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$250M For ‘Always On’ Network to Guard Against Rogers Outages
Source: Craig Lord Global News, July 26, 2022
Rogers Communications Inc. is planning to spend at least $250 million to create an “always on” network that would guard against future outages, the company’s CEO testified to the House of Commons industry committee on Monday.
Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri opened his testimony to members of Parliament saying the company would do everything in its power — “and then some” — to restore the confidence of Canadians after an outage on July 8 disrupted cellular networks and payments for businesses.