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64-447: The company was originally started by David Margolese as an expansion of his pager firm, Canadian Telecom , formed in 1978. With the 1983 introduction of AMPS , the first North American standard for cell phones, Margolese started plans to expand the company into this new market. This required large amounts of capital. A group of private investors consisting of Margolese, Ted Rogers , Marc Belzberg and Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien formed

128-464: A Belgian company, has also worked to build small cells for LTE-TDD networks. Trials of LTE-TDD technology began as early as 2010, with Reliance Industries and Ericsson India conducting field tests of LTE-TDD in India , achieving 80 megabit-per second download speeds and 20 megabit-per-second upload speeds. By 2011, China Mobile began trials of the technology in six cities. Although initially seen as

192-664: A Vancouver-based radio paging company. He struggled in his early years as an entrepreneur. In 1980, he changed his company's focus to what would become the future cellular market. He prognosticated in his 1980 position paper, years before the commercial introduction of cellular and at a time when computers were in use by less than one percent of the public, that cellular "has the potential to become all pervasive." He also envisioned that it would "be used for much more" than just phone calls. When cell phones became widely available, it paid big dividends for Margolese. His company joined with Rogers Communications to form Cantel (a contraction of

256-411: A coalition of international companies that worked to develop and test the technology. China Mobile was an early proponent of LTE-TDD, along with other companies like Datang Telecom and Huawei , which worked to deploy LTE-TDD networks, and later developed technology allowing LTE-TDD equipment to operate in white spaces —frequency spectra between broadcast TV stations. Intel also participated in

320-618: A combined LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD network in Poland, and by April 2012, ZTE Corporation had worked to deploy trial or commercial LTE-TDD networks for 33 operators in 19 countries. In late 2012, Qualcomm worked extensively to deploy a commercial LTE-TDD network in India, and partnered with Bharti Airtel and Huawei to develop the first multi-mode LTE-TDD smartphone for India. In Japan , SoftBank Mobile launched LTE-TDD services in February 2012 under

384-482: A court case against an Osgoode Hall Law School university professor, Susan Drummond, over a $ 12,000 charge for overseas calls that was placed on her bill after the phone was stolen, for which the company insisted she pay. Following the case becoming public knowledge, Ted Rogers issued a formal apology and cancelled the charges. Drummond filed a lawsuit, for which she was then also paid punitive and compensatory damages. Drummond and her partner Harry Gefen published further on

448-617: A maximum download speed of 225 Mbit/s. Rogers launched its 5G network in January 2020 and uses Block I from the 2500Mhz Frequency Block Plan . The company stated that rollout will expand to use its further reaching 600 MHz spectrum later in the year for improved 5G coverage. As of December 16, 2020, Rogers offers both NSA mode and SA modes in select markets. Rogers was the first Canadian carrier to offer 5G service. Rogers partnered with Swedish Telecom giant Ericsson to launch its 5G wireless technology. Today, Rogers's 5G network

512-464: A mid-range offering. Rogers has its own corporate retail stores, known as Rogers Plus, and also allows third parties to become exclusive dealers. Best Buy and Walmart stores in Canada provide Fido products along with prepaid and postpaid services. Additionally, Loblaw Companies stores sell prepaid feature phones and top-up vouchers. Loblaw stores have a special booth, called The Mobile Shop, where

576-595: A newly formed venture named CD Radio Inc. He served as chairman and CEO of the satellite radio company. Margolese believed that, like cable TV, satellite radio would find an audience willing to pay for variety. The primary obstacle faced by CD Radio and then Sirius was resistance from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), who were under pressure from the National Association of Broadcasters , who felt threatened by

640-485: A number of carriers promoting VoLGA (Voice over LTE Generic Access) as an interim solution. The idea was to use the same principles as GAN (Generic Access Network, also known as UMA or Unlicensed Mobile Access), which defines the protocols through which a mobile handset can perform voice calls over a customer's private Internet connection, usually over wireless LAN. VoLGA however never gained much support, because VoLTE ( IMS ) promises much more flexible services, albeit at

704-509: A series of tests of voice over LTE ( VoLTE) calls on China Mobile's TD-LTE network. The next month, Nokia Solutions and Networks and Sprint announced that they had demonstrated throughput speeds of 2.6 gigabits per second using a LTE-TDD network, surpassing the previous record of 1.6 gigabits per second. Much of the LTE standard addresses the upgrading of 3G UMTS to what will eventually be 4G mobile communications technology. A large amount of

