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Rogers and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Canada on July 11

SAN FRANCISCO?June 9, 2008?Rogers Communications and Apple® today  
announced that the highly anticipated iPhone? 3G will be available in  
Canada on July 11. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features  
of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast* as the first  
generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile  
services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft  
Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications  
already built with the recently released iPhone SDK.

?Rogers has a long history of bringing Canadians the very best in  
wireless services, networks and handset innovations,? said Rob Bruce,  
president, Rogers Wireless. ?With iPhone 3G, we will provide our  
customers with an amazing mobile experience over Canada?s fastest  
wireless network.?

?We?re excited to be working with Rogers to bring iPhone 3G to  
Canada,? said Tim Cook, Apple?s COO. ?We can?t wait to get this  
revolutionary phone in the hands of even more people around the world.?

iPhone 3G will operate on Rogers? High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)  
wireless network, the fastest mobile network in Canada. HSPA is  
nationally available in the top Canadian urban centers from Vancouver  
to Halifax, covering more than 60 percent of the population. iPhone 3G  
will also operate on Roger?s coast-to-coast GSM/EDGE network, proven  
to be the country?s most reliable wireless network. More details on  
pricing and availability will be available soon.

*Based on 3G and EDGE testing. Actual speeds vary by site conditions.

Rogers Communications is a diversified Canadian communications and  
media company. We are engaged in wireless voice and data  
communications services through Wireless, Canada's largest wireless  
provider and the operator of the country's only Global System for  
Mobile Communications (?GSM?) based network. Through Cable and Telecom  
we are one of Canada's largest providers of cable television, cable  
telephony and high-speed Internet access, and are also a full-service,  
facilities-based telecommunications alternative to the traditional  
telephone companies. Through Media, we are engaged in radio and  
television broadcasting, televised shopping, magazines and trade  
publications, and sports entertainment. We are publicly traded on the  
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B), and on the New York  
Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For further information about the Rogers  
group of companies, please visit www.rogers.com.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the  
Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the  
Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation  
with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and  
professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital  
media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and  
iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its  
revolutionary iPhone.

Press Contact:
Simon Atkins
Apple
satkins@xxxxxxxxx
(416) 367-8251

Liz Hamilton
Rogers Wireless
elizabeth.hamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(416) 935-8710

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