Rogers to double investments in B.C. to improve wireless service

Rogers to double investments in B.C. to ameliorate wireless service

The company also announced network improvements in Surrey, B.C.

Toronto-based national telecom Rogers appear plans to increase investments in British Columbia to enhance wireless and wired services.

The company plans to double investments in 2019, also as piece of work with the University of British Columbia to build a 5G pattern and research smart city and transportation applications.

The investments will get towards expanding its LTE network in the province, likewise equally boosting and increasing the density of its fibre-powered network in Vancouver. It'll also assistance lay the groundwork for 5G in B.C.

Roger's work with UBC follows a multi-1000000 dollar partnership announced last year. The goal of the partnership was to build a existent-earth 5G hub on the UBC campus. At the fourth dimension, Rogers claimed the hub would form the blueprint for 5G innovation in Canada.

Additionally, Rogers has two research investments with UBC. The first supports the Clean, Connected and Safe Transportation Testbed, a smart city initiative to appraise how 5G will ameliorate autonomous vehicle safety, traffic management and fuel efficiency.

The other research investment will back up enquiry into reducing frequency interference when multiple 5G devices communicate at the aforementioned time over the same spectrum.

On top of the investments and enquiry projects, Rogers besides announced it improved wireless service along Fraser highway at the intersections of 64th Avenue and King George Boulevard in Surrey, B.C.

Additionally, it improved service at two sites in the Newton expanse of Surrey.