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768-644: A share of the new company, which also allowed Cantel to avoid using Bell Canada lines for access into the U.S. where possible. In 2003, the company was renamed Rogers Wireless , and in 2004 Rogers bought out AT&T's remaining shares. The same year, Rogers purchased Microcell Solutions, today known as Fido , Canada's first user of GSM systems as opposed to the more widespread (in North America) CDMA . The company then expanded GSM service throughout their network. Rogers Wireless has remained Canada's leading wireless provider throughout its history. This

832-420: A statement thanking him "for his great vision, leadership and dedication in creating both Sirius and the satellite radio industry." Sirius acquired XM in 2008, becoming Sirius XM Radio . Through 2013, Sirius XM has reported 25.6 million subscribers, up 7% from the previous year, and revenues of $ 3.8 billion, up 12% from the previous year. In 2012, one of Sirius's original backup satellites, now decommissioned,

896-693: A technology utilized by only a few countries, including China and India, by 2011 international interest in LTE-TDD had expanded, especially in Asia, in part due to LTE-TDD's lower cost of deployment compared to LTE-FDD. By the middle of that year, 26 networks around the world were conducting trials of the technology. The Global LTve (GTI) was also started in 2011, with founding partners China Mobile, Bharti Airtel , SoftBank Mobile , Vodafone , Clearwire , Aero2 and E-Plus . In September 2011, Huawei announced it would partner with Polish mobile provider Aero2 to develop

960-508: A transfer latency of less than 5  ms in the radio access network . LTE has the ability to manage fast-moving mobiles and supports multi-cast and broadcast streams. LTE supports scalable carrier bandwidths , from 1.4  MHz to 20 MHz and supports both frequency division duplexing (FDD) and time-division duplexing (TDD). The IP-based network architecture, called the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) designed to replace

1024-481: A voice call on a non-VoLTE-enabled network or device, LTE handsets will fall back to old 2G or 3G networks for the duration of the call. To ensure compatibility, 3GPP demands at least AMR-NB codec (narrow band), but the recommended speech codec for VoLTE is Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband , also known as HD Voice . This codec is mandated in 3GPP networks that support 16 kHz sampling. Fraunhofer IIS has proposed and demonstrated "Full-HD Voice", an implementation of

1088-538: Is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM / EDGE and UMTS / HSPA standards. It improves on those standards' capacity and speed by using a different radio interface and core network improvements. LTE is the upgrade path for carriers with both GSM/UMTS networks and CDMA2000 networks. Because LTE frequencies and bands differ from country to country, only multi-band phones can use LTE in all countries where it

1152-622: Is a list of top 10 countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in February/March 2019. For the complete list of all the countries/territories, see list of countries by 4G LTE penetration . Long-Term Evolution Time-Division Duplex ( LTE-TDD ), also referred to as TDD LTE , is a 4G telecommunications technology and standard co-developed by an international coalition of companies, including China Mobile , Datang Telecom , Huawei , ZTE , Nokia Solutions and Networks , Qualcomm , Samsung , and ST-Ericsson . It

1216-708: Is generally cheaper to access, and has less traffic. Further, the bands for LTE-TDD overlap with those used for WiMAX , which can easily be upgraded to support LTE-TDD. Despite the differences in how the two types of LTE handle data transmission, LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD share 90 percent of their core technology, making it possible for the same chipsets and networks to use both versions of LTE. A number of companies produce dual-mode chips or mobile devices, including Samsung and Qualcomm , while operators CMHK and Hi3G Access have developed dual-mode networks in Hong Kong and Sweden, respectively. The creation of LTE-TDD involved

1280-462: Is in none of the territories. It is impossible to travel between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts in Canada without encountering a gap in cellular coverage as there are areas lacking cellular coverage in both British Columbia and Ontario. The 1900 MHz PCS network was shut down on June 7, 2021 and the 850 MHz network will remain active until at least December 31, 2025. In July 2011, Rogers

1344-495: Is live in more than 160 communities across Canada, including Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Montreal. The following is a list of known frequencies that Rogers employs in Canada: Rogers Wireless carries feature phones , and smartphones that support either Android OS or iOS . Customers with select smartphones, tablets , computers, LG Smart TVs , Xbox 360 and Xbox One gaming systems can use

