EX-99.1 2 ex991.htm ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2006 RESULTS AND ISSUES FULL YEAR 2007 FINANCIAL AND OPERATING GUIDANCE Rogers Communications Reports Fourth Quarter 2006 Results and Issues Full Year 2007 Financial and Operating Guidance
 
Exhibit 99.1
 


 Rogers Communications Reports Fourth Quarter 2006 Results and Issues Full Year 2007
Financial and Operating Guidance

Consolidated Revenue Grows 14.4% to $2.4 Billion and Consolidated Operating Profit
Increases 46.3% to $752 Million in the Quarter;

Wireless Postpaid ARPU Grows 6.1% and Postpaid Churn Falls to 1.24% in the Quarter, Cable
and Telecom Residential and Business Local Telephony Lines Reach 920,500, and Solid
Growth in Cable and High-Speed Internet Subscribers Continues;

Two-For-One Stock Split and 113% Dividend Increase Implemented


TORONTO (February 15, 2007) - Rogers Communications Inc. today announced its consolidated financial and operating results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006. 

Financial highlights are as follows: 
           
   
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
Operating revenue (1)
 
$
2,370
 
$
2,071
   
14.4
 
$
8,838
 
$
7,334
   
20.5
 
Operating profit (2)
   
752
   
514
   
46.3
   
2,875
   
2,144
   
34.1
 
Net income (loss)
   
176
   
(67
)
 
n/m
   
622
   
(45
)
 
n/m
 
Net income (loss) per share (3) :
                                     
    Basic
 
$
0.28
 
$
(0.11
)
 
n/m
 
$
0.99
 
$
(0.08
)
 
n/m
 
    Diluted
   
0.27
   
(0.11
)
 
n/m
   
0.97
   
(0.08
)
 
n/m
 
                                       
 
 
(1)
Certain current and prior year amounts related to equipment sales and cost of equipment sales have been reclassified. See the “Reclassification of Wireless Equipment Sales and Cost of Sales” section for further details.
 
(2)
Operating profit should not be considered as a substitute or alternative for operating income or net income, in each case determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). See the “Reconciliation of Operating Profit to Net Income (Loss) for the Period” section for a reconciliation of operating profit to operating income and net income under GAAP and the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” section.
 
(3)
Prior period per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a two-for-one split of the Company’s Class A Voting and Class B Non-Voting shares on December 29, 2006.

Highlights of the fourth quarter of 2006 include the following: 
 
    Operating revenue increased 14.4% for the quarter, with all of our operating units contributing to the growth, while quarterly operating profit grew 46.3% year-over-year, driven by growth in all operating units.
 
    Strong subscriber growth continued at Wireless, with quarterly net postpaid additions of 189,300 and net prepaid additions of 55,200.
 
    Wireless postpaid subscriber monthly churn was 1.24%, the lowest in Wireless’ history, versus 1.57% in the fourth quarter of 2005. Postpaid monthly ARPU (average revenue per user) increased 6.1% from the fourth quarter of 2005 to $69.04, helped by a 41.6% increase in wireless data revenue.
 
Successfully launched our High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (“HSDPA”) network in the Golden Horseshoe markets of Ontario. This next generation broadband wireless technology, which Wireless continues to deploy across other major markets, is the fastest mobile wireless data service available in Canada.
 
    Added 95,100 cable telephony residential subscriber lines (of which 13,100 were migrations from the circuit-switched platform) to end the quarter with 365,900 residential voice-over-cable
 

 
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telephony subscriber lines. The combined number of local telephony lines on both the cable telephony and circuit-switched platforms of Rogers Home Phone and Rogers Business Solutions reached 920,500.
 
    Drove basic cable subscriber gains of 10,700 versus an increase of approximately 8,000 in the fourth quarter of 2005. Digital cable households increased by 69,600 in the quarter to reach a total of 1,134,000, while residential high-speed Internet subscribers grew by 44,800 in the quarter to a total of 1,291,000. 
 
Concluded the final phase of a multi-staged transaction to acquire certain of the CLEC assets of Group Telecom/360Networks from Bell Canada, including approximately 3,400 route kilometres of multi-stranded local and regional fibre; voice and data switching infrastructure; and co-location, point-of-presence and hub sites in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
 
Gained CRTC approval for Media to acquire five Alberta Radio stations. The acquisition closed January 1, 2007 and brought the total number of radio stations owned by Rogers to 51.
 
Announced and implemented a two-for-one split of our Class A Voting and Class B Non-Voting shares during the quarter, with the additional shares having been distributed to shareholders beginning January 5, 2007.
 
Cable made significant investments during the quarter on network enhancements, customer premise equipment, and scaleable infrastructure related to network capacity increases in order to accommodate future demand for cable, Internet and telephony products.
 
Announced a 113% increase in our annual dividend from C$0.075 to C$0.16 per share (on a post-split basis) during the quarter, and also modified our dividend distribution policy from a semi-annual to a quarterly basis. The first quarterly dividend at the increased rate was paid on January 2, 2007 to shareholders of record on December 20, 2006.
 
“I am pleased with the solid financial and operating results Rogers generated in 2006 and thankful to our many dedicated employees for their hard work during the year,” said Ted Rogers, President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. “We are fortunate to see continued healthy demand in the markets we serve and excellent responses from customers for our innovative wireless, cable, high-speed Internet and telephony products. As 2007 unfolds, our focus remains steadfastly on delivering profitable growth through innovation and disciplined execution.”
 
This earnings release should be read in conjunction with our 2005 Annual MD&A and our 2005 Annual Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, as well as our 2006 quarterly interim financial and other recent securities filings available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. As this earnings release includes forward-looking statements and assumptions, readers should carefully review the sections of this release entitled ‘Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements, Risks and Assumptions’.
 
In this release, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, and “the Company” refer to Rogers Communications Inc. and our subsidiaries, which are reported in the following three segments:
 
 
“Wireless”, which refers to our wholly owned subsidiary Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Rogers Wireless Inc. (“RWI”) and its subsidiaries;
 
 
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“Cable and Telecom”, which refers to our wholly owned subsidiary Rogers Cable Inc. and its subsidiaries; and
 
 
“Media”, which refers to our wholly owned subsidiary Rogers Media Inc. and its subsidiaries including Rogers Broadcasting, which owns Rogers Sportsnet, 51 radio stations, OMNI television and The Shopping Channel, Rogers Publishing and Rogers Sports Entertainment, which owns the Toronto Blue Jays and the Rogers Centre. In addition, Media holds ownership interests in entities involved in specialty TV content, TV production and broadcast sales.
 
“RCI” refers to the legal entity Rogers Communications Inc. excluding our subsidiaries.
 
Throughout this release, all amounts appear in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated, and percentage changes are calculated using numbers rounded to the decimal to which they appear. Prior period share and per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a two-for-one split of our common stock in December 2006.
 
 
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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS (Unaudited)
           
   
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
Operating revenue
                                     
Wireless (1)
 
$
1,257
 
$
1,050
   
19.7
 
$
4,580
 
$
3,860
   
18.7
 
Cable and Telecom
                                     
Cable and Internet
   
505
   
453
   
11.5
   
1,944
   
1,735
   
12.0
 
Rogers Home Phone
   
99
   
75
   
32.0
   
355
   
150
   
136.7
 
Rogers Business Solutions
   
155
   
143
   
8.4
   
596
   
284
   
109.9
 
Rogers Retail
   
84
   
91
   
(7.7
)
 
310
   
327
   
(5.2
)
Corporate items and eliminations
   
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
-
   
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
-
 
     
842
   
761
   
10.6
   
3,201
   
2,492
   
28.5
 
Media
   
317
   
300
   
5 .7
   
1,210
   
1,097
   
10.3
 
Corporate items and eliminations
   
(46
)
 
(40
)
 
15.0
   
(153
)
 
(115
)
 
33.0
 
Total
   
2,370
   
2,071
   
14.4
   
8 ,838
   
7,334
   
20.5
 
Operating expenses, including integration and Rogers Retail store closure expenses
                                     
Wireless (1)
   
740
   
758
   
(2.4
)
 
2,611
   
2,523
   
3.5
 
Cable and Telecom
                                     
Cable and Internet
   
287
   
256
   
12.1
   
1,111
   
1,012
   
9.8
 
Rogers Home Phone
   
96
   
70
   
37.1
   
345
   
141
   
144.7
 
Rogers Business Solutions
   
143
   
128
   
11.7
   
547
   
264
   
107.2
 
Rogers Retail
   
83
   
88
   
(5.7
)
 
303
   
309
   
(1.9
)
Integration costs
   
3
   
3
   
-
   
9
   
5
   
80.0
 
Corporate items and eliminations
   
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
-
   
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
-
 
     
611
   
544
   
12.3
   
2,311
   
1,727
   
33.8
 
Media
   
270
   
261
   
3.4
   
1,059
   
969
   
9.3
 
Corporate items and eliminations
   
(3
)
 
(6
)
 
(50.0
)
 
(18
)
 
(29
)
 
(37.9
)
Total
   
1,618
   
1,557
   
3.9
   
5,963
   
5,190
   
14.9
 
Operating profit, after integration and Rogers Retail store closure expenses (2)
                                     
Wireless (3)
   
517
   
292
   
77.1
   
1,969
   
1,337
   
47.3
 
Cable and Telecom
                                     
Cable and Internet
   
218
   
197
   
10.7
   
833
   
723
   
15.2
 
Rogers Home Phone
   
3
   
5
   
(40.0
)
 
10
   
9
   
11.1
 
Rogers Business Solutions
   
12
   
15
   
(20.0
)
 
49
   
20
   
145.0
 
Rogers Retail
   
1
   
3
   
(66.7
)
 
7
   
18
   
(61.1
)
Integration costs
   
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
-
   
(9
)
 
(5
)
 
80.0
 
     
231
   
217
   
6 .5
   
890
   
765
   
16.3
 
Media
   
47
   
39
   
20.5
   
151
   
128
   
18.0
 
Corporate items and eliminations
   
(43
)
 
(34
)
 
26.5
   
(135
)
 
(86
)
 
57.0
 
Total
   
752
   
514
   
46.3
   
2 ,875
   
2 ,144
   
34.1
 
Other income and expense, net (4)
   
576
   
581
   
(0.9
)
 
2 ,253
   
2 ,189
   
2.9
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
176
 
$
(67
)
 
n/m
 
$
622
 
$
(45
)
 
n/m
 
Net income (loss) per share (5):
                                     
Basic
 
$
0.28
 
$
(0.11
)
 
n/m
 
$
0.99
 
$
(0.08
)
 
n/m
 
Diluted
   
0.27
   
(0.11
)
 
n/m
   
0.97
   
(0.08
)
 
n/m
 
Additions to PP&E (2)
                                     
Wireless
 
$
201
 
$
205
   
(2.0
)
$
684
 
$
585
   
16.9
 
Cable and Telecom
                                     
Cable and Internet
   
188
   
160
   
17.5
   
492
   
515
   
(4.5
)
Rogers Home Phone
   
71
   
33
   
115.2
   
193
   
121
   
59.5
 
Rogers Business Solutions
   
48
   
14
   
n/m
   
98
   
63
   
55.6
 
Rogers Retail
   
6
   
4
   
50.0
   
11
   
15
   
(26.7
)
     
313
   
211
   
48.3
   
794
   
714
   
11.2
 
Media
   
16
   
12
   
33.3
   
48
   
40
   
20.0
 
Corporate (6)
   
24
   
3
   
n/m
   
1 86
   
16
   
n/m
 
Total
 
$
554
 
$
431
   
28.5
 
$
1 ,712
 
$
1,355
   
26.3
 
                                       

(1)    Certain current and prior year amounts related to Wireless equipment sales and cost of equipment sales have been reclassified. See the “Reclassification of Wireless Equipment Sales and Cost of Sales” section for further details.
(2)    As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” section. Operating profit includes integration costs and Rogers Retail store closure expenses of $4 million and $18 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006, respectively, and $32 million and $66 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2005, respectively.
(3)    During the three months ended December 31, 2006, certain accrued liabilities in Wireless were updated for new information, resulting in an increase to operating profit of approximately $19 million. In the three months ended December 31, 2005, Wireless incurred costs of approximately $16 million that were not incurred in the same period of 2006.
(4)    See the “Reconciliation of Operating Profit to Net Income (Loss) for the Period” section for details of these amounts.
(5)    Prior period per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a two-for-one split of the Company’s Class A Voting and Class B Non-voting shares in December 2006.
(6)    Corporate additions to PP&E for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 include $105 million for RCI’s purchase of real estate in Brampton, Ontario. In addition, during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006, RCI’s PP&E improvements related to the Brampton real estate totalled $12 million and $28 million, respectively.
 
