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Rogers Wireless Inc. On July 1, 2005, Rogers
completed the acquisition of Call-Net Enterprises Inc.

Sites selling products and services relating to indoors and outdoors recreational activities such as camping, craftmaking, and collecting.

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8%

Adding voices behind the numbers, Verizon Wireless also posted customer
testimonials to the company's Customer Satisfaction Web site. "We will continue to provide
customers with the highest level of satisfaction by delivering the most
reliable wireless network and best customer service in the wireless industry .

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Rogers Communications will also be participating at the CIBC World
Markets Frontenac Institutional Investor Conference being held in Quebec City
September 21st to 24th.rogers.
For further information about the Rogers group of companies, please visit
http://www.rogers.

com/reports /c15383

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets .

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In the second quarter of 2005, Verizon Wireless' customer turnover reached
record-low levels for the third consecutive quarter, as the company added
1.verizonwireless.com. For example, 'Fantasy Fred'
finds meaning in his life by connecting with other places and times.

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2%
Carrier D 2.

Research and Markets: Americans have an unquenchable thirst for Entertainment

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Live audio webcasts of the presentations, as well as on-demand replays
following the presentations , will be available to be accessed through Rogers'
Investor Relations website at http://www. Find more information on the Web
at http://www. An active consumer,
Frances is more likely to be an upper-income married woman aged 25-to-54 years
old with children.

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4%
Carrier B 2.7 million
customers.newscom. Through this study marketers will be empowered with new psychological
insights about their consumers that will bring them more success.

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com. The customer testimonials can be found at
http://www.

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"Our record-breaking performance and positive customer feedback are the
result of our dedication to listening, anticipating and responding to the
needs of our customers," said Lowell McAdam, executive vice president and
chief operating officer for Verizon Wireless. For more
information on Verizon Wireless, visit http://www.

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About Rogers:

Rogers Communications Inc.2% churn rate -- the percentage of
customers who disconnect their service in a given period of time -- Verizon
Wireless boasted a churn rate well below the industry average.S. "For
certain category of goods, notably audio and stereo equipment, books and
magazines , computers and software for home, musical instruments and sporting
goods and exercise equipment, shoppers favor the extra service they receive at
specialty stores.

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(TSX: RCI; NYSE: RG) is a diversified Canadian
communications and media company engaged in three primary lines of business. (now Rogers Telecom
Holdings Inc.jsp."
Verizon Wireless is dedicated to delivering outstanding customer
satisfaction by providing a positive wireless experience to its 47.

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will be participating in the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference being held
in New York City on September 21st and is presenting at 2:50 pm (ET). is Canada's largest wireless voice and data
communications services provider and the country's only carrier operating on
the world standard GSM/GPRS technology platform; Rogers Cable Inc. Company Posts Historically Low Customer Turnover Rates;
Customers Talk About Their Loyalty on New Web Site Page

BEDMINSTER, N., Verizon Wireless, owner and
operator of the nation's most reliable wireless network, is continuing its
leadership in customer loyalty - posting the lowest customer turnover rate
among major wireless carriers and adding testimonials from satisfied customers
to its Customer Satisfaction Web site.verizonwireless.
(Logo: http: //www. The results of the latest survey are compared with
results from surveys in 2000 and 2001 providing a longitudinal perspective on
the changes in the entertainment and recreational products market.

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Rogers Communications will be presenting at the
conference on Friday, September 23rd at 10:00 am (ET) and Rogers Wireless will
be participating in a panel discussion at 11:10 am (ET).com/webcast . is Canada's
largest cable television provider offering cable television, high-speed
Internet access, voice-over-cable telephony services, and video retailing; and
Rogers Media Inc.), a national provider of voice and data communications services. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZand LSE: VOD). But for everything else, such as prerecorded media, toys,
dolls and games, photography equipment and supplies, pet accessories , TV,
radios, DVD and VCR players and craft supplies, consumers shop mass merchants
and discount department stores first."

'Fantasy Fred' and 'Frugal Francine' are most affluent

This study identified five psychographic market segments distinguished by
different emotional needs for entertainment.