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1408-495: Is one of the two mobile data transmission technologies of the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology standard, the other being Long-Term Evolution Frequency-Division Duplex ( LTE-FDD ). While some companies refer to LTE-TDD as "TD-LTE" for familiarity with TD-SCDMA , there is no reference to that abbreviation anywhere in the 3GPP specifications. There are two major differences between LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD: how data

1472-528: Is supported. The standard is developed by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) and is specified in its Release 8 document series, with minor enhancements described in Release 9. LTE is also called 3.95G and has been marketed as 4G LTE and Advanced 4G ; but the original version did not meet the technical criteria of a 4G wireless service, as specified in the 3GPP Release 8 and 9 document series for LTE Advanced . The requirements were set forth by

1536-703: Is uploaded and downloaded, and what frequency spectra the networks are deployed in. While LTE-FDD uses paired frequencies to upload and download data, LTE-TDD uses a single frequency, alternating between uploading and downloading data through time. The ratio between uploads and downloads on a LTE-TDD network can be changed dynamically, depending on whether more data needs to be sent or received. LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD also operate on different frequency bands, with LTE-TDD working better at higher frequencies, and LTE-FDD working better at lower frequencies. Frequencies used for LTE-TDD range from 1850 MHz to 3800 MHz, with several different bands being used. The LTE-TDD spectrum

1600-459: The AAC-ELD (Advanced Audio Coding – Enhanced Low Delay) codec for LTE handsets. Where previous cell phone voice codecs only supported frequencies up to 3.5 kHz and upcoming wideband audio services branded as HD Voice up to 7 kHz, Full-HD Voice supports the entire bandwidth range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. For end-to-end Full-HD Voice calls to succeed, however, both

1664-598: The COFDM radio access technique to replace the CDMA and studying its Terrestrial use in the L band at 1428 MHz (TE) In 2004 by Japan's NTT Docomo , with studies on the standard officially commenced in 2005. In May 2007, the LTE/ SAE Trial Initiative (LSTI) alliance was founded as a global collaboration between vendors and operators with the goal of verifying and promoting the new standard in order to ensure

1728-586: The GPRS Core Network , supports seamless handovers for both voice and data to cell towers with older network technology such as GSM , UMTS and CDMA2000 . The simpler architecture results in lower operating costs (for example, each E-UTRA cell will support up to four times the data and voice capacity supported by HSPA ). Most carriers supporting GSM or HSUPA networks can be expected to upgrade their networks to LTE at some stage. A complete list of commercial contracts can be found at: The following

1792-681: The ITU-R organisation in the IMT Advanced specification; but, because of market pressure and the significant advances that WiMAX , Evolved High Speed Packet Access , and LTE bring to the original 3G technologies, ITU-R later decided that LTE and the aforementioned technologies can be called 4G technologies. The LTE Advanced standard formally satisfies the ITU-R requirements for being considered IMT-Advanced. To differentiate LTE Advanced and WiMAX-Advanced from current 4G technologies, ITU has defined

1856-556: The "terms of service" document. Rogers has been criticized for its Government Regulatory Recovery Fee (GRRF), formerly known as the System Access Fee (SAF). The fee ranges between $ 1.93 to $ 3.35 per month. On July 4, 2012, Rogers announced it would no longer be charging a separate GRRF fee to new customers, instead raising the price of the Monthly Service Charge. The bills of existing customers would remain

1920-454: The 850MHz 2G GSM network in existing markets as of September 2023. In 2006, Rogers became the first Canadian carrier to operate a 3G UMTS /HSPA network, which was upgraded to HSPA+ in 2009. Enhancements included download speeds of up to a theoretical 21 Mbit/s. Further enhancements increased the download speeds up to a theoretical 42 Mbit/s. Rogers' UMTS network coverage is in all Canadian provinces and operating on 850 MHz but

1984-478: The Rogers On Demand mobile service, which was renamed Rogers Live before its current incarnation, Rogers Anyplace TV. Rogers Anyplace TV offers TV shows, movies and sports on demand. In 2004, Rogers bought Canada’s first and, at the time, only other GSM provider, Fido, along with Fido’s partner, Sprint Canada , for a total of $ 1.4 billion. At the time, Fido had nearly 1.3 million customers. In 2008, Fido

