Call-Net and Sprint Canada Name Changes Following Rogers Acquisition
08 July 2005 - 4:40AM
PR Newswire (US)
Call-Net and Sprint Canada Name Changes Following Rogers
Acquisition Call-Net Enterprises Inc. becomes Rogers Telecom
Holdings Inc. and Sprint Canada Inc. becomes Rogers Telecom Inc.
TORONTO, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rogers Communications
Inc. ("RCI") and Call-Net Enterprises Inc. ("Call-Net") announced
that effective today the names of Call-Net and its wholly owned
subsidiary Sprint Canada Inc. have been legally changed. Call-Net
Enterprises Inc. has become Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc. and Sprint
Canada Inc. has become Rogers Telecom Inc. These changes follow the
completion of the acquisition of Call-Net by RCI on July 1, 2005.
About the Companies: Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc. (formerly
Call-Net Enterprises Inc.) was acquired by Rogers Communications
Inc. on July 1, 2005 and through its wholly owned subsidiary Rogers
Telecom Inc. (formerly Sprint Canada Inc.) is a leading Canadian
integrated communications solutions provider of home phone,
wireless, long distance and IP services to households, and local,
long distance, toll free, enhanced voice, data and IP services to
businesses across Canada. Rogers Telecom owns and operates an
extensive national fibre network, has over 150 co-locations in
major urban areas across Canada including 33 municipalities and
maintains network facilities in the U.S. and the U.K. For more
information, visit http://www.sprint.ca/. Rogers Communications
(TSX: RCI; NYSE: RG) is a diversified Canadian communications and
media company engaged in three primary lines of business. Rogers
Wireless is Canada's largest wireless voice and data communications
services provider and the country's only carrier operating on the
world standard GSM/GPRS technology platform; Rogers Cable is
Canada's largest cable television provider offering cable
television, high-speed Internet access, telephony and data
networking services and video retailing; and Rogers Media is
Canada's premier collection of category leading media assets with
businesses in radio, television broadcasting, television shopping,
publishing and sports entertainment. For further information about
the Rogers group of companies, please visit http://www.rogers.com/.
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