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For discussions of the results of operations of each of these segments, refer to the respective segment sections of this release.
 
Reconciliation of Operating Profit to Net Income (Loss) for the Period

The items listed below represent the consolidated income and expense amounts that are required to reconcile operating profit to the net income (loss) for the period as defined under Canadian GAAP. For details of these amounts on a segment-by-segment basis and for an understanding of intersegment eliminations on consolidation, the following section should be read in conjunction with tables in the Supplemental Information section entitled “Segmented Information”.
           
   
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
2006
 
2005 
 
% Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
Operating profit (1)
 
$
752
 
$
514
   
46.3
 
$
2,875
 
$
2,144
   
34.1
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
(395
)
 
(404
)
 
(2.2
)
 
(1,584
)
 
(1,489
)
 
6.4
 
Operating income
   
357
   
110
   
n/m
   
1,291
   
655
   
9 7.1
 
Interest expense on long-term debt
   
(151
)
 
(163
)
 
(7.4
)
 
(620
)
 
(699
)
 
(11.3
)
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
   
(39
)
 
(4
)
 
n/m
   
2
   
35
   
(94.3
)
Change in the fair value of derivative instruments
   
24
   
2
   
n/m
   
(4
)
 
(25
)
 
(84.0
)
Other income (expense), net
   
(2
)
 
(20
)
 
(90.0
)
 
9
   
(9
)
 
n/m
 
Income tax reduction (expense)
   
(13
)
 
8
   
n/m
   
(56
)
 
(2
)
 
n/m
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
176
 
$
(67
)
 
n/m
 
$
622
 
$
(45
)
 
n/m
 
                                       
 
(1)
As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” section.

Operating Income
 
The growth in our consolidated operating income for the three months ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the corresponding period in 2005 resulted from the higher operating profit across all of our operating units. See the section entitled “Operating Unit Review” for a detailed discussion of operating unit results.
 
Interest on Long-Term Debt
 
The reduction in interest expense for the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period in 2005 is primarily due to the decrease in debt as at December 31, 2006, compared to December 31, 2005, of more than $750 million, including the impact of cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements. This decrease in debt was largely the result of the repayment at maturity in February 2006 of RCI’s $75 million 10.50% Senior Notes, the repayment in June 2006 of $160 million of the 10.5% Wireless Senior Secured Notes, Wireless’ July 2006 repayment of a mortgage in the amount of $22 million and aggregate net repayments under our various bank credit facilities.
 
 
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Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss)

During the three months ended December 31, 2006, the Canadian dollar weakened by 5 cents versus the U.S. dollar. This resulted in a foreign exchange loss of $39 million during the three months ended December 31, 2006 primarily related to U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt not hedged for accounting purposes. The corresponding period in 2005 reflected a foreign exchange loss of $4 million related to long-term debt not hedged for accounting purposes given a 0.48 cent weakening of the Canadian dollar in that period.

Change in Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

The change in fair value of derivative instruments in the three months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 was primarily the result of the changes in the Canadian dollar relative to that of the U.S. dollar, as described above, and the resulting change in fair value of our cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements not accounted for as hedges.

Other Income (Expense)
 
Other expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 were primarily associated with losses from investments, net of gains on the sale of investments, write-downs required to reflect other than temporary declines in the values of certain investments, and a loss on repayment of long-term debt.
 
Income Taxes
 
Current income tax expense has historically consisted primarily of the Canadian Federal Large Corporations Tax ("LCT"). Due to the elimination of LCT in 2006, no amount has been expensed in respect of LCT for the three month period ended December 31, 2006. We recorded a current income tax recovery of $7 million in the fourth quarter of 2006 related primarily to the reduction of certain amounts previously accrued for income taxes. We recorded net future income tax expense for the three month period ended December 31, 2006 of $20 million.

Net Income (Loss) and Net Income (Loss) Per Share


 
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2006 PERFORMANCE AGAINST TARGETS AND 2007 GUIDANCE
 
2006 Performance Against Targets
 
The following table sets forth the guidance ranges for selected full year financial and operating metrics that we provided for 2006, as revised during the year, versus the actual results we achieved for the year. As indicated in the table, we either met or exceeded our operating and financial targets in all categories.
               
   
Original 2006 Range
 
Updated from
 
2006
 
(In millions of dollars, except subscribers)
 
(At February 9, 2006)
 
Original Guidance
 
Actual
 
Revenue
                                           
    Wireless (network revenue)
 
$
4,125
 
to
 
$
4,175
 
$
4,125
 
to
 
$
4,300
 
$
4,313
 
    Cable and Telecom
   
3,110
 
to
   
3,185
   
3,110
 
to
   
3,217
   
3,201
 
    Media
   
1,165
 
to
   
1,205
   
1,165
 
to
   
1,205
   
1,210
 
Operating profit (1)
                                           
    Wireless (2)
 
$
1,730
 
to
 
$
1,780
 
$
1,730
 
to
 
$
1,905
 
$
1,997
 
    Cable and Telecom (3)
   
825
 
to
   
860
   
825
 
to
   
877
   
899
 
    Media
   
115
 
to
   
120
   
115
 
to
   
130
   
151
 
PP&E expenditures (4)
                                           
    Wireless
 
$
600
 
to
 
$
650
 
$
600
 
to
 
$
650
 
$
624
 
    Cable and Telecom
   
640
 
to
   
695
   
640
 
to
   
751
   
751
 
Net subscriber additions (000's)
                                           
    Retail wireless postpaid and prepaid
   
525
 
to
   
575
   
525
 
to
   
575
   
610
 
    Basic cable
   
0
 
to
   
10
   
0
 
to
   
10
   
13
 
    Digital households
   
175
 
to
   
225
   
175
 
to
   
225
   
221
 
    High-speed Internet
   
125
 
to
   
175
   
125
 
to
   
175
   
155
 
    Residential cable telephony
   
200
 
to
   
250
   
200
 
to
   
300
   
318
 
Rogers Telecom integration
 
$
50
 
to
 
$
65
 
$
50
 
to
 
$
65
 
$
52
 

(1)    Before Rogers Communications Inc. (“RCI”) corporate expenses and management fees paid to RCI.
(2)    Excludes operating losses related to the Inukshuk fixed wireless initiative and costs associated with the integration of Fido Solutions Inc. (“Fido”).
(3)    Excludes costs associated with the integration of Call-Net Enterprises Inc. (“Call-Net”).
(4)    Does not include Corporate, Inukshuk or Media PP&E expenditures or the PP&E expenditures related to the Call-Net integration.
 
Full Year 2007 Financial and Operating Guidance

The following table outlines our financial and operational guidance for the full year 2007. This information is forward-looking and should be read in conjunction with the sections below entitled ‘Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements, Risks and Assumptions’.
 
 
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2007 Full Year Guidance Ranges

               
            
2006
 
(Millions of dollars, except subscribers)
 
2007 Range
 
Actual
 
Consolidated
                         
    Revenue
 
$
9,700
  to  
$
10,000
 
$
8,838
 
    Operating profit (1)
   
3,250
  to    
3,400
   
2,887
 
    PP&E expenditures (1)
   
1,625
  to    
1,750
   
1,669
 
    Free cash flow (2)
   
800
  to    
1,000
   
543
 
Revenue
                         
    Wireless (network revenue)
 
$
4,900
  to  
$
5,000
 
$
4,313
 
    Cable and Telecom (A)
   
3,615
  to    
3,700
   
3,201
 
    Media (B)
   
1,275
  to    
1,325
   
1,210
 
Operating profit (3)
                         
    Wireless (4)
 
$
2,250
  to  
$
2,350
 
$
1,997
 
    Cable and Telecom (A) (1)
   
935
  to    
975
   
899
 
    Media (B)
   
150
  to    
160
   
151
 
PP&E expenditures
                         
    Wireless (C) (5)
 
$
675
  to  
$
725
 
$
624
 
    Cable and Telecom (A) (1) (6)
   
815
  to    
880
   
751
 
    Media (7)
   
85
  to    
95
   
48
 
Net subscriber additions (000's)
                         
    Retail wireless postpaid and prepaid (8)
   
500
  to    
600
   
610
 
    Residential cable revenue generating units (RGU's) (9)
   
625
  to    
725
   
666
 

                   
(A) Supplementary Cable and Telecom detail:
             
2006
 
Millions of dollars
 
2007 Range
 
Actual
 
Revenue
                         
    Cable, Internet and Home Phone
 
$
2,570
  to  
$
2,600
 
$
2,299
 
    Rogers Business Solutions
   
560
  to    
600
   
596
 
    Rogers Retail
   
485
  to    
500
   
310
 
Operating profit (1)
                         
    Cable, Internet and Home Phone
 
$
925
  to  
$
950
 
$
843
 
    Rogers Business Solutions
   
5
  to    
15
   
49
 
    Rogers Retail
   
5
  to    
10
   
7
 
PP&E expenditures (1)
                         
    Cable, Internet and Home Phone
 
$
665
  to  
$
700
 
$
657
 
    Rogers Business Solutions (6)
   
125
  to    
150
   
83
 
    Rogers Retail
   
25
  to    
30
   
11
 

 
 
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(B) Supplementary Media detail:
             
2006
 
Millions of dollars
 
2007 Range
 
Actual
 
Revenue
                         
    Core Media
 
$
1,095
  to  
$
1,135
 
$
1,034
 
    Sports Entertainment
   
180
  to    
190
   
176
 
Operating profit
                         
    Core Media
 
$
175
  to  
$
190
 
$
167
 
    Sports Entertainment
   
(25
)
to    
(30
)
 
(16
)
 
                   
(C) Supplementary Wireless PP&E expenditures detail:
             
2006
 
Millions of dollars
 
2007 Range
 
Actual
 
    Wireless (excluding HSDPA) (5)
 
$
425
  to  
$
450
 
$
360
 
    HSDPA
   
250
  to    
275
   
264
 
 
(1)
Excludes integration related expenditures.
(2)
Free cash flow is defined as operating profit less PP&E expenditures and interest expense and is not a term defined under Canadian GAAP.
(3)
Before management fees paid to RCI in 2006.
(4)
Excludes operating losses related to the Inukshuk fixed wireless initiative estimated to be $35 million in 2007.
(5)
Excludes PP&E expenditures related to Inukshuk of approximately $25 million in 2007.
(6)
Rogers Business Solutions PP&E excludes integration costs estimated to be $25 million to $30 million in 2007.
(7)
The increase in Media PP&E primarily reflects the relocation and construction of new studio facilities for Rogers SportsNet.
(8)
Wireless subscriber net additions exclude any potential subscriber adjustments associated with the planned TDMA/analog network turndown.
(9)
Residential cable RGU's are comprised of basic cable subscribers, digital cable households, residential high-speed Internet subscribers and residential cable and circuit switched telephony subscribers. Includes approximately 75,000 migrations from the circuit-switched telephony platform to the cable telephony platform.