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2048-812: The United States, Bell and Telus in Canada, au by KDDI in Japan, SK Telecom in South Korea and China Telecom / China Unicom in China) have announced instead they intend to migrate to LTE. The next version of LTE is LTE Advanced , which was standardized in March 2011. Services commenced in 2013. Additional evolution known as LTE Advanced Pro have been approved in year 2015. The LTE specification provides downlink peak rates of 300 Mbit/s, uplink peak rates of 75 Mbit/s and QoS provisions permitting

2112-494: The adoption of LTE, carriers will have to re-engineer their voice call network. Four different approaches sprang up: One additional approach which is not initiated by operators is the usage of over-the-top content (OTT) services, using applications like Skype and Google Talk to provide LTE voice service. Most major backers of LTE preferred and promoted VoLTE from the beginning. The lack of software support in initial LTE devices, as well as core network devices, however led to

2176-678: The caller and recipient's handsets, as well as networks, have to support the feature. The LTE standard covers a range of many different bands, each of which is designated by both a frequency and a band number: As a result, phones from one country may not work in other countries. Users will need a multi-band capable phone for roaming internationally. According to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute 's (ETSI) intellectual property rights (IPR) database, about 50 companies have declared, as of March 2012, holding essential patents covering

2240-715: The carrier began using these frequencies for LTE service on networks built by Samsung , Alcatel-Lucent , and Nokia . As of March 2013, 156 commercial 4G LTE networks existed, including 142 LTE-FDD networks and 14 LTE-TDD networks. As of November 2013, the South Korean government planned to allow a fourth wireless carrier in 2014, which would provide LTE-TDD services, and in December 2013, LTE-TDD licenses were granted to China's three mobile operators, allowing commercial deployment of 4G LTE services. In January 2014, Nokia Solutions and Networks indicated that it had completed

2304-501: The case in an SSHRC funded research project, and for which she and her partner were cited by Time magazine as "heroes of the year" in 2007. During her research, Drummond showed that the phones of Rogers executives had been cloned by members of Hezbollah and used to make thousands of overseas phone calls in 1997 and 1998. It also turned up information that Rogers had been allowing phones that they were alerted had potentially fraudulent call patterns to continue to remain functional despite

2368-436: The company for $ 1.8 billion the following year. Through spectrum auctions , Rogers has made the following purchases of spectrum : Rogers operates GSM , UMTS , LTE , and 5G NR networks in all of Canada's provinces and offers roaming in Canada's territories. Rogers previously operated an AMPS / D-AMPS network in the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz bands in Canada. The network was shut down on May 31, 2007. Since 2002,

2432-481: The company's 2G GSM network with EDGE has operated in Canada. It provides compatibility for GSM-based devices, including those frequently used by international travelers. However, this technology is limited to speeds up to 236 kilobits per second, which is only about four times the speed of dial-up . The 1900 MHz PCS network was shut down on June 7, 2021. 850 MHz was retired on December 31, 2021, for business class IoT devices. Other devices can still connect to

2496-707: The competition. In 1997, the FCC granted both CD Radio and XM Satellite Radio licenses to use a part of the S-band spectrum , costing CD Radio $ 83 million. In 1999, Margolese changed the name of CD Radio to Sirius Satellite Radio , so as not to be identified with the outdated technology of compact discs. Margolese raised $ 1.8 billion to launch Sirius. Some of the money was obtained by gaining exclusive rights from Ford , Chrysler , BMW and Mercedes-Benz to feature Sirius in their automobiles. Along with co-founder and former NASA engineer Robert Briskman , Margolese oversaw

2560-413: The cost of having to upgrade the entire voice call infrastructure. VoLTE may require Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) in order to be able to smoothly perform a handover to a 2G or 3G network in case of poor LTE signal quality. While the industry has standardized on VoLTE, early LTE deployments required carriers to introduce circuit-switched fallback as a stopgap measure. When placing or receiving

2624-734: The development of the custom satellites, receivers and other technologies to bring satellite radio to consumers. Margolese also designed Sirius's $ 40 million headquarters at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. According to Margolese, each satellite cost about a quarter-billion dollars to build, insure and launch. At the end of 2000, Sirius launched its third satellite into space, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . In November 2001, Margolese stepped down as CEO, remaining as chairman until November 2003, with Sirius issuing

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2688-482: The development, setting up a LTE-TDD interoperability lab with Huawei in China, as well as ST-Ericsson , Nokia, and Nokia Siemens (now Nokia Solutions and Networks ), which developed LTE-TDD base stations that increased capacity by 80 percent and coverage by 40 percent. Qualcomm also participated, developing the world's first multi-mode chip, combining both LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD, along with HSPA and EV-DO. Accelleran,

