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Rogers Wireless launches 3G network in Canada

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 at 3:05 PM

Rogers Wireless announces HSPA nework rollout in CanadaCanadian wireless carrier Rogers Wireless has just launched their 3G network in Canada (duh). The network rollout will bring HSPA speeds to Rogers’ Vision Voice video calling service in 22 Canadian cities. Rogers’ reference to HSPA  gives us reason to believe that Rogers Wireless will be offering high-speed upload speeds as well as high-speed downloads, giving Rogers claim to being the only North American carrier to offer true video calling (2-way video calling).

If you live in the following cities, consider yourself truly mobile. Broadband-like data transfers in the up and downstream? You lucky Canadians.

Rogers Wireless HSPA network coverage:

Greater Vancouver, Kelowna, Victoria, Whistler, Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Ottawa/Gatineau, Kingston, Sudbury, Barrie, London, Kitchener/Waterloo, Guelph, Windsor, Greater Montreal, Quebec City, Chicoutimi and Trois-Rivières. Rogers Vision is already available in the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton/St. Catharines, Burlington/Oakville

We might have to take Rogers’ HSPA network for a spin this winter in Whistler (although, AT&T’s HSPA network should be live by that time anyway). High-speed snowboarding/skiing and data transfers. It doesn’t get much better than that.

[Via: the::unwired]

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • Al

    Rogers will probably charge $10 per kilobyte.

    I may be an iPhone hater, but the that phone will be the best thing to happen to Canada. Their data rates are ridiculous.