The 2007 guidance for Wireless, Cable and Telecom, and Media reflect the impact of the following intercompany changes and transactions, which have no impact on consolidated results:

Effective January 2007, the Rogers Video segment of Cable and Telecom acquired the approximately 170 Wireless-owned retail locations. This segment, now known as Rogers Retail, will provide our customers with a single direct retail channel featuring all of our wireless and cable products and services. The combined entity will continue to be a segment of Cable and Telecom. In 2007, this will have the impact of increasing revenue and expenses of Rogers Retail by approximately $175 million.

In late December 2006, Wireless transferred the Rogers Campus (land and buildings) at fair market value to RCI. The Rogers Campus is comprised of the properties at 333 Bloor Street East and One Mount Pleasant Road in Toronto, Ontario. In early January 2007, Wireless, Cable and Telecom, and Media transferred certain land and buildings at fair market value to RCI. As a result of these transfers, it is expected that net rent expense for each of Wireless, Cable and Telecom, and Media will increase in 2007 by approximately $16 million, $6 million, and $3 million, respectively.

Effective December 31, 2006, we terminated the management fee arrangements which had previously been in place between RCI and each of Wireless, Cable and Telecom, and Media. Management fees will no longer be paid by Wireless, Cable and Telecom, or Media to RCI. Such fees paid by the three segments to RCI totaled approximately $93 million in 2006.
 
 
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BASIS OF PRO FORMA INFORMATION

Certain financial and operating data information in this release has been prepared on a pro forma basis as if the acquisition of Call-Net Enterprises Inc. (“Call-Net”), as described in our 2005 Annual MD&A, had occurred on January 1, 2004. Such information is based on our historical financial statements, the historical financial statements of Call-Net and the accounting for this business combination.

Although we believe this presentation provides certain relevant contextual and comparative information for existing operations, the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial and operating data presented in this document is for illustrative purposes only and does not purport to represent what the results of operations actually would have been if the acquisition of Call-Net had occurred on January 1, 2004, nor does it purport to project the results of operations for any future period.

This pro forma information reflects, among other things, adjustments to Call-Net’s historically reported financial information to conform to our accounting policies and the impacts of purchase accounting. The pro forma adjustments are based upon certain estimates and assumptions that we believe are reasonable. Accounting policies used in the preparation of these statements are those disclosed in our 2005 Annual Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto.

Certain tables in the “Cable and Telecom” section present selected unaudited pro forma information.

OPERATING UNIT REVIEW

WIRELESS

Reclassification of Wireless Equipment Sales and Cost of Sales

During 2006, the Company determined that certain transactions related to the sale of wireless equipment were historically recorded as cost of equipment sales rather than as a reduction of equipment revenue. The Company determined these should be reflected as a reduction of equipment revenue and has reclassified current and prior year figures to reflect this accounting, resulting in a $61 million and $206 million reduction in both equipment revenue and cost of equipment sales in the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006, respectively. This also resulted in a $48 million and $147 million reduction in both equipment revenue and cost of equipment sales in the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2005, respectively. As a result of this reclassification, there was no change to previously reported net income (loss) or operating income. Also, there is no impact on reported cash flow, the balance sheet, or any Wireless key performance indicators, including network revenue, ARPU, cost of acquisition, average monthly operating expense per user or operating profit margin as a percentage of network revenue.

Included in the supplemental information section is a schedule which presents reclassified Wireless results for each quarter of 2005 and 2006 conformed to the current presentation. See “Wireless 2006 and 2005 Quarterly Summary.”
 
 
 
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Wireless Financial Results
           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars, except margin)
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
Operating revenue
                                     
    Postpaid
 
$
1,095
 
$
917
   
19.4
 
$
4,084
 
$
3,384
   
20.7
 
    Prepaid
   
61
   
53
   
15.1
   
214
   
210
   
1.9
 
    One-way messaging
   
4
   
5
   
(20.0
)
 
15
   
20
   
(25.0
)
    Network revenue
   
1,160
   
975
   
19.0
   
4,313
   
3,614
   
19.3
 
    Equipment sales (1)
   
97
   
75
   
29.3
   
267
   
246
   
8.5
 
Total operating revenue
   
1,257
   
1,050
   
19.7
   
4,580
   
3,860
   
18.7
 
Operating expenses
                                     
    Cost of equipment sales (1)
 
$
189
 
$
195
   
(3.1
)
$
628
 
$
625
   
0.5
 
    Sales and marketing expenses
   
186
   
194
   
(4.1
)
 
604
   
604
   
-
 
    Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
365
   
344
   
6.1
   
1,376
   
1,240
   
11.0
 
    Integration expenses (2)
   
-
   
25
   
n/m
   
3
   
54
   
(94.4
)
Total operating expenses
   
740
   
758
   
(2.4
)
 
2,611
   
2,523
   
3.5
 
Operating profit (3)(4)(5)
 
$
517
 
$
292
   
77.1
 
$
1,969
 
$
1,337
   
47.3
 
Operating profit margin as % of network revenue (5)
   
44.6
%
 
30.0
%
       
45.7
%
 
37.0
%
     
Additions to property, plant and equipment ("PP&E") (5)
 
$
201
 
$
205
   
(2.0
)
$
684
 
$
585
   
16.9
 
 
(1)
Certain current and prior year amounts related to equipment sales and cost of equipment sales have been reclassified. See the “Reclassification of Wireless Equipment Sales and Cost of Sales” section.
(2)
Expenses incurred relate to the integration of the operations of Fido.
(3)  During the three months ended December 31, 2006, certain accrued liabilities in Wireless were updated for new information, resulting in an increase to operating profit of approximately $19 million. In the three months ended December 31, 2005, Wireless incurred costs of approximately $16 million that were not incurred in the same period of 2006.
(4)
Operating profit includes a loss of $10 million and $25 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006, respectively and $1 million and $5 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2005, respectively, related to the Inukshuk fixed wireless initiative.
(5)  As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” section.

           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
(Subscriber statistics in thousands, except ARPU, churn and usage)
 
2006
 
2005
 
Chg
 
% Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
Chg
 
% Chg
 
Postpaid
                                                 
    Gross additions
   
384.5
   
422.3
   
(37.8
)
 
(8.9
)
 
1,375.2
   
1,453.5
   
(78.3
)
 
(5.4
)
    Net additions
   
189.3
   
202.6
   
(13.3
)
 
(6.6
)
 
580.1
   
603.1
   
(23.0
)
 
(3.8
)
    Total postpaid retail subscribers
                           
5,398.3
   
4,818.2
   
580.1
   
12.0
 
    Average monthly revenue per user ("ARPU")(1)
 
$
69.04
 
$
65.05
 
$
3.99
   
6.1
 
$
67.27
 
$
63.56
 
$
3.71
   
5.8
 
    Average monthly usage (minutes)
   
556
   
536
   
20
   
3.7
   
545
   
503
   
42
   
8.3
 
    Monthly churn
   
1.24
%
 
1.57
%
 
(0.33
%)
 
(21.0
)
 
1.32
%
 
1.61
%
 
(0.29
%)
 
(18.0
)
Prepaid
                                                 
    Gross additions
   
181.1
   
160.3
   
20.8
   
13.0
   
615.4
   
576.5
   
38.9
   
6.7
 
    Net additions (2)
   
55.2
   
13.7
   
41.5
   
n/m
   
30.2
   
15.7
   
14.5
   
92.4
 
    Total prepaid retail subscribers
                           
1,380.0
   
1,349.8
   
30.2
   
2.2
 
    ARPU(1)
 
$
15.15
 
$
13.30
 
$
1.85
   
13.9
 
$
13.49
 
$
13.20
 
$
0.29
   
2.2
 
    Monthly churn(2)
   
3.14
%
 
3.68
%
 
(0.54
%)
 
(14.7
)
 
3.70
%
 
3.54
%
 
0.16
%
 
4.5
 

(1)  As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” section.
(2)
Effective November 9, 2004, the deactivation of prepaid subscribers acquired from Fido is recognized after 180 days of no usage to conform to the Wireless prepaid churn definition. This had the impact of decreasing prepaid subscriber net losses by approximately 12,000 in the twelve months ended December 31, 2005 and reducing prepaid churn by 0.10% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005. There was no impact in the three months ended December 31, 2005 or any period in 2006.
 
Wireless Network Revenue

The increase in network revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the prior year period was driven by the continued growth of Wireless’ postpaid subscriber base and improvements in postpaid average monthly revenue per user (“ARPU”). The year-over-year
 
 
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increase in postpaid ARPU in the fourth quarter of 2006 reflects the combination of higher data revenues, as well as continued growth in optional voice services, long distance and roaming revenue.

Our success in the continued reduction in postpaid churn largely reflects proactive and targeted customer retention activities, including a continued trend towards having a greater portion of our subscriber base on longer term contracts, as well as the increased network density and coverage quality resulting from the completion of the integration of the Fido GSM network in mid-2005. We continue to have an opportunity for improvement in the area of prepaid churn. The decrease in prepaid churn in the fourth quarter of 2006 was largely due to increased retention efforts.

During the three months ended December 31, 2006, wireless data revenue increased by 41.6% over the corresponding period in 2005 and totalled $130 million. This increase in data revenue reflects the continued rapid growth of text and multimedia messaging services, wireless Internet access, BlackBerry devices, downloadable ring tones, music and games, and other wireless data services and applications. For the fourth quarter of 2006, data revenue represented 11.2% of total network revenue compared to 9.4% in the corresponding period last year.

Wireless Equipment Sales

The year-over-year increase in revenue from equipment sales, including activation fees and net of equipment subsidies, reflects the increased volume of handset upgrades associated with subscriber retention programs combined with the generally higher prices of handsets and devices.

