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Rogers expands 5G services to several rural Ontario communities under partnership with EORN

Rogers’ 5G services are now available in Maxville, Greenfield, Glen Robertson and Wendover, Ontario.

The expansion is under the Eastern Ontario Regional Network’s (EORN) Cell Gap Project, valued at $300 million. The public-private partnership focused on improving and expanding cellular access in rural eastern Ontario. Federal and provincial parties are providing half the funding for the project.

The partnership will see the Toronto-based telecom provider build more than 300 new telecommunication towers and upgrade 300 existing sites by 2025. Under the planned expansion, Rogers has upgraded more than 260 sites so far.

“We are proud to light up the first new wireless towers built in partnership with the EORN,” Ted Woodhead, president of Eastern Ontario at Rogers, said.

“This is a major milestone as we work to bring wireless service to 99 percent of the areas in the region where people spend their time living and working.”

Source: Rogers

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Rogers and EORN extend 5G access in 10 Eastern Ontario communities

5G cellular repeaters on the pole

Telecommunications giant Rogers and the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) have extended 5G access to 10 communities in Eastern Ontario.

Rogers 5G network is now available in the following communities:

  • Elizabethtown-Kitley
  • Petawawa
  • Greater Napanee
  • Russell
  • Hawkesbury
  • Selwyn
  • Mississippi Mills
  • South Glengarry
  • Pembroke
  • South Stormont

The expansion is part of a $300 million public-private partnership to close the digital divide in Eastern Ontario. EORN, Rogers, the federal government, and the Province of Ontario are partners on the project. Details were first introduced in March 2021.

“Our Government is proud to partner with the Government of Ontario to connect ten additional communities in Eastern Ontario to a strong and reliable 5G network,” MP Francis Drouin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, said in a statement.

“These communities will now have access to an improved cellular connection, allowing residents and businesses to access important essential services wherever they are.”

The investment has already impacted eight communities, including Lindsay, Perth, and Peterborough. At completion, the project will have 300 new cell towers, update 300 pre-existing sites, and deliver mobile connectivity to 113 municipalities and Indigenous communities.

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Source: EORN and Rogers