Edward Rogers was appointed Deputy Chairman of Rogers Communications Inc. on September 15th, 2009. In this capacity Edward will oversee major strategic initiatives including long term strategic planning, balance sheet strategies, strategic relationships, mergers and acquisitions and all new business development, including Rogers Business Solutions.

From January 2003 to September 2009 Edward was President & Chief Executive Officer of Rogers Cable Inc. Rogers Cable Inc. is made of three business units. Rogers Cable is Canada's largest Cable Company offering cable television, high-speed Internet access and residential telephony services. Its Rogers Business Solutions division is a national provider of voice communications services, data networking and broadband Internet connectivity to small, medium and large businesses across the country. Rogers Retail is one of the largest retail chains in Canada with more than 475 stores. In 2008 the Company generated $3.8 billion in revenue, over $1.2 billion in EBITDA and had over 14,000 employees.

Under his leadership Rogers Cable´s EBITDA has more than doubled and free cash flow has improved in excess of negative $100 million in 2002 to almost $350 million in 2008. Rogers Cable now leads the Canadian Cable industry in RGU penetration and ARPU per customer. They deployed packet-cable local telephony services in Q3 2005 and has implemented a national business and consumer wireline strategy through the acquisition of CallNet Enterprises.

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