Wireless Operating Expenses

           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars, except per subscriber statistics)
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
Operating expenses
                                     
    Cost of equipment sales (1)
 
$
189
 
$
195
   
(3.1
)
$
628
 
$
6 25
   
0 .5
 
    Sales and marketing expenses
   
186
   
194
   
(4.1
)
 
604
   
604
   
-
 
    Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
365
   
344
   
6 .1
   
1,376
   
1,240
   
11.0
 
    Integration expenses (2)
   
-
   
25
   
n/m
   
3
   
54
   
(94.4
)
Total operating expenses
 
$
740
 
$
758
   
(2.4
)
$
2,611
 
$
2,523
   
3.5
 
Average monthly operating expense per subscriber before sales and marketing expenses (3)
 
$
19.70
 
$
23.26
   
(15.3
)
$
19.69
 
$
20.78
   
(5.2
)
Sales and marketing costs per gross subscriber addition(3)
 
$
427
 
$
425
   
0 .5
 
$
399
 
$
388
   
2 .8
 
 
(1)
Certain current and prior year amounts related to equipment sales and cost of equipment sales have been reclassified. See the “Reclassification of Wireless Equipment Sales and Cost of Sales” section.
(2)  Expenses incurred related to the integration of the operations of Fido.
(3)  As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicator and Non-GAAP Measures” section. As calculated in the “Supplementary Information” section.

Cost of equipment sales remained relatively unchanged for the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period of the prior year.

Sales and marketing expenses in the three months ended December 31, 2006 were slightly lower than the corresponding period in 2005 as Wireless’ gross subscriber additions declined. Sales
 
 
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and marketing costs per gross subscriber addition were relatively unchanged in the three months ended December 31, 2006 at $427 compared to $425 in 2005.

The increased operating, general and administrative expenses were primarily due to the increases in retention spending and costs to support data and roaming services, partially offset by savings related to operating and scale efficiencies across various functions.
 
Retention spending has increased due to higher volumes of handset upgrades compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. Retention spending, on both an absolute and a per subscriber basis, is expected to grow as wireless market penetration in Canada deepens and wireless number portability (“WNP”) becomes available in March 2007. (See the section entitled “Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements, Risks and Assumptions” below.)

The decrease in average monthly operating expense per subscriber, excluding sales and marketing expenses, is primarily due to operating and scale efficiencies across various functions.

Wireless Operating Profit

The strong year-over-year growth in operating profit was largely the result of the growth in network revenue and the impact of certain changes in estimates related to accrued liabilities made in the fourth quarter of 2006 as well as costs incurred in the fourth quarter of 2005 that were not incurred in the same period of 2006, as previously noted. As a result, Wireless’ operating profit margins, as a percentage of network revenue, increased to 44.6% for the three months ended December 31, 2006, compared to 30.0% in the corresponding period of the prior year.

The operating loss related to the fixed wireless initiative, which includes the Inukshuk joint venture and Wireless’ internal spending on the initiative, is included in Wireless’ operating profit. During the three months ended December 31, 2006, the fixed wireless initiative recorded an operating loss of $10 million, compared to an operating loss of $1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2005.

Wireless Additions to Property, Plant and Equipment

Wireless additions to property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) are classified into the following categories:
           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
Additions to PP&E
                                     
    Network - capacity
 
$
14
 
$
82
   
(82.9
)
$
159
 
$
286
   
(44.4
)
    Network - other
   
42
   
54
   
(22.2
)
 
89
   
117
   
(23.9
)
    HSDPA
   
82
   
-
   
n/m
   
264
   
-
   
n/m
 
    Inukshuk
   
13
   
-
   
n/m
   
60
   
-
   
n/m
 
      Information technology and other
   
50
   
38
   
31.6
   
112
   
90
   
24.4
 
    Integration of Fido
   
-
   
31
   
n/m
   
-
   
92
   
n/m
 
Total additions to PP&E
 
$
201
 
$
205
   
(2.0
)
$
684
 
$
585
   
16.9
 
 
 
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The $201 million of additions to PP&E for the three months ended December 31, 2006 reflects spending on non-capacity network and technology enhancements, as well as spending on the deployment of our next generation HSDPA network.
 
Recent Wireless Development

In January 2007, we announced that Wireless will turn down its TDMA and analog networks effective May 31, 2007. We are offering to migrate the remaining customers on these older networks to our more advanced GSM network to enable these customers to take advantage of the superior coverage and signal quality.
 
CABLE AND TELECOM

Cable and Telecom Financial and Operating Results
 
           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
       
2005
 
% Chg
     
2005
         
   
2006
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
2006
 
Actual
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
(In millions of dollars, except margin)
 
Actual
 
Reclassified (4)
 
Reclassified(4)
 
Actual
 
Reclassified (4)
 
Pro Forma (5)
 
Pro Forma (5)
 
Operating revenue
                                           
    Cable
 
$
367
 
$
336
   
9.2
 
$
1,421
 
$
1,299
 
$
1,299
   
9.4
 
    Internet
   
138
   
117
   
17.9
   
523
   
436
   
441
   
18.6
 
    Rogers Home Phone
   
99
   
75
   
32.0
   
355
   
150
   
300
   
18.3
 
    Rogers Business Solutions
   
155
   
143
   
8.4
   
596
   
284
   
562
   
6.0
 
    Rogers Retail
   
84
   
91
   
(7.7
)
 
310
   
327
   
327
   
(5.2
)
    Intercompany eliminations
   
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
-
   
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
-
 
Total operating revenue
   
842
   
761
   
10.6
   
3,201
   
2 ,492
   
2,925
   
9.4
 
Operating expenses
                                           
    Cable and Internet
   
287
   
256
   
12.1
   
1,111
   
1,012
   
1,015
   
9.5
 
    Rogers Home Phone
   
96
   
70
   
37.1
   
345
   
141
   
263
   
31.2
 
    Rogers Business Solutions
   
143
   
128
   
11.7
   
547
   
264
   
508
   
7.7
 
    Rogers Retail (1)
   
83
   
88
   
(5.7
)
 
303
   
309
   
309
   
(1.9
)
    Integration costs (2)
   
3
   
3
   
-
   
9
   
5
   
19
   
(52.6
)
    Intercompany eliminations
   
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
-
   
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
-
 
Total operating expense
   
611
   
544
   
12.3
   
2,311
   
1 ,727
   
2,110
   
9.5
 
Operating profit (loss) (3)
                                           
    Cable and Internet
   
218
   
197
   
10.7
   
833
   
723
   
725
   
14.9
 
    Rogers Home Phone
   
3
   
5
   
(40.0
)
 
10
   
9
   
37
   
(73.0
)
    Rogers Business Solutions
   
12
   
15
   
(20.0
)
 
49
   
20
   
54
   
(9.3
)
    Rogers Retail (1)
   
1
   
3
   
(66.7
)
 
7
   
18
   
18
   
(61.1
)
    Integration costs (2)
   
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
-
   
(9
)
 
(5
)
 
(19
)
 
(52.6
)
Total operating profit
 
$
231
 
$
217
   
6.5
 
$
890
 
$
765
 
$
815
   
9.2
 
Operating profit margin (3)
                                           
    Cable and Internet
   
43.2
%
 
43.5
%
       
42.8
%
 
41.7
%
 
41.7
%
     
    Rogers Home Phone
   
3.0
%
 
6.7
%
       
2.8
%
 
6.0
%
 
12.3
%
     
    Rogers Business Solutions
   
7.7
%
 
10.5
%
       
8.2
%
 
7.0
%
 
9.6
%
     
    Rogers Retail
   
1.2
%
 
3.3
%
       
2.3
%
 
5.5
%
 
5.5
%
     
Additions to PP&E (3)
                                           
    Cable and Internet
 
$
188
 
$
160
   
17.5
 
$
492
 
$
515
 
$
515
   
(4.5
)
    Rogers Home Phone
   
71
   
33
   
115.2
   
193
   
121
   
127
   
52.0
 
    Rogers Business Solutions
   
48
   
14
   
n/m
   
98
   
63
   
85
   
15.3
 
    Rogers Retail
   
6
   
4
   
50.0
   
11
   
15
   
15
   
(26.7
)
Total additions to PP&E
 
$
313
 
$
211
   
48.3
 
$
794
 
$
714
 
$
742
   
7.0
 
                                             

(1)    Rogers Retail operating expenses for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006 include a charge of $1 million and $6 million, respectively, related to the closure of 21 stores in the first quarter of 2006.
(2)    Integration costs incurred relate to the integration of the operations of Call-Net.
(3)    As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” and “Supplementary Information” sections.
(4)    Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
(5)    See the “Basis of Pro Forma Information” section for a discussion of considerations in the preparation of this pro forma information.

 
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Total operating revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2006 increased $81 million or 10.6%, from the corresponding period in 2005, and total operating profit for the three months ended December 31, 2006 increased $14 million, or 6.5% from the corresponding period of the prior year, to $231 million. See the following business unit discussions for a detailed discussion of operating results.

CABLE AND INTERNET

Cable and Internet Financial and Operating Results
           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
       
2005
 
% Chg
     
2005
 
% Chg
 
   
2006
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
2006
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
(In millions of dollars, except margin)
 
Actual
 
Reclassified (2)
 
R eclassified (2)
 
Actual
 
Reclassified (2)
 
R eclassified (2)
 
Operating revenue
                                     
    Cable
 
$
367
 
$
336
   
9.2
 
$
1,421
 
$
1,299
   
9.4
 
    Internet
   
138
   
117
   
17.9
   
523
   
436
   
20.0
 
Total
   
505
   
453
   
11.5
   
1,944
   
1,735
   
12.0
 
Operating expenses
                                     
    Sales and marketing expenses
   
27
   
27
   
-
   
123
   
123
   
-
 
    Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
260
   
229
   
13.5
   
988
   
889
   
11.1
 
Total
   
287
   
256
   
12.1
   
1,111
   
1,012
   
9.8
 
Operating profit (1)
 
$
218
 
$
197
   
10.7
 
$
833
 
$
723
   
15.2
 
Operating profit margin (1)
   
43.2
%
 
43.5
%
       
42.8
%
 
41.7
%
     
                                       
 
(1)    As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” and “Supplementary Information” sections.
(2)    Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.

           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
     
2006
 
2005
     
(Subscriber statistics in thousands, except ARPU)
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
Change
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
Change
 
Cable homes passed
                     
3,480.8
   
3,387.5
   
93.3
 
Basic cable, net gain (1)
   
10.7
   
8.0
   
2.7
   
13.3
   
9.2
   
4.1
 
Basic cable subscribers
                     
2,277.1
   
2,263.8
   
13.3
 
Core cable ARPU (2)
 
$
53.83
 
$
49.54
 
$
4.29
 
$
52.37
 
$
48.09
 
$
4.28
 
Residential high-speed Internet, net additions (1)
   
44.8
   
59.9
   
(15.1
)
 
154.8
   
205.0
   
(50.2
)
Residential high-speed Internet subscribers (3)
                     
1,291.0
   
1,136.2
   
154.8
 
Internet ARPU (1) (2)
 
$
35.82
 
$
34.48
 
$
1.34
 
$
36.02
 
$
35.04
 
$
0.98
 
Digital households, net additions (1)
   
69.6
   
73.2
   
(3.6
)
 
220.7
   
237.8
   
(17.1
)
Digital households
                     
1,134.0
   
913.3
   
220.7
 
 
(1)    Effective August 2005, voluntarily deactivating cable and Internet subscribers are required to continue service for 30 days from the date termination is requested. This continued service period, which is consistent with the subscriber agreement terms and conditions, had the impact of decreasing basic cable, Internet and digital household subscriber net additions by approximately 7,200, 2,700 and 1,800, respectively, in the three months ended December 31, 2005 and increasing basic cable, Internet and digital household subscriber net additions by approximately 9,500, 5,200 and 3,800, respectively, in the twelve months ended December 31, 2005.
(2)    As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” and “Supplementary Information” sections.
(3)    Residential high-speed Internet subscribers do not include residential ADSL and fixed wireless subscribers. The prior year high-speed Internet subscriber base was reduced by approximately 8,900 to reclassify non-residential customers into the Rogers Business Solutions segment.