2752-550: The earliest advocates of pay radio," he "effectively created the industry." Margolese was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia . He attended the University of British Columbia , dropping out after one year. His father, Leonard, also dropped out of college, to sell television sets in the early 1950s, ultimately building a successful television store. In 1978, at the age of 20, Margolese founded Canadian Telecom,

2816-605: The global introduction of the technology as quickly as possible. The LTE standard was finalized in December 2008, and the first publicly available LTE service was launched by TeliaSonera in Oslo and Stockholm on December 14, 2009, as a data connection with a USB modem. The LTE services were launched by major North American carriers as well, with the Samsung SCH-r900 being the world's first LTE Mobile phone starting on September 21, 2010, and Samsung Galaxy Indulge being

2880-568: The latter as "True 4G". LTE stands for Long-Term Evolution and is a registered trademark owned by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) for the wireless data communications technology and a development of the GSM/UMTS standards. However, other nations and companies do play an active role in the LTE project. The goal of LTE was to increase the capacity and speed of wireless data networks using new DSP (digital signal processing) techniques and modulations that were developed around

2944-435: The lucrative international market as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics . Today, Rogers retains its preeminent position with widespread service, continued acquisitions, and the use of fighter brands like Fido and Chatr . Rogers Wireless was founded by Ted Rogers , David Margolese , Marc Belzberg and Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien . In 1978, future Sirius XM Radio founder David Margolese dropped out of university and founded

3008-497: The name Advanced eXtended Global Platform (AXGP), and marketed as SoftBank 4G ( ja ). The AXGP band was previously used for Willcom 's PHS service, and after PHS was discontinued in 2010 the PHS band was re-purposed for AXGP service. In the U.S., Clearwire planned to implement LTE-TDD, with chip-maker Qualcomm agreeing to support Clearwire's frequencies on its multi-mode LTE chipsets. With Sprint's acquisition of Clearwire in 2013,

3072-507: The name Canadian Telecom). Cantel would ultimately become Rogers Wireless , as of 2012 the largest cellular company in Canada, with over 9.3 million subscribers and revenues over $ 7 billion. Margolese cashed out of the company in 1989 to found his next venture. Following a brief, unsuccessful stint in Israel struggling to land a license for his new cellular consortium Teletec, Margolese moved to New York City in 1990 and purchased control of

3136-456: The newly renamed Cantel in 1984 and opening for service in July 1985. Rogers purchased a controlling interest in the company in 1986, and bought out all of the shares of the other members by 1990. Starting in 1984, he also purchased an increasing share of CNCP Telecommunications , who operated a number of microwave relay networks suitable for carrying long distance calls. AT&T purchased

3200-447: The paging company Canadian Telecom. Foreseeing that cellular wireless technology would be used for more than simply voice calls, Margolese proposed a plan to obtain a license for Canada’s cellular phone rights. At the time, there were no such licenses or commercial cellular services in existence, as the wireless technology was still in the laboratory and experimental. Needing significant financing, he approached Rogers Communications, which

3264-448: The phones are displayed. While Shoppers Drug Mart carried only Rogers Wireless prepaid phones at one time, the stores temporarily partnered with Rogers. As a result, Shoppers stores added both prepaid and postpaid products and services for Rogers and its two other brands, Fido and Chatr . As of March 2011, however, Shoppers stores ended their partnership. They only sell prepaid top-up vouchers for these providers. In 2005, Rogers lost

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3328-455: The population of British Columbia by the end of 2016. According to Rogers, as of December 31, 2016, its LTE coverage reached 95% of the Canadian population. On March 31, 2015, Rogers Wireless launched voice over LTE (VoLTE) , the first carrier in Canada to offer this service. Cat-6 LTE-Advanced has been available since January 2015, through carrier aggregation of band 4 and band 7, with

3392-511: The same. An $ 18 billion class action lawsuit against: Bell , Rogers, and Telus , originally filed in a Saskatchewan court in 2004 regarding these hidden fees, is still pending. Rogers launched the Chatr brand with low-end feature phones and pricing plans similar to that of new entrants such as Wind Mobile , Mobilicity and Public Mobile . Chatr was criticized for being a fighter brand created by Rogers. The brand's "fewer dropped calls" claim

