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Rogers To Open Technology Centre, Add 500 Jobs In Calgary
Rogers Communications (RCI) is adding 500 new jobs in Calgary, Alberta with plans to open a
national technology centre in the city.
Rogers said it intends to establish the technology centre after it closes its proposed $26 billion
merger with Shaw Communications (SJR). The centre, to be called“Rogers THINKLab,” will be
located at Shaw's Barlow campus in Northeast Calgary.
The jobs will largely be in engineering and technical delivery across networks, with an emphasis
in areas like 5G, fibre technology, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
The goal of the centre is to help foster made-in-Canada technology solutions and build a
pipeline for high-skilled talent to stay and work in Canada, Rogers said in a news release.
This move is part of the company's $6.5 billion commitment to invest in Western Canada first
announced back in March 2021 as part of the Roger's bid to acquire Shaw.
Calgary will lose Shaw's head office with the closing of the acquisition, but Rogers has vowed to
retain a Western Canada headquarters in the city and said it will be located at Shaw Court in
downtown Calgary.
Rogers and Shaw are awaiting regulatory approval from the Competition Bureau and
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), and expect the deal to close
by the end of the current second quarter.
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