 
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Cable Revenue

The increase in Cable revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2006 reflects price increases implemented in early 2006, the growth in basic subscribers and the growing penetration of our digital products. The price increases on service offerings effective March 2006 contributed to the cable revenue growth by approximately $15 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006. The remaining increase in revenue of $16 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006 is related mainly to the impact of the growth in basic and digital subscribers.

The basic subscriber base of nearly 2.3 million increased by 10,700 in the three months ended December 31, 2006. The digital subscriber base grew by 24.2% between December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006 to over 1.1 million households. This represents a 49.8% penetration of basic cable customers. The demand for our high-definition and personal video recorder digital equipment were contributors to the growth in our digital subscriber base of 69,600 households in the three months ended December 31, 2006.

Internet (Residential) Revenue

The increases in Internet revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2006 from the corresponding period in 2005 reflects primarily the 13.6% year-over-year increase in the number of Internet subscribers and certain price increases for our Internet offerings. The price increases on Internet offerings, effective March 2006, contributed to the Internet revenue growth by approximately $6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006. The remaining increase in revenue of $15 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006 is related mainly to the impact of the growth in subscribers.

With the residential high-speed Internet subscriber base now at approximately 1.3 million, Cable has a 37.1% penetration of high-speed Internet service as a percentage of homes passed by its cable networks.

Cable and Internet Operating Expenses and Operating Profit

The fourth quarter marketing expenses were at a level consistent with the corresponding period of the prior year. The increases in operating, general and administrative costs for the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period of the prior year was driven by the substantial increase in digital cable and Internet penetration resulting in higher costs associated with programming content, engineering and network operations, customer care, technical service and administration associated with the support of the larger subscriber bases.

The Cable and Internet operating profit for the three months ended December 31, 2006 increased from the corresponding period in 2005 reflecting the growth in revenue and relatively consistent operating profit margin percentages.
 
 
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ROGERS HOME PHONE

Rogers Home Phone Financial and Operating Results
           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
       
Actual
 
Actual
             
(In millions of dollars, except margin)
 
Actual
 
Reclassified (3)
 
Reclassified (3)
 
Actual
 
Pro Forma (2)
 
Pro Forma (2)
 
Operating revenue
 
$
99
 
$
75
   
32.0
 
$
355
 
$
300
   
18.3
 
Operating expenses
                                     
    Sales and marketing expenses
   
30
   
13
   
130.8
   
96
   
45
   
113.3
 
    Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
66
   
57
   
15.8
   
249
   
218
   
14.2
 
Total operating expenses
   
96
   
70
   
37.1
   
345
   
263
   
31.2
 
Operating profit (1)
 
$
3
 
$
5
   
(40.0
)
$
10
 
$
37
   
(73.0
)
Operating profit margin (1)
   
3.0
%
 
6.7
%
       
2.8
%
 
12.3
%
     
                                       

(1)    As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” and “Supplementary Information” sections.
(2)    See the “Basis of Pro Forma Information” section for a discussion of considerations in the preparation of this pro forma information.
(3)    Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
 
           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
Chg
 
(Subscriber statistics in thousands)
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
Pro Forma (2)
 
Pro Forma (2)
 
Cable telephony subscriber lines
                                     
    Net additions (1)
   
95.1
   
29.8
   
65.3
   
318.0
   
47.9
   
270.1
 
    Total cable telephony subscriber lines
                     
365.9
   
47.9
   
318.0
 
Circuit-switched subscriber lines
                                     
    Net additions (losses and migrations) (1)
   
(8.4
)
 
26.0
   
(34.4
)
 
(41.2
)
 
79.8
   
(121.0
)
    Total circuit-switched subscriber lines
                     
349.6
   
390.8
   
( 41.2
)
Total residential telephony subscriber lines
                     
715.5
   
438.7
   
276.8
 

(1)    Includes approximately 13,100 and 36,700 migrations from circuit-switched to cable telephony for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006, respectively.
(2)    See the “Basis of Pro Forma Information” section for a discussion of considerations in the preparation of this pro forma information.

Rogers Home Phone Revenue

The growth in Rogers Home Phone revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period in 2005 is mainly a result of incremental revenues from voice-over-cable telephony service of approximately $27 million. This service, which was launched in July 2005, added 95,100 net new subscriber lines in the three month period ended December 31, 2006. Partially offsetting this increase was a decline in the number of circuit-switched local lines of 8,400 for the three months ended December 31, 2006, as a result of the migration of 13,100 lines from the circuit-switched to the cable telephony platform within our cable territory in the period. Circuit-switched revenue decreased by $1 million in the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period of the prior year due to a lower number of lines in the current quarter compared to last year.

Partially offsetting the growth of the Rogers Home Phone local service revenue was a decline of approximately $2 million in long distance revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2006, reflecting ongoing declines in long distance only customers, pricing and usage.
 
 
 
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Rogers Home Phone Operating Expenses and Operating Profit

The significant growth and expansion of both operations and sales and marketing associated with the launch of the cable telephony service and overall increase in subscribers drove the increases in operating expenses of $26 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006.

The year-over-year decreases in both the Rogers Home Phone operating profit and operating profit margins for the three months ended December 31, 2006 primarily reflect the additional costs associated with the scaling and rapid growth of our cable telephony service. Investment is being made in the awareness of the product, customer acquisition and increased capacity to install. 
 
ROGERS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Rogers Business Solutions Financial and Operating Results
 
           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
       
2005
 
% Chg
         
   
2006
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
(In millions of dollars, except margin)
 
Actual
 
Reclassified (3)
 
Reclassified (3)
 
Actual
 
Pro Forma (2)
 
Pro Forma (2)
 
Operating revenue
 
$
155
 
$
143
   
8 .4
 
$
596
 
$
562
   
6.0
 
Operating expenses
                                     
    Sales and marketing expenses
   
19
   
19
   
-
   
70
   
71
   
(1.4
)
    Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
124
   
109
   
13.8
   
477
   
437
   
9.2
 
Total operating expenses
   
143
   
128
   
11.7
   
547
   
508
   
7.7
 
Operating profit (1)
 
$
12
 
$
15
   
(20.0
)
$
49
 
$
54
   
(9.3
)
Operating profit margin (1)
   
7.7
%
 
10.5
%
       
8.2
%
 
9.6
%
     
                                       

(1)    As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” and “Supplementary Information” sections.
(2)    See “Basis of Pro Forma Information” section for discussion of considerations in the preparation of this pro forma information.
(3)    Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
 
 
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Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
Chg
 
(Subscriber statistics in thousands)
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
Pro Forma (1)
 
Pro Forma (1)
 
Local line equivalents (1)
                                     
    Net additions
   
10.6
   
3.3
   
7.3
   
33.4
   
17.5
   
15.9
 
    Total local line equivalents
                     
205.0
   
171.6
   
33.4
 
Broadband data circuits (2)
                                     
    Net additions
   
2.3
   
3.0
   
(0.7
)
 
9.5
   
6.2
   
3.3
 
    Total broadband data circuits
                     
31.0
   
21.5
   
9.5
 

(1)    Local line equivalents include individual voice lines plus Primary Rate Interfaces (“PRIs”) at a factor of 23 voice lines each and includes both wholesale and retail customers.
(2)    Broadband data circuits are those customer locations accessed by data networking technologies including DOCSIS, DSL, E10/100/1000, OC 3 / 12 and DS 1 / 3. The subscriber statistics for prior periods have been restated to include wholesale customers.

Rogers Business Solutions Revenue

The increase in Rogers Business Solutions revenue reflects growth in each of the data, local and long distance components of revenue. During the three months ended December 31, 2006, data revenues grew by $4 million or 8%, local services grew by $3 million or 13% and long distance grew by $5 million or 8% compared to the corresponding period of 2005.

Rogers Business Solutions ended the quarter with 205,000 local line equivalents and 31,000 broadband data circuits in service at December 31, 2006, representing year-over-year growth rates of 19.5% and 44.2%, respectively.

The increase in long distance revenue resulted from an increase in minute volumes of 10% for the three months ended December 31, 2006, all as a result of the intercompany sale of long distance to Wireless. The volume increases were partially offset by the ongoing declines in average revenue per minute, which decreased 2% for the three months ended December 31, 2006.

The increase in local and data revenues was due to the net increase in local line equivalents and broadband data circuits, respectively. Rogers Business Solutions continues to focus on selling local and data products, especially IP-enabled solutions, thereby decreasing its reliance on long distance revenues. The combination of local and data revenue represented 56.1% of total revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2006.

Rogers Business Solutions Operating Expenses and Operating Profit

Carrier charges, which are included in operating, general and administrative expenses, increased by $14 million to $93 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006 and represented 60.0% of revenue in the three months ended December 31, 2006, compared to 55.2% of revenue in the corresponding period of 2005. The net increase in the quarter is the result of product mix changes and market pricing pressures.

Other operating, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2006 remained consistent with the corresponding period of 2005.

Primarily due to the higher carrier charges, Rogers Business Solutions margins decreased to 7.7% for the three months ended December 31, 2006, compared to 10.5% for the corresponding period in 2005.
 
 
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ROGERS RETAIL (Previously Rogers Video)

Rogers Retail Financial Results
           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars, except margin)
 
2006 Actual
 
2005 Actual
 
% Chg
 
2006 Actual
 
2005 Actual
 
% Chg
 
Operating revenue
 
$
84
 
$
91
   
(7.7
)
$
310
 
$
327
   
( 5.2
)
Operating expenses (1)
   
83
   
88
   
(5.7
)
 
303
   
309
   
( 1.9
)
Operating profit (2)
 
$
1
 
$
3
   
(66.7
)
$
7
 
$
18
   
(61.1
)
Operating profit margin (2)
   
1.2
%
 
3.3
%
       
2.3
%
 
5.5
%
     
 
(1)     Operating expenses for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006 include a charge of $1 and $6 million, respectively, related to the closure of 21 stores in the first quarter of 2006.
(2)    As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” and “Supplementary Information” sections.
(3)    During January 2007, the Video store segment of Cable and Telecom acquired the approximately 170 Wireless-owned retail locations. This segment is now referred to as Rogers Retail and will remain a segment of Cable and Telecom.

Rogers Retail Revenue

The decline in revenue at Rogers Retail was primarily due to lower video rental and sales revenue. Initiatives were introduced to increase customers’ spending, which resulted in dollars per transaction increasing 8.4% in the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the same period last year; however, same store customer transactions decreased 6.6% compared to the corresponding period in 2005 due to a decrease in total visits. As a result, same store revenue increased 1.2% for the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period of the prior year. Rogers Retail has recently taken additional steps with respect to its pricing and late-fee structures aimed at reversing the trend of lower same store customer transactions and revenue.

Rogers Retail Operating Expenses and Operating Profit

The decline in Rogers Retail operating profit relates primarily to the decline in revenue and charges of approximately $1 million in the three months ended December 31, 2006 associated with the closing of 21 stores in the first quarter of 2006.
 
