Rogers launches Canada's first LTE network in Ottawa; more cities and compatible smartphones coming

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on 2011-07-07 10:54:00 AM

Rogers today launched Canada’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE) network and Ottawans are the first in Canada to experience this latest global wireless technology.

This fall, the company will roll out LTE to Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, and then to another 21 markets in 2012. The first LTE-compatible smartphones will come from HTC and Samsung later this year.

LTE promises to deliver higher speeds and lower latency than other wireless networks, including the "4G" HSPA+. It also offers greater usage capacity, so more users can access top speeds simultaneously.

Rogers claims its LTE Rocket Stick will be capable of 75 Mbps on its network, although it does describe this as a "maximum theoretical download speed," so don't actually expect to achieve this or probably anything close to it.

Company:
Rogers Communications
Website:
http://www.rogers.com
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

We are a diversified Canadian communications and media company. We are engaged in wireless voice and data communications services through Wireless, Canada's largest wireless provider and the operator of the country's only national Global System for Mobile Communications ("GSM") based network. Through Cable we are one of Canada's largest providers of cable television services as well as high-speed Internet access... more

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Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton is the Associate Editor of Techvibes. A Vancouver-based writer and author, Knowlton has been published in national publications and has also appeared on television and radio. He has written two ebooks and more are in the works. Previously, he was an editor for New Westminster weekly The Other Press and served on its board of directors. When not working, Knowlton enjoys playing... more

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