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By: Merry Christmas: Rogers lays off 900 | Wirelessnorth.ca

Merry Christmas: Rogers lays off 900 | Wirelessnorth.ca — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:38:39 +0000

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By: john191

john191 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:42:31 +0000

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By: WirelessNorth

WirelessNorth — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:33:38 +0000

So the 90% margins is a little misleading. Certainly some part of this (like customer service salaries) have components of variable cost that should apply to each customer.

One of the most striking things about this breakdown is that the physical network and equipment isn't the largest cost of running a carrier. In reality Rogers is more of a service company than a network company.

I wouldn't be surprised to see this trend extended in future years as carriers outsource and/or lease larger parts of their network operations.

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:57:04 +0000

Since overhead and compensation is a separate line item, the marketing cost is far understated. There must be a considerable number of employees working in a marketing role. Does not the ROI work out to be outrageously high?

By: matt

matt — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:46:49 +0000

These numbers make no sense compared to their last Q2 results.

If you could show how you arrived at them it would a help. Its a big disingenuous to say that 90% gross margins are quite a business to be in when as you point out its before the cost of any of the important fixed cost stuff… like you know… an actual network.

By: Cris

Cris — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:27:46 +0000

That's normal for any business, why would Rogers Wireless be any different. They have help from the Canadian government to run their GSM monopoly, best thing to do is not to jump on the bandwagon. I don't own an iPhone so they don't get $75 from me instead they get $30 cause I do need a wireless phone.

By: markus

markus — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:18:34 +0000

So the $6.95 SAF + $0.50 e911 charges pay for the marketing, pretty much in it's entirety… that and bringing the Bills to Skydome.

By: Mogilny

Mogilny — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:17:25 +0000

I have seen more of the Rogers version of Friends more than the actually Friends. With monster profits, it is easy to be wasteful. If the Ontario's Teachers Pension think this is a business to get into, then this business will have sick returns. i.e., Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment.

By: What goes into a Rogers bill | BlackBerry Cool

What goes into a Rogers bill | BlackBerry Cool — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:16:20 +0000

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By: John

John — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:53:01 +0000

If you're not buying stock in Rogers now then you should be. Those profits won't slow down until the real completion starts with 4G technology. Which is going to be another 4 years or so.