Rogers Communications Inc is a Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet, with significant additional telecommunications and mass media assets.
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Chief competitor to Rogers Communications is Bell Canada, which has a similarly extensive portfolio of radio and television media assets, as well as wireless, television distribution, and telephone services, particularly in Eastern and Central Canada.
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In 1925, Ted Rogers Communications invented the world's first alternating current heater filament cathode for a radio tube, which then enabled radios to be powered by ordinary transformer-coupled household electric current.
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Aldred-Rogers Communications Broadcasting became a part-owner of Baton Aldred Rogers Communications Broadcasting, which established CFTO-TV, Toronto's first private television station.
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In 1979, Rogers Communications acquired Canadian Cablesystems, and became listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as a result.
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In 1980, Rogers Communications acquired Premier Cablevision and became the largest cable company in Canada.
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In 1986, Rogers Cable was renamed Rogers Communications; it established operational control over Cantel, a wireless telephone company in which Rogers had a stake.
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In 2000, Rogers Communications acquired Cable Atlantic from Newfoundland businessman Danny Williams.
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In 2012, Rogers Communications Cable filed a complaint in an Ontario court against penalties levied under a 'Truth in Advertising' law, claiming that the amount of the penalties, and the requirements imposed by the law, were in violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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In May 2022, the Canadian Competition Bureau requested an order from the Competition Tribunal blocking Rogers's takeover of Shaw Communications arguing that the deal would substantially lessen competition by eliminating Rogers' closest competitor in the wireless sector.
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Rogers Communications apologized for the mass outage and said it was trying to restore services.
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Rogers Communications is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker "RCI".
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Rogers Communications did not have printing facilities and contracted out services in 2008 to Montreal-based TC Transcontinental to print magazines from their plants across Canada.
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OutRank by Rogers Communications is a Google Premier SMB Partner and promotes responsive web design.
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Rogers Communications is a donor to the Ronald Mcdonald House of Toronto.
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In 2008, Rogers Communications launched Zoocasa, an online real estate listing service.
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Rogers Communications later became a licensed real estate brokerage and in May 2013, the website relaunched to allow homebuyers to find properties and agents.
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Rogers Communications applied to the Minister of Finance under the Bank Act for permission to establish a Schedule I bank in summer 2011.
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At launch, Rogers Communications Bank offered a Rogers Communications-branded credit card targeted at existing customers.
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