3456-407: The turn of the millennium. A further goal was the redesign and simplification of the network architecture to an IP -based system with significantly reduced transfer latency compared with the 3G architecture. The LTE wireless interface is incompatible with 2G and 3G networks, so that it must be operated on a separate radio spectrum . The idea of LTE was first proposed in 1998, with the use of

3520-510: The warning. On July 7, 2009, Rogers Wireless began charging a nominal fee for incoming text messages to customers without a text messaging plan. The change was similar to policies of charging for incoming text message that were adopted in August 2008 by Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility . Some users complained that Rogers had unilaterally changed the terms of their contracts. The company maintained that changes to services and fees are permitted in

3584-450: The work is aimed at simplifying the architecture of the system, as it transitions from the existing UMTS circuit + packet switching combined network, to an all-IP flat architecture system. E-UTRA is the air interface of LTE. Its main features are: The LTE standard supports only packet switching with its all-IP network. Voice calls in GSM, UMTS and CDMA2000 are circuit switched , so with

3648-772: The world's first LTE smartphone starting on February 10, 2011, both offered by MetroPCS , and the HTC ThunderBolt offered by Verizon starting on March 17 being the second LTE smartphone to be sold commercially. In Canada, Rogers Wireless was the first to launch LTE network on July 7, 2011, offering the Sierra Wireless AirCard 313U USB mobile broadband modem, known as the "LTE Rocket stick" then followed closely by mobile devices from both HTC and Samsung. Initially, CDMA operators planned to upgrade to rival standards called UMB and WiMAX , but major CDMA operators (such as Verizon , Sprint and MetroPCS in

3712-464: Was aided in its early Cantel years by the slow uptake of cellular service by Bell Canada and the limited capital of smaller players like BC Tel and Shaw Communications . The use of GSM proved to be a major boon when the iPhone was released in 2007 and only ran on GSM. This handed the company exclusive access to this product until 2009 when Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility agreed to share towers and switch/upgrade to UMTS / HSPA in time to capture

3776-404: Was at the time Canada's only national supplier of cellular telephone service. Over the next four years, Rogers bought out his partners, becoming the sole owner of Cantel. Cantel was later renamed Cantel AT&T, Rogers Cantel AT&T and Rogers AT&T Wireless; in December 2003, the company became known by its current name, Rogers Wireless, which led to Rogers purchasing AT&T ’s 34% stake in

3840-565: Was disputed by the Competition Bureau . In 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that Chatr's advertising of fewer dropped calls, in connection with its 2010 launch, was fair and accurate. David Margolese David Margolese (born October 24, 1957) is an Israeli entrepreneur, philanthropist, and co-founder of Sirius XM Radio , serving as chairman and CEO from 1993 to 2002. Considered "one of

3904-594: Was donated for display to the Smithsonian Institution 's National Air and Space Museum . Margolese was named one of ten finalists for the 1999 Entrepreneur of the Year by Harvard Business School . He was inducted into NASA's Space Technology Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2002, Margolese moved to Israel, where he lives with his wife Michal and their six children. LTE (telecommunication) In telecommunications , long-term evolution ( LTE )

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3968-467: Was owned by Ted Rogers, to partner with him. Rogers ultimately joined with Margolese, Marc Belzberg of First City Financial and Telemedia founder Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien to form Cantel, which Margolese named after Canadian Telecom. In 1984, the group was granted Canada’s national cellular license. Cantel launched service on July 1, 1985. In 1986, Ted Rogers purchased a controlling stake in Cantel, which

4032-466: Was rebranded as a discount mobile virtual network operator with a new logo and cheaper plans. Rogers launched the Chatr Mobile brand in mid-2010 in response to the emergence of new phone carriers Mobilicity , Public Mobile , and Freedom Mobile (previously Wind Mobile) to directly compete with the new carriers in their coverage areas. Chatr became a cheaper option than Fido, making Fido more of

4096-582: Was the first Canadian telecom operator to launch a commercial long-term evolution (LTE) network. In May 2013, Rogers deployed LTE service on its 2600 MHz spectrum in some markets, which the company began marketing as LTE Max . LTE Max is available in a fraction of Rogers' LTE coverage area. On April 17, 2014, Rogers launched LTE service on its 700 MHz spectrum. Rogers has not announced its goals for expanding LTE coverage across Canada, but announced plans in June 2014 to have LTE coverage expanded to 98.3% of

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