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Rogers Wireless is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications. Rogers purchased Fido in November 2004, creating Canada's largest wireless carrier, which surpasses Bell Mobility in subscriber volume, and is a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network

Rogers offer the following services:

* GSM/GPRS/EDGE on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands
* UMTS/HSDPA on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands
* Mobitex/GSM/GPRS/EDGE BlackBerries
* Wireless Data Services
* Two way messaging
* Two Way Video Calling

Rogers Wireless carries phones made by Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Siemens AG, LG, Sony Ericsson, and Panasonic. Rogers now focuses primarily on their GSM/GPRS/EDGE network, and has for the past 2 years. Rogers Wireless claims to be the only Canadian Wireless Provider to offer a complete, independent coast-to-coast network spanning all Canadian regions excluding the Territories.

International Roaming Rates: (in Canadian Dollars) when roaming in canada

SMS Text Message Rate: 40 cents per text meassage

Incoming Calls: $ 1.20 per minute (canada/us) plus pass through charge of local mobile operator
international calls.
Outgoing Calls: w/in USA, $1.70 per minute, w/in Canada $ 0.95 per minute
international $1.70 per minute plus pass throught charge of local mobile
operator

GPRS/MMS: 5 Cents per Kilobyte

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Phone: 1-866-900-2040
Website: www.rwireless.ca/