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Canadian mobile carrier Rogers launches wireless video calling

April 4, 2007

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TORONTO -- Today Rogers Wireless unveiled wireless video calling, turning your mobile handset into a webcam for face-to-face calling in real time with your friends, family and business associates. Rogers is the first and only wireless carrier in North America to offer video calling, part of the Rogers VISION suite of services that allows customers on the go to enjoy the kind of hi-speed Internet and multimedia experience previously only possible on a PC. To celebrate the launch of Rogers' wireless video calling, beloved Canadian actor, William Shatner, made the trek home to make the first official video call.

In addition to wireless video calling, Rogers VISION allows customers to communicate in an entirely new way with mobile multimedia and visual services like video-on-demand, including the best on YouTube, ET Canada, CSI, CNN; Mobile Television to access your favourite TV and video programs with incredible clarity; radio-on-demand, featuring live XM Satellite radio; and Rogers MusicStore, your complete source for hundreds of thousands of music tracks.

"Rogers VISION is a quantum leap forward in wireless communications...the experience is like being there," says John Boynton, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. "You really have to see it to believe it! Beyond offering video calling, Canadians can now benefit from faster than ever download times - perfect for getting music from the Rogers MusicStore, or for watching YouTube clips and TV programming, right on your wireless phone."

Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. (NYSE: RCN; Toronto: RCM)

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