. please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . april 2015 rogers telecom inc. rogers communications logo used since 2015 type subsidiary of rogers communications industry telecommunications founded toronto ontario 1986 headquarters toronto ontario key people see rogers communications products data e business voice services revenue 818 million can number of employees 1 800 2004 website www.rogers.com homephone rogers telecom inc. is a subsidiary of rogers communications . it is a canadian company based in toronto that focuses on integrated communications as a solutions provider of data e business and voice services to business and households . it used to be known as sprint canada inc. pursuant to a 1993 branding agreement between parent call net enterprises inc. with what is now sprint nextel corporation . in 1998 call net acquired long distance service and data circuit provider fonorola of montreal for about 1.8 billion and merged it into sprint canada . on may 11 2005 rogers communications inc. and call net jointly announced that they entered into an agreement under which rci would acquire 100 % of call net under a plan of arrangement 1 . the deal was approved by shareholders and an ontario court on june 30 2005 and completed july 1 . the deal allowed rogers to enter the residential phone business to challenge bell canada . on july 7 2005 sprint canada inc. became rogers telecom inc. and call net enterprises inc. became rogers telecom holdings inc. contents 1 history 2 home phone service 2.1 current 2.2 legacy 2005 2010 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit sprint canada was launched in the early 1990s with candice bergen as its spokesperson . bergen also was pitching the products of their u.s. sister company . callnet licensed the name sprint from the united states sprint corporation up until it was bought out and renamed by rogers communications . home phone service edit current edit the rogers home phone service in canada was launched on july 1 2005 on the same day that rogers telecom was acquired by rogers communications inc. the current offering is voip technology using rogers s internet cable . a special converter offers home phone service with traditional rj11 telephone line jacks within the house . the voip service is currently available in regions served by rogers hi speed internet . this service operates using the packetcable technology over the company s cable network . service is delivered by cable to the subscriber s residence and is connected into a home phone terminal which then provides the connection to the internal wiring at the address . the home phone terminal has a six hour backup and can support up to two different phone numbers . legacy 2005 2010 edit the landline service which was available from mid 2005 to mid 2010 operated switches co located in the bell canada network . as such rogers did not maintain the phone lines and was affected by the bell subco strike of 2005 which impaired its ability to provide timely service . the same also applied to the telus strike in alberta and british columbia . during the time of the local strikes rogers telecom was not able to provide exact installation dates in those two provinces . due to legal obligations however rogers s customers received higher priority service during strikes than actual bell canada or telus customers . rogers wanted to discontinue its traditional voice services by the end of 2008 . for this reason rogers s customers with this service were sent a notice in june 2008 . they could either switch to rogers s voip home phone or have their accounts automatically cancelled . however rogers did not take these steps until august 2010 when rogers partnered with primus canada . the latter company now manages all traditional home phone accounts formerly served by rogers . see also edit sprint nextel corporation rogers communications references edit rogers communications announces agreement to acquire call net enterprises in all stock transaction may 11 2005 call net shareholders approve acquisition by rogers june 29 2005 rogers expands telephony offering effective canada day 2005 june 29 2005 rogers communications completes acquisition of call net july 1 2005 call net and sprint canada name changes following rogers acquisition july 7 2005 external links edit rogers home phone v t e canadian voip providers public internet babytel comwave iristel primus canada teksavvy vonage vmedia zazeen private network access communications cogeco eastlink rogers telecom shaw vid otron westman v t e rogers communications corporate directors 2 bonnie brooks david peterson edward rogers iii charles sirois fixed line telecommunications rogers cable rogers hi speed internet rogers telecom mobile telecommunications chatr glentel fido solutions mobilicity rogers wireless magazines canadian business chatelaine english ch telaine french flare glow l actualit lou lou maclean s marketing the medical post moneysense profit sportsnet magazine today s parent television conventional television city stations city dt chmi dt cjnt dt ckal dt ckem dt ckvu dt omni television stations cfmt dt chnm dt cjco dt cjeo dt cjmt dt other hockey night in canada5 cable television city city saskatchewan sportsnet sportsnet 360 sportsnet regional channels east ontario west pacific sportsnet one sportsnet ppv wwe network sportsnet world mlse leafs tv nba tv canada other channels cable 141 cpac fx fxx g4 oln rogers tv1 tv rogers french 1 the shopping channel viceland radio stations am cfac cffr cftr cirs ciww cjcl ckat ckgl ckwx fm cfgp fm cflt fm cfrv fm chas fm chbn fm chst fm chdi fm chez fm chfi fm chfm fm chmn fm chtt fm chur fm chym fm cikr fm cikz fm cioc fm cisq fm ciss fm citi fm cjaq fm cjax fm cjet fm cjmx fm cjni fm cjok fm cjqm fm cjqq fm cjrq fm cjrx fm ckby fm cker fm ckfx fm ckgb fm ckis fm ckiz fm ckks fm ckmh fm ckqc fm cksr fm ckxc fm cky fm ckyx fm wlyk2 radio networks jack fm most canadian stations sportsnet radio other assets hockey night in canada3 maple leaf sports & entertainment 37.5 % rogers bank rogers media rogers plus spring fishing show toronto blue jays shomi vuguru facilities owned 33 dundas street east 545 lake shore boulevard west rogers building rogers centre rogers park sponsored rogers arena rogers k rock centre rogers place under construction leased canadian broadcasting centre4 acquisitions and historic brands direct acquisitions aurora cable internet cable atlantic maclean hunter selkirk communications newton cable score media sprint canada systems resold by shaw classicomm fundy cable graham cable mountain cablevision trillium cable defunct channels citynews channel viewers choice msnbc canada goltv the biography channel some assets listed above are only partially owned by rogers communications . refer to each individual article for detailed information . 1community channels owned or part owned by rogers cable 2u . s. border station operated by rogers under a local marketing agreement 3brand used under license from the cbc . 4studio 41 and its eighth floor offices are leased from the cbc for its nhl coverage . 5part time network broadcast over the same stations as cbc television ; see crtc decision 2015 154 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rogers telecom & oldid 733749901 categories voip companies of canadarogers communicationstelecommunications companies of canadahidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from april 2015all wikipedia articles in need of updating navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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