Overview
- The rollout enables select apps to function beyond cellular coverage, including WhatsApp calling plus Google Maps, AccuWeather, X and CalTopo.
- Access is free on select Rogers plans, including the Ultimate plan, costs $15 per month for others, and includes a $5 per month discount for beta participants for the first year.
- Rogers says the network connects phones via Starlink low‑earth‑orbit satellites combined with its licensed spectrum to reach areas without service on land and offshore.
- A new satellite‑to‑mobile IoT offering targets remote operations such as fleet and asset tracking on highways and rail corridors and automated sensors in forestry and mining.
- Rogers plans to add full data and traditional voice services next year, which it says will enable 911 voice calls.