CABLE AND TELECOM ADDITIONS TO PP&E

The nature of the cable television business is such that the construction, rebuild and expansion of a cable system are highly capital-intensive. The Cable and Internet segment categorizes its additions to property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) according to a standardized set of reporting categories that were developed and agreed to by the U.S. cable television industry and which facilitate comparisons of additions to PP&E between different cable companies. Under these industry definitions, our Cable and Internet additions to PP&E are classified into the following five categories:

    Customer premises equipment (“CPE”), which includes the equipment for digital set-top terminals, Internet modems and the associated installation costs;
 
 
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Scaleable infrastructure, which includes non-CPE costs to meet business growth and to provide service enhancements, including many of the costs to-date of the cable telephony initiative;
Line extensions, which includes network costs to enter new service areas;
Upgrade and rebuild, which includes the costs to modify or replace existing coaxial cable, fibre-optic network electronics; and
Support capital, which includes the costs associated with the purchase, replacement or enhancement of non-network assets.
 

           
   
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
       
2005
 
% Chg
             
   
2006
 
Actual
 
Actual
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
Actual
 
Reclassified (1)
 
Reclassified
 
Actual
 
Pro Forma (2)
 
Pro Forma (2)
 
Cable and Internet PP&E additions (3)
                                     
    Customer premise equipment
 
$
79
 
$
72
   
9.7
 
$
230
 
$
249
   
(7.6
)
    Scaleable infrastructure
   
47
   
28
   
67.9
   
106
   
119
   
(10.9
)
    Line extensions
   
21
   
19
   
10.5
   
64
   
56
   
14.3
 
    Upgrade and rebuild
   
5
   
2
   
150.0
   
10
   
3
   
n/m
 
    Support capital
   
36
   
39
   
(7.7
)
 
82
   
88
   
(6.8
)
     
188
   
160
   
17.5
   
492
   
515
   
(4.5
)
Rogers Home Phone PP&E additions
   
71
   
33
   
115.2
   
193
   
127
   
52.0
 
Rogers Business Solutions PP&E additions (4)
   
48
   
14
   
n/m
   
98
   
85
   
15.3
 
Rogers Retail PP&E additions
   
6
   
4
   
50.0
   
11
   
15
   
(26.7
)
   
$
313
 
$
211
   
48.3
 
$
794
 
$
742
   
7.0
 
 
(1)    Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.
(2)    See “Basis of Pro Forma Information” section for a discussion of considerations in the preparation of this pro forma information.
(3)    Included in Cable and Internet PP&E additions is integration expenses related to the integration of Call-Net of $6 million and $28 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006, respectively.
(4)    Included in Rogers Business Solutions PP&E additions is integration expenses related to the integration of Call-Net of $4 million and $15 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006, respectively.

The increase in Cable and Internet PP&E additions for the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period in 2005 is primarily attributable to higher spending on scaleable infrastructure related to IP and other network capacity increases due to deferral from prior quarters, as well as higher spending on customer premise equipment related to digital boxes.
 
The increase in additions to Rogers Home Phone PP&E compared to the corresponding period in 2005 are primarily due to capacity on the cable network associated with the year-over-year increase in subscriber additions as well as additional spending on customer premises equipment.

The increase in additions to Rogers Business Solutions PP&E for the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period of the prior year is primarily due to the completion of the final phase of the purchase of the Group Telecom/360Networks assets from Bell Canada, network enhancements, as well as the timing of capital spend. A total of $12 million of assets were purchased from Group Telecom/360Networks in the fourth quarter of 2006, of which $6 million was treated as PP&E, and $6 million was treated as other assets.

SEGMENTED REPORTING OF CABLE AND TELECOM RESULTS

The growing Rogers Home Phone customer base served by the cable telephony platform, coupled with the continued migration of Rogers Home Phone customers from the circuit-switched platform onto our cable telephony platform, results in our Rogers Home Phone service sharing much of the same physical infrastructure, sales, marketing and support resources as other
 
 
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Cable and Internet offerings. This leads to allocations of network and other operating costs between the Cable and Internet and the Rogers Home Phone segments of Cable and Telecom. As such, beginning in 2007, management and reporting of the Cable and Internet and the Rogers Home Phone segments of Cable and Telecom will be combined. We will continue to provide separate statistical information for our Rogers Home Phone subscribers, as we do for our digital cable and Internet subscribers.

MEDIA

Media Operating and Financial Results  
           
   
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
2006
 
2005
 
% Chg
 
Operating revenue
 
$
317
 
$
300
   
5.7
 
$
1,210
 
$
1,097
   
10.3
 
Operating expenses
   
270
   
261
   
3.4
   
1,059
   
969
   
9.3
 
Operating profit (1)
 
$
47
 
$
39
   
20.5
 
$
151
 
$
128
   
18.0
 
Operating profit margin (1)
   
14.8
%
 
13.0
%
       
12.5
%
 
11.7
%
     
Additions to property, plant and equipment (1)
 
$
16
 
$
12
   
33.3
 
$
48
 
$
40
   
20.0
 

(1)    As defined. See the “Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures” section.

Media Revenue

The increases in Media revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2006 over the corresponding period in 2005 primarily reflect growth in the Publishing, Radio, OMNI and The Shopping Channel divisions, partially offset by Sports Entertainment due to the timing of the receipt of Major League Baseball revenue sharing. The increases include higher advertising revenue in Publishing and Radio, and the launch of Hello! and Chocolat magazines. The launch of OMNI Manitoba, and consolidation of the Biography Channel and G4TechTV as a result of increased ownership contributed to the increase in revenue at OMNI. Strong consumer demand contributed to increased revenue at The Shopping Channel.

Media Operating Expenses

The increases in Media operating expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period in 2005 are primarily due to increased costs at Publishing related to the new Chocolat magazine and the Canadian edition of Hello! magazine, increased programming costs at OMNI from the consolidation of the Biography Channel and G4TechTV and the launch of OMNI Manitoba. Higher sales volume attracted higher cost of goods sold on The Shopping Channel.

Media Operating Profit

The changes discussed above drove the year-over-year increases in Media’s operating profit for the three months ended December 31, 2006 from the corresponding period in 2005, as well as the corresponding increase in operating margins.
 
 
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Media Additions to PP&E

The majority of Media’s PP&E additions in both 2006 and 2005 reflect renovations and enhancements to the Rogers Centre sports and entertainment venue in Toronto.

Recent Media Development

On January 1, 2007, Media closed the acquisition of five Alberta Radio stations announced earlier in 2006 and brought the total number of radio stations owned by Media to 51.

OVERVIEW OF RECENT FINANCING AND SHARE CAPITAL ACTIVITIES

Operations

For the three months ended December 31, 2006, cash generated from operations before changes in non-cash operating items, which is calculated by removing the effect of all non-cash items from net income, increased to $631 million from $380 million in the corresponding period of 2005. The $251 million increase is primarily the result of the increase in operating profit of $238 million in addition to a $12 million decrease in interest expense.

Taking into account the changes in non-cash working capital items for the three months ended December 31, 2006, cash generated from operations was $714 million, compared to $293 million in the corresponding period of 2005.

The cash flow generated from operations of $714 million, together with receipt of $11 million from the issuance of Class B Non-Voting shares from the exercise of employee stock options, resulted in total net funds of approximately $725 million raised in the three months ended December 31, 2006.

Net funds used during the three months ended December 31, 2006 totalled approximately $715 million, the details of which include funding:

 
additions to PP&E of $403 million, net of $151 million of related changes in non-cash working capital;
 
 
an aggregate net repayment of $280 million of outstanding advances under our bank credit facilities;
 
 
the payment of $10 million on termination of cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements; and
 
 
other net investments of $22 million including the final phase of an acquisition of certain CLEC assets and additions to program rights of $4 million.
 
Taking into account the cash deficiency of $29 million at the beginning of the period and the fund uses described above, the cash deficiency at December 31, 2006 was $19 million.
 
 
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Financing

Our long-term debt instruments are described in Note 11 to the 2005 Annual Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.

As mentioned above, during the three months ended December 31, 2006, a total of $280 million net repayments of outstanding advances under our bank credit facilities was made. In addition, Wireless paid a net cash settlement of $10 million upon the maturity of cross-currency interest rate agreements in the aggregate notional principal amount of US$275 million and we received $11 million from the issuance of Class B Non-Voting shares under the exercise of employee stock options. In addition, Cable and Telecom concluded the final phase of a multi-staged transaction to acquire certain of the CLEC assets of Group Telecom/360 Networks from Bell Canada at a cost of approximately $12 million, including applicable taxes.

Effective January 1, 2007, the payment of management fees by subsidiary companies ceased. In addition, Cable and Telecom will no longer distribute $6 million per month to RCI.
 
Interest Rate and Foreign Exchange Management

Economic Hedge Analysis

For the purposes of our discussion on the hedged portion of long-term debt, we have used non-GAAP measures in that we include all cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements (whether or not they qualify as hedges for accounting purposes) since all such agreements are used for risk-management purposes only and are designated as a hedge of specific debt instruments for economic purposes. As a result, the Canadian dollar equivalent of U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt reflects the contracted foreign exchange rate for all of our cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements regardless of qualifications for accounting purposes as a hedge.

During the three months ended December 31, 2006, there was no change in our U.S. dollar-denominated debt and the only change in our hedging status during the same period was on an economic basis and was due to the maturity on December 15, 2006 of cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements in the aggregate notional principal amount of US$275 million.

As a result of the above, on December 31, 2006 the amount of our U.S. dollar-denominated debt hedged on an economic basis was 91.4% and on an accounting basis was 85.6%.
 
 
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(In millions of dollars, except percentages)
 
December 31, 2006
 
December 31, 2005
 
U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt
 
US
$4,895
 
US
$4,917
 
Hedged with cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements
 
US
$4,475
 
US
$4,802
 
Hedged exchange rate
   
1.3229
   
1 .3148
 
Percent hedged
   
91.4%
(1)
 
97.7
%
Amount of long-term debt (2) at fixed rates:
             
Total long-term debt
 
Cdn
$7,658
 
Cdn
$8,410
 
Total long-term debt at fixed rates
 
Cdn
$6,851
 
Cdn
$7,077
 
Percent of long-term debt fixed
   
89.5
%
 
84.1
%
Weighted average interest rate on long-term debt
   
7.98
%
 
7.76
%
 
Pursuant to the requirements for hedge accounting under AcG-13, on December 31, 2006, RCI accounted for 93.6% of its cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements as hedges against designated U.S. dollar-denominated debt. As a result, 85.6% of consolidated U.S. dollar-denominated debt is hedged for accounting purposes versus 91.4% on an economic basis.
(2)
Long-term debt includes the effect of the cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements.

Outstanding Share Data

On December 15, 2006, shareholders approved a two-for-one split of our Class A Voting and Class B Non-Voting shares. As a result, beginning January 5, 2007, shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 29, 2006 received one additional share of the relevant class for each share held.

In addition, at the December 15, 2006 special shareholder meeting, shareholders approved amending our Class B Non-Voting shares to ‘no par value’ shares from the previous par value of $1.62478 (pre-split).

Set out below is our outstanding share data, on a post-split basis, as at December 31, 2006.
  