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Posting a 1.2%
Carrier C 2. The company has regularly invested more than $4 billion nationally
each year since its inception - and more than $8 billion in the last 18 months
- to expand and upgrade the nation's most reliable wireless network .

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 47.
This research study will help retailers and marketers to gain new insights
into shoppers' desire for entertainment and recreation goods. consumers, books, magazines and
newsletters (purchased by 74 percent of shoppers in the past year),
prerecorded media (62 percent), and toys, dolls and games (50 percent) were
the most widely purchased categories among a total of 11 entertainment and
recreational products.
Total consumer spending on these purchases was $1,834 on average.
"These three segments make up two-thirds of the total entertainment
product consumer market and represent the best prospects for marketers in the
future.

About the insights contained in the Entertainment and Recreational
Products Report 2005
The consumer insights study, Entertainment and Recreational Products
Report, 2005: Who Buys Entertainment + Recreation Products -- What They
Buy -- Why They Buy (135 pages), provides details of a telephone survey among
1,000 category buyers.

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TORONTO, Sept.

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In Highly Competitive Market Customers Loyal To Verizon Wireless

But Alex's lower income and younger age
means he spends a significant amount of his disposable income in the category.com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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is Canada's premier collection of category leading media
assets with businesses in radio and television broadcasting, televised
shopping, publishing and sports entertainment. To preview and request broadcast-quality video
footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to
the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.

For more information visit
http://www.

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com.com/multimedia. DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Who Buys Entertainment +
Recreation Products -- What They Buy -- Why They Buy to their offering.researchandmarkets.

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Rogers to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conferences

19 - Rogers Communications Inc.
For each product category, the report includes consumer purchase incidence,
the stores where consumers shop for these goods, how much they spend, key
demographics and purchase drivers for the category. households and their purchase of
entertainment and recreational products, this study examines shopper behavior,
motivation and psychology for entertainment.

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9 million customers, the largest quarterly customer increase in the history
of the wireless industry.verizonwireless .4 million voice and data customers.
'Entertainment Alex' is the most active buyer of entertainment media and
spends the most in the category.

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2%
Carrier A 1. The Web page
entitled, "In Our Customers' Own Words," features excerpts from customer
letters sent to Verizon Wireless to share positive experiences with the
company and praise company service representatives at Communications Stores
and call centers who resolved issues and answered questions quickly and
accurately.com/b2c/aboutUs/customersatisfaction/customerwords.verizonwireless.S.

Typical American spends almost $2,000 on entertainment goods

In the latest survey among 1,000 U.

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J .com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
This new report, Entertainment and Recreational Products Report, 2005
Update, provides market size and growth statistics from 2000 to 2004, as well
as overview of the retail market for 11 categories of entertainment products.
This report will put you on the forefront of the new leisure age with the
latest research on consumers' entertainment and recreational product choices.

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According to
the most recent earnings announcements issued by the nation's largest wireless
carriers, churn rates were as follows:

Carrier Q2 2005 Churn Rate

Verizon Wireless 1. Based upon
quantitative survey of 1,000 U. This
consumer, a highly educated, married baby-boomer with a $75k plus income , uses
entertainment to expand his mind through new ideas and to express different
aspects of his personality.
'Frugal Francine' finds entertainment in shopping for bargains, and is more
involved in buying entertainment media than using it. The study
provides industry sales and growth estimates for 11 entertainment and
recreational product categories and details of consumer purchase incidence ,
spending, and where they shop for each product category:

-- Audio equipment and stereo systems;
-- Books, magazines and newsletters;
-- Computers and software for home use;
-- Craft, sewing, knitting and needlework supplies;
-- Musical instruments;
-- Pet accessories;
-- Photography equipment and supplies;
-- Pre-recorded video , music, DVDs;
-- Sporting goods, exercise equipment and supplies;
-- Toys, games and dolls;
-- TV's, radios, VCRs and DVD players

Also included are profiles of five different segments of entertainment
consumers and the eight key trends that are shaping the market for these
products in the future.