Title: Rogers and the Digital Landscape
1Rogers and the Digital Landscape
Michael Lee Chief Strategy Officer Rogers
Communications Inc.
- 17th Biennial Conference of International
Telecommunications Society - June 25, 2008
2Rogers At A Glance
Rogers Wireless
Largest Wireless Carrier
Revenues LTM 5,703M Operating Profit
LTM 2,713M
- 7.4M wireless subscribers
- Canadas largest wireless carrier covering 94 of
population - Leader in wireless data services
- 3G HSPA network across 25 Canadian markets
- Only GSM carrier in Canada
- Extensive national distribution with dual Rogers
Fido brands
Rogers Cable Largest
Cable Provider
- 2.3M basic cable subs, 1.5M high-speed Internet
subs - 94 750/860 MHz, highly clustered plant with 94
cable telephony availability - 2.0M digital set-top boxes deployed to 1.4M homes
- 702K cable telephony subs plus 320K
circuit-switched subs - Local long-haul CLEC networks with 20K
business customers 222K lines - Over 460 Rogers Retail (Video, Plus/mall, Fido)
stores
Revenues LTM 3,628M Operating Profit
LTM 1,076M
Rogers Media Leading Media Brands
- 52 radio stations 70 consumer magazine trade
publications - Five station Citytv television network
- Five station OMNI television network
- Four Sportsnet regional sports TV networks with
national HDTV feed - The Shopping Channel national televised shopping
network - Toronto Blue Jays Rogers Centre event venue
Revenues LTM 1,358M Operating Profit
LTM 156M
Powerful Combination of High-growth
Communications Media Assets
3Unmatched Platform in North America
National Wireless Market Share
National Cable Market Share
- Uniquely position of having full ownership of
quad play under an integrated platform - Market Penetration Leadership in Wireless,
Wireless Data, Television and Broadband
4The Digital LandscapeFront-End of a Fundamental
Transition
THE EMERGING CUSTOMER
- Personalization
- Control
- Simplicity
DISRUPTIVE FORCES
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
- Digitization
- Broadband
- Emerging Standards
- Devices / Chip Sets
- Systems
Technology Development
- Disintermediation
- Over-the-Top
- Value Chains
5We Have Seen A Dramatic Change In Consumer
Consumption
Entertainment
Communication
Information
Telephone Postal Service E-Mail
Magazines/Newspapers/Books Television Yellow
Pages Yahoo (just launched)
Cable / OTA Television VCR Radio Magazines /
Newspapers / Books
1995
Cable / Satellite Television DVD / DVR Digital
Music Broadband Video Online Social
Networks Gaming Console/PC/Wireless Radio Magazi
nes/Newspapers/Books
Mobile Phones E-Mail IM Video IM Online Social
Networks Blogs Telephone
Internet Magazines/Newspapers/Books Television
2008
6TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTSLayered Technologies
Provide Seamless Connectivity
GSM / GPRS / EDGE / UMTS / HSDPA / WiFi / WiMax
/ Fibre / HFC / DSL
IP Everywhere - Seamless customer experience
7TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTSEnabling New Services for
the Future
Wireless And Cable Networks Will Be The Service
Enablers For A New Generation Of On-Demand
Consumer Services
8Emerging Customer Needs
Physical and Social Context Determines the
Application Mix Used
- Personalization
- Customers gain social / business currency and
derive value through personalized content and
communications. - Control
- On Demand control over the what, when, where and
how. Controlling frequency, intensity and types
of experiences. Maximizing time and minimizing
effort. - Making It Easy
- Easy to understand, access, choose, use and do
business with.
9- Entering into the Era of
- Internet Everywhere
10Market Opportunities in Digital World
- Network investment to power next stage of
innovation and growth - Services innovation will enter hypergrowth mode
- No longer early adopter market
- Network intelligence will drive value for all
participants - Revolution in Information, Communication and
Entertainment markets underway - One thing is clear Consumers love these
services and usage growth is unprecedented
11 Our Customer Informed, In Touch and Entertained
- Digitization
- Mobility
- Personalization
- Control