         
Common Shares (1)
       
Class A Voting
   
112,467,648
 
Class B Non-Voting
   
523,231,804
 
Options to Purchase Class B Non-Voting Shares
       
Outstanding
   
19,694,860
 
Exercisable
   
14,160,866
 

(1)    Holders of our Class B Non-Voting shares are entitled to receive notice of and to attend meetings of our shareholders, but, except as required by law or as stipulated by stock exchanges, are not entitled to vote at such meetings. If an offer is made to purchase outstanding Class A Voting shares, there is no requirement under applicable law or RCI's constating documents that an offer be made for the outstanding Class B Non-Voting shares and there is no other protection available to shareholders under RCI's constating documents. If an offer is made to purchase both Class A Voting shares and Class B Non-Voting shares, the offer for the Class A Voting shares may be made on different terms than the offer to the holders of Class B Non-Voting shares.

 
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Dividends and Other Payments on Equity Securities

On October 31, 2006, we declared a quarterly dividend of C$0.04 per share (on a post-split basis), which was paid on January 2, 2007 to shareholders of record on December 20, 2006, reflecting the increased C$0.16 per share annual dividend level and the new quarterly distribution schedule.

Unless indicated otherwise, all dividends paid by Rogers are Eligible Dividends as defined by the Canada Revenue Agency.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND NON-GAAP MEASURES

We measure the success of our strategies using a number of key performance indicators that are defined and discussed in our 2005 Annual MD&A. These key performance indicators are not measurements under Canadian or U.S. GAAP, but we believe they allow us to appropriately measure our performance against our operating strategy as well as against the results of our peers and competitors. They include:
 
Revenue (primarily network revenue at Wireless) and average monthly revenue per subscriber (“ARPU”),
Subscriber counts and subscriber churn,
Operating expenses and average monthly operating expense per wireless subscriber,
Sales and marketing costs (or cost of acquisition) per subscriber,
Operating profit,
Operating profit margin, and
Additions to PP&E.
 
 
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Calculations of Wireless Non-GAAP Measures
           
(In millions of dollars, subscribers in thousands,
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
except per subscriber figures and operating profit margin)
 
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
Postpaid ARPU (monthly)
                         
    Postpaid (voice and data) revenue
 
$
1,095
 
$
917
 
$
4,084
 
$
3,384
 
    Divided by: Average postpaid wireless voice and data subscribers
   
5,287
   
4,701
   
5,060
   
4,436
 
    Divided by: 3 months for the quarter and 12 months for year-to-date
   
3
   
3
   
12
   
12
 
   
$
69.04
 
$
65.05
 
$
67.27
 
$
63.56
 
                           
Prepaid ARPU (monthly)
                         
    Prepaid revenue
 
$
61
 
$
53
 
$
214
 
$
210
 
    Divided by: Average prepaid subscribers
   
1,342
   
1,331
   
1,322
   
1,323
 
    Divided by: 3 months for the quarter and 12 months for year-to-date
   
3
   
3
   
12
   
12
 
   
$
15.15
 
$
13.30
 
$
13.49
 
$
13.20
 
Cost of acquisition per gross addition
                         
    Total sales and marketing expenses
 
$
186
 
$
194
 
$
604
 
$
604
 
    Equipment margin loss (acquisition related)
   
57
   
56
   
196
   
192
 
   
$
243
 
$
249
 
$
800
 
$
796
 
      Total gross wireless additions (postpaid, prepaid, and one-way messaging)
   
569
   
587
   
2,007
   
2,053
 
   
$
427
 
$
425
 
$
399
 
$
388
 
Operating expense per average subscriber (monthly)
                         
    Operating, general and administrative expenses
 
$
365
 
$
344
 
$
1,376
 
$
1,240
 
    Integration expenses
   
-
   
25
   
3
   
54
 
    Equipment margin loss (retention related)
   
35
   
64
   
165
   
187
 
   
$
400
 
$
433
 
$
1,544
 
$
1,481
 
    Divided by: Average total wireless subscribers
   
6,767
   
6,204
   
6,528
   
5,935
 
    Divided by: 3 months for the quarter and 12 months for year-to-date
   
3
   
3
   
12
   
12
 
   
$
19.70
 
$
23.26
 
$
19.69
 
$
20.78
 
Equipment margin loss
                         
    Equipment sales
 
$
97
 
$
75
 
$
267
 
$
246
 
    Cost of equipment sales
   
(189
)
 
(195
)
 
(628
)
 
(625
)
   
$
(92
)
$
(120
)
$
(361
)
$
(379
)
    Acquisition related
 
$
(57
)
$
(56
)
$
(196
)
$
(192
)
    Retention related
   
(35
)
 
(64
)
 
(165
)
 
(187
)
   
$
(92
)
$
(120
)
$
(361
)
$
(379
)
                           
Operating Profit Margin
                         
    Operating Profit
 
$
517
 
$
292
 
$
1,969
 
$
1,337
 
    Divided by Network Revenue
   
1,160
   
975
   
4,313
   
3,614
 
    Operating Profit Margin
   
44.6
%
 
30.0
%
 
45.7
%
 
37.0
%

 
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Calculations of Cable and Telecom Non-GAAP Measures

           
(In millions, subscribers in thousands, except
 
Three months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
ARPU figures and operating profit margin)
 
2006
 
2005
 
2006|
 
2005
 
Core Cable ARPU
                         
    Core Cable revenue
 
$
367
 
$
336
 
$
1,421
 
$
1,299
 
    Divided by: Average basic cable subscribers
   
2,272.6
   
2,260.8
   
2,261.3
   
2,251.0
 
    Divided by: 3 months for quarter and 12 months for year-to-date
   
3
   
3
   
12
   
12
 
   
$
53.83
 
$
49.54
 
$
52.37
 
$
48.09
 
Internet ARPU (1)
                         
    Internet revenue
 
$
138
 
$
117
 
$
523
 
$
436
 
    Less: Dial-up Internet revenue
   
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(5
)
 
(4
)
    High-speed Internet revenue
 
$
137
 
$
115
 
$
518
 
$
432
 
    Divided by: Average internet (residential) subscribers
   
1,275.0
   
1,111.8
   
1,198.4
   
1,027.4
 
    Divided by: 3 months for quarter and 12 months for year-to-date
   
3
   
3
   
12
   
12
 
   
$
35.82
 
$
34.48
 
$
36.02
 
$
35.04
 
Cable and Internet
                         
    Operating Profit
 
$
218
 
$
197
 
$
833
 
$
723
 
    Divided by Revenue
   
505
   
453
   
1,944
   
1,735
 
Cable and Internet Operating Profit Margin
   
43.2
%
 
43.5
%
 
42.8
%
 
41.7
%
Rogers Home Phone
                         
    Operating Profit
 
$
3
 
$
5
 
$
10
 
$
9
 
    Divided by Revenue
   
99
   
75
   
355
   
150
 
Rogers Home Phone Operating Profit Margin
   
3.0
%
 
6.7
%
 
2.8
%
 
6.0
%
Rogers Business Solutions
                         
    Operating Profit
 
$
12
 
$
15
 
$
49
 
$
20
 
    Divided by Revenue
   
155
   
143
   
596
   
284
 
Rogers Business Solutions Operating Profit Margin
   
7.7
%
 
10.5
%
 
8.2
%
 
7.0
%
Rogers Retail
                         
    Operating Profit
 
$
1
 
$
3
 
$
7
 
$
18
 
    Divided by Revenue
   
84
   
91
   
310
   
327
 
Rogers Retail Operating Profit Margin
   
1.2
%
 
3.3
%
 
2.3
%
 
5.5
%

(1)    Internet ARPU calculation does not include revenue or subscriber amounts related to dial-up customers.
 
 
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Rogers Communications Inc.
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income

   
Three Months Ended
 
Twelve Months Ended
 
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
(In millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
     
Restated (1)
     
Restated (1)
 
Operating revenue
 
$
2,370
 
$
2,071
 
$
8,838
 
$
7,334
 
Cost of sales
   
281
   
284
   
956
   
940
 
Sales and marketing expenses
   
353
   
345
   
1,226
   
1,122
 
Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
980
   
896
   
3,763
   
3,062
 
Integration and store closure expenses
   
4
   
32
   
18
   
66
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
395
   
404
   
1,584
   
1,489
 
Operating income
   
357
   
110
   
1,291
   
655
 
Interest on long-term debt
   
(151
)
 
(163
)
 
(620
)
 
(699
)
     
206
   
(53
)
 
671
   
(44
)
Loss on repayment of long-term debt
   
-
   
(10
)
 
(1
)
 
(11
)
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
   
(39
)
 
(4
)
 
2
   
35
 
Change in the fair value of derivative instruments
   
24
   
2
   
(4
)
 
(25
)
Other income (expense)
   
(2
)
 
(10
)
 
10
   
2
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
   
189
   
(75
)
 
678
   
(43
)
Income tax expense (reduction):
                         
    Current
   
(7
)
 
1
   
(5
)
 
11
 
    Future
   
20
   
(9
)
 
61
   
(9
)
Net income (loss) for the period
 
$
176
 
$
(67
)
$
622
 
$
(45
)
Net income (loss) per share:
                         
    Basic
 
$
0.28
 
$
(0.11
)
$
0.99
 
$
(0.08
)
    Diluted
   
0.27
   
(0.11
)
 
0.97
   
(0.08
)
 
(1)  Restatement and reclassification of comparative figures:
 
(i)
Applicable share and per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a two-for-one split of our Class A Voting and Class B Non-Voting shares in December 2006.

 
(ii)
During 2006, the Company determined that certain transactions related to the sale of wireless equipment were historically recorded as cost of equipment sales rather than as a reduction of equipment revenue. The Company determined these should be reflected as a reduction of equipment revenue and has reclassified prior year figures to reflect this accounting, resulting in a $61 million and $206 million reduction in both equipment revenue and cost of equipment sales in the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006, respectively. This also resulted in a $48 million and $147 million reduction in both equipment revenue and cost of equipment sales in the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2005, respectively. As a result of this reclassification, there was no change to previously reported net income (loss), operating income, reported cash flows or the amounts recorded in the consolidated balance sheet.
     
  (iii) In 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of Emerging Issues Committee (“EIC”) Abstract 162, Stock-Based Compensation for Employees eligible to Retire Before the Vesting Date. Where a stock-based compensation plan contains provisions that allow an employee to continue vesting in a stock-based award after the employee has retired, EIC 162 requires that the compensation cost attributable to such an award be expensed immediately for employees who are eligible to retire at the date of grant. For an employee who will become eligible to retire during the vesting period of an award, EIC 162 requires that compensation cost be recognized as an expense over the period from the date of grant to the date the employee becomes eligible to retire. EIC 162 resulted in an increase in the opening 2005 deficit and contributed surplus of $4 million and an increase in 2005 stock-based compensation expense of less than $1 million. For 2006, the adoption of EIC 162 resulted in incremental stock-based compensation of less than $1 million from that which would otherwise have been recorded.

 
(iv)
Certain other comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the current year’s presentation.
 
