François-Philippe Champagne gave Rogers an ultimatum saying that the telecoms could face penalties if they failed to make cellular service available to all riders by Oct. 3
A TTC user checking their phone while heading down to the subway station at College St. is photographed on Aug 21.now have service on the busiest sections of the Toronto subway system, Canada’s major carriers have announced, one day ahead of Ottawa’s deadline.Rogers Communications Inc.
Ellen Murphy, a spokesperson for Bell, on Monday thanked Mr. Champagne “for his leadership in ensuring that all wireless carriers have the ability to serve their customers in Toronto’s subway system, and that Rogers can no longer delay the deployment of wireless service for all TTC riders regardless of their choice of carrier.”
Ron McKenzie, chief technology and information officer at Rogers, said in a statement that the company’s technologists have designed and implemented a solution that increased the capacity of the network, allowing Bell and Telus to offer service to their customers. “Today’s announcement is another milestone in our plan to make wireless services available throughout the entire subway system,” Rogers chief executive officer Tony Staffieri said in a statement.
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