Weekend Reading: the latest on Rogers LTE
By: calendar iconJuly 13th, 2012 a 4:12pm

This week not only marked the one-year anniversary of our LTE rollout – we also announced 28 cities set to have access to our LTE network by year’s end!

If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, check out Ericsson’s site for some in depth information about LTE. They’ve got FAQs, key facts, background info, photos, videos and more.

And if you missed the celebration, here’s some great blog posts from earlier this week to help you get caught up:

  • Mobile Syrup wrote a post outlining the new cities added to the list including Cambridge and Abbotsfort – two places previously rumoured to be get LTE.
  • Engadget also wrote about the first birthday of Rogers LTE and called it a “delight to our friends in the North.” Generally people were pretty excited about the new cities being rolled out.
  • You can read additional coverage of in iPhone in Canada, The Telecom Blog, TechVibes and TalkAndroid.

We also celebrated the one year anniversary of our LTE network with our LTE Anniversary Contest, where we asked you to tell us how LTE has transformed your digital lives. With over 100 entries received, it was a tough decision, but our five winners of various LTE devices were selected on Monday! Check out their winning entries here.  Congrats again to all our winners and thank you again for sharing your stories!

As you can see, we’re pretty enthusiastic about LTE! We’ve been working hard to meet the growing demand from our consumers for more speed, and according to a recent study done by the CRTC, Canada’s average advertised speed is significantly higher than that of the U.K., U.S., Australia, France and Japan due to investments in 4G LTE mobile internet access services. To read some of the highlights of the CRTC report, check out our recent blog post here.

For more on LTE in your area and some of the latest Rogers devices available, visit http://rogers.com/lte. For a complete list of cities where LTE is already live, PLUS the 28 cities announced for the end of 2012, visit our most recent Redboard post here.

Connected Magazine also has an online section dedicated to LTE, including helpful articles for beginners explaining what LTE is, and selecting the right device for you.

So you tell us readers, what do you want to see next for LTE?

Kelly is a regular contributor to RedBoard

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  1. hein says: July 13th, 2012 a 4:46pm

    need a portable LTE hotspot with prices starting very low for minimal use, gradually increasing with more use.

  2. Graham Jones says: July 13th, 2012 a 5:27pm

    When will LTE be available in the Bedford and Sackville areas in Nova Scotia. Halifax has it in most of its areas, you seem to have forgotten us

  3. Rama says: July 17th, 2012 a 9:32am

    I would like simplified plan switch overs from regular shared family plans to LTE family plans without the fuss.

    Right now Customer relations and everyone at Rogers I have spoken to have confirmed that I cannot get to a LTE plan despite having a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone without losing all my credits and paying an additional $45 per month for 1gb of LTE data.

    I know you want more people to join Rogers but what about loyal customers? – This has nothing to do with technology but just plans that are made to eek more money out in the name of LTE.

  4. Josh Blake says: July 17th, 2012 a 11:22am

    How about the ability to actually switch our current data plans to LTE data plans?! I’ve got the 6GB per month data plan and an LTE phone – with no way to use LTE data. I mean Bell and Telus just give it to you – what’s the deal with Rogers?

    • RogersNicolas says: July 18th, 2012 a 11:42am

      Hi Josh,

      I’d invite you to contact Customer Care, they’ll be happy to drive you through your options! You can reach out to them via Twitter @RogersHelps, Facbeook or over the phone!

      • Rama says: July 18th, 2012 a 12:05pm

        Hi RogersNicolas,

        Please see my previous comment. I did reach out to customer care , they were courteous but could not help.

  5. Jonah says: July 18th, 2012 a 11:03am

    Dissapointed that New Brunswicks capital city Fredericton was left out of the upgrade… all these government workers and university students would love to have access to LTE. Oh, and I would love my Nokia Lumia 900 to light up!

    Will begging work?