their map and say that I “should” be getting perfect coverage, when I obviously DON’T. I shouldn’t have to waste my time fighting to get money back for service I don’t even receive.
To be more specific in regards to my original post, I don’t live in the sticks or anything…this is a built up area of Richmond Hill, Ontario (Leslie and Elgin Mills).
Hey Gere – Have you called Tech Support to ensure your device is working properly?
Yes, I’ve called many many times and each time I get a different answer. I’ve even tried other peoples’ phones and gotten the same result. The tech support reps agree that it is a network issue since it only happens in one place (I get great speeds elsewhere), then when they pass me on to level 2 tech support, all they do is look at a map and say everything’s fine even though the issues have been documented in detail many times. If I keep calling, I make sure to try to get some credits back for the poor reliability since the inconvenience is overwhelming – they occasionally credit me on a week-to-week basis, though I’d much rather not spend hours on the phone every week. Unfortunately, they keep trying to upsell me into either going to a higher data tier or getting a ROCKET STICK every time I call in, right after telling them my issue. Why would I want to pay for Rocket Stick service or get more bandwidth when my phone can barely use my data plan in the first place???
Yes, they keep saying the same thing. Call tech support. I have 5 bars in downtown Ottawa and the network sucks. My friends with Iphones have the same problem. They just pass the buck. Rogers your network is broken. Reception is not the issue, throughput is. When you get 5bps on 5 bars of 3g coverage, you have a problem. All they say is it’s probably your device. I’m on my 3rd SIM card and 2nd iphone 4. I
Bell’s already completed LTE trials. As I’ve always suspected, Bell and Telus will be the first ones to deploy a new network technology this time around. What’s Rogers’ answer to this?
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/10/07/bell-actively-testing-lte/