 
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Rogers Communications Inc.
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
   
Three Months Ended
 
Twelve Months Ended
 
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
(In millions of dollars)
     
Restated
     
Restated
 
Cash provided by (used in):
                         
Operating activities:
                         
    Net income (loss) for the period
 
$
176
 
$
(67
)
$
622
 
$
(45
)
     Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:
                         
    Depreciation and amortization
   
395
   
401
   
1,584
   
1,478
 
    Program rights and Rogers Retail inventory depreciation
   
20
   
25
   
75
   
90
 
    Future income taxes
   
20
   
(9
)
 
61
   
(9
)
    Unrealized foreign exchange loss (gain)
   
35
   
6
   
-
   
(35
)
    Change in the fair value of derivative instruments
   
(24
)
 
(2
)
 
4
   
25
 
    Loss on repayment of long-term debt
   
-
   
11
   
1
   
11
 
    Stock-based compensation expense
   
17
   
22
   
49
   
42
 
    Accreted interest on Convertible Preferred Securities
   
-
   
2
   
-
   
18
 
    Amortization on fair value increment of long-term debt and derivatives
   
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
(11
)
 
(15
)
    Sale of income tax losses to related party
   
-
   
-
   
13
   
-
 
    Other
   
(4
)
 
(5
)
 
(12
)
 
(9
)
     
631
   
380
   
2,386
   
1,551
 
    Change in non-cash working capital items
   
83
   
(87
)
 
75
   
( 298
)
     
714
   
293
   
2,461
   
1,253
 
Investing activities:
                         
    Additions to property, plant and equipment ("PP&E")
   
(554
)
 
(431
)
 
(1,712
)
 
(1,355
)
    Change in non-cash working capital items related to PP&E
   
151
   
(7
)
 
134
   
(38
)
    Cash and cash equivalents acquired on acquisition
   
-
   
-
   
2
   
44
 
    Acquisition of Microcell Telecommunications Inc.
   
-
   
(13
)
 
-
   
(52
)
    Other acquisitions
   
-
   
-
   
(6
)
 
(38
)
    Additions to program rights
   
(4
)
 
(5
)
 
(32
)
 
(25
)
    Other
   
(18
)
 
-
   
(31
)
 
3
 
     
(425
)
 
(456
)
 
(1,645
)
 
(1,461
)
Financing activities:
                         
    Issuance of long-term debt
   
274
   
367
   
1,098
   
1,369
 
    Repayment of long-term debt
   
(554
)
 
(427
)
 
(1,836
)
 
(1,509
)
    Financing costs incurred
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
(5
)
    Issue of capital stock
   
11
   
17
   
74
   
100
 
    Dividends paid on Class A Voting and Class B Non-Voting shares
   
-
   
-
   
(47
)
 
(26
)
    Proceeds on termination of cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
402
 
    Payment on termination of cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements
   
(10
)
 
-
   
(20
)
 
(471
)
     
(279
)
 
(43
)
 
(731
)
 
( 140
)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
10
   
( 206
)
 
85
   
(348
)
Cash and cash equivalents (deficiency), beginning of period
   
(29
)
 
102
   
(104
)
 
244
 
Cash deficiency, end of period
 
$
(19
)
$
(104
)
$
(19
)
$
(104
)
Supplemental cash flow information:
                         
Income taxes paid
 
$
-
 
$
4
 
$
5
 
$
16
 
Interest paid
   
187
   
200
   
650
   
706
 

Cash and cash equivalents (deficiency) are defined as cash and short-term deposits which have an original maturity of less than 90 days, less bank advances.
 
Change in Non-Cash Working Capital Items
 
   
Three Months Ended
 
Twelve Months Ended
 
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
Cash provided by (used in):
                         
Increase in accounts receivable
 
$
(73
)
$
(49
)
$
(198
)
$
(183
)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
   
103
   
71
   
243
   
(61
)
Increase in unearned revenue
   
12
   
11
   
51
   
16
 
Decrease (increase) in other assets
   
41
   
(120
)
 
(21
)
 
(70
)
   
$
83
 
$
(87
)
$
75
 
$
(298
)

 
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Rogers Communications Inc.
Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets

   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
(In millions of dollars)
     
Restated
 
Assets
             
Current assets
             
    Accounts receivable
 
$
1,077
 
$
891
 
    Other current assets
   
270
   
285
 
    Future income tax asset
   
387
   
113
 
     
1,734
   
1,289
 
Property, plant and equipment
   
6,732
   
6,152
 
Goodwill
   
2,779
   
3,036
 
Intangible assets
   
2,152
   
2,627
 
Investments
   
139
   
138
 
Deferred charges
   
118
   
132
 
Future income tax asset
   
299
   
347
 
Other long-term assets
   
152
   
113
 
   
$
14,105
 
$
13,834
 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
             
Liabilities
             
Current liabilities
             
    Bank advances, arising from outstanding cheques
 
$
19
 
$
104
 
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
   
1,792
   
1,411
 
    Current portion of long-term debt
   
451
   
286
 
    Current portion of derivative instruments
   
7
   
14
 
    Unearned revenue
   
227
   
177
 
     
2,496
   
1,992
 
Long-term debt
   
6,537
   
7,453
 
Derivative instruments
   
769
   
787
 
Other long-term liabilities
   
103
   
74
 
     
9,905
   
10,306
 
Shareholders' equity
   
4,200
   
3,528
 
   
$
14,105
 
$
13,834
 

Rogers Communications Inc.
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Deficit
 
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
2006
 
2005
 
Deficit, beginning of period
 
$
(606
)
$
(520
)
Change in accounting policy related to stock-based compensation
   
-
   
(4
)
As restated
   
(606
)
 
(524
)
Net income (loss) for the period
   
622
   
(45
)
Dividends on Class A Voting shares and Class B Non-Voting shares
   
(49
)
 
(37
)
Deficit, end of period
 
$
(33
)
$
(606
)

 
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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Investments
 
(In millions of dollars)
     
December 31,
2006
 
December 31,
2005
 
   
Quoted
         
   
Market
 
Book
 
Book
 
   
Value
 
Value
 
Value
 
Investments accounted for by the equity method
       
$
7
 
$
9
 
Investments accounted for by the cost method, net of writedowns
                   
Publicly traded companies:
                   
Cogeco Cable Inc.         6,595,675     Subordinate Voting
                                                Common shares
 
$
214
   
69
   
69
 
Cogeco Inc.                3,399,800     Subordindate Voting
                                                Common shares
   
100
   
44
   
44
 
Other publicly traded companies
   
15
   
4
   
3
 
     
329
   
117
   
116
 
Private companies
         
15
   
13
 
         
$
139
 
$
138
 

 
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Long-Term Debt
   
Interest
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
Rate
 
2006
 
2005
 
(A) Corporate:
                   
Senior Secured Notes, due 2006
  10.50%
 
$
-
 
$
75
 
Senior Secured Notes, due 2008
  10.625%
 
 
-
   
26
 
        Fair value increment arising from purchase accounting
         
-
   
1
 
 
         
-
   
102
 
(B) Wireless:
                   
Bank credit facility
  Floating    
-
   
71
 
Senior Secured Notes, due 2006
  10.50%
 
 
-
   
160
 
Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes, due 2010
  Floating    
641
   
641
 
Senior Secured Notes, due 2011
  9.625%
 
 
571
   
571
 
Senior Secured Notes, due 2011
  7.625%
 
 
460
   
460
 
Senior Secured Notes, due 2012
  7.25%
 
 
548
   
548
 
Senior Secured Notes, due 2014
  6.375%
 
 
874
   
875
 
Senior Secured Notes, due 2015
  7.50%
 
 
641
   
641
 
Senior Secured Debentures, due 2016
  9.75%
 
 
181
   
181
 
Senior Subordinated Notes, due 2012
  8.00%
 
 
466
   
467
 
       Fair value increment arising from purchase accounting
         
36
   
44
 
           
4,418
   
4,659
 
(C) Cable:
                   
Bank credit facility
  Floating    
-
   
267
 
Senior Secured Second Priority Notes, due 2007
  7.60%
 
 
450
   
450
 
Senior Secured Second Priority Notes, due 2011
  7.25%
 
 
175
   
175
 
Senior Secured Second Priority Notes, due 2012
  7.875%
 
 
408
   
408
 
Senior Secured Second Priority Notes, due 2013
  6.25%
 
 
408
   
408
 
Senior Secured Second Priority Notes, due 2014
  5.50%
 
 
408
   
408
 
Senior Secured Second Priority Notes, due 2015
  6.75%
 
 
326
   
327
 
       Senior Secured Second Priority Debenture, due 2032
  8.75%
 
 
233
   
233
 
           
2,408
   
2,676
 
(D) Media:
                   
Bank credit facility
  Floating    
160
   
274
 
Capital leases, mortgage payable and other
  Various    
2
   
28
 
           
6,988
   
7,739
 
Less current portion
         
(451
)
 
(286
)
         
$
6,537  
$
7,453
 

 
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Shareholders’ Equity

   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
2006
 
2005
 
Capital stock issued, at stated value:
             
112,467,648 Class A shares (2005 - 112,467,788)
 
$
72
 
$
72
 
523,231,804 Class B shares (2005 - 515,404,682)
   
425
   
419
 
Total capital stock
   
497
   
491
 
Contributed surplus
   
3,736
   
3,643
 
Deficit
   
(33
)
 
(606
)
Shareholders' equity
 
$
4,200
 
$
3,528
 

Calculation of Net Income (Loss) Per Share


   
Three Months Ended
 
Twelve Months Ended
 
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
(In millions, except per share amounts)
 
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
Numerator:
                         
    Net income (loss) - basic and diluted
 
$
176
 
$
(67
)
$
622
 
$
(45
)
Denominator:
                         
Weighted average number of Class A and Class B shares outstanding:
                         
    Basic
   
635.2
   
619.5
   
631.8
   
577.3
 
    Effect of dilutive securities:
                         
    Employee stock options
   
11.9
   
-
   
10.1
   
-
 
    Diluted
   
647.1
   
619.5
   
641.9
   
577.3
 
Net income (loss) per share for the period:
                         
    Basic
 
$
0.28
 
$
(0.11
)
$
0.99
 
$
(0.08
)
    Diluted
   
0.27
   
(0.11
)
 
0.97
   
(0.08
)




 
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Segmented Information (1)
 
For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2006
       
Cable & Telecom
             
                       
Cable 
                 
           
Rogers 
 
Rogers 
     
 corporate
 
Total 
     
Corporate
     
       
Cable & 
 
 Home
 
 Business
 
Rogers
 
items and
 
 Cable
     
items and
 
Consolidated
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
Wireless
 
 Internet
 
Phone
 
Solutions
 
Retail
 
eliminations
 
& Telecom
 
Media
 
eliminations
 
Totals
 
Operating revenue
 
$
1,257
 
$
505
 
$
99
 
$
155
 
$
84
 
$
(1
)
$
842
 
$
317
 
$
(46
)
$
2,370
 
Cost of sales
   
189
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
43
   
-
   
43
   
49
   
-
   
281
 
Sales and marketing expenses
   
186
   
27
   
30
   
19
   
32
   
-
   
108
   
59
   
-
   
353
 
Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
365
   
260
   
66
   
124
   
7
   
(1
)
 
456
   
162
   
(3
)
 
980
 
Integration and store closure expenses
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
1
   
3
   
4
   
-
   
-
   
4
 
     
517
 
$
218
 
$
3
 
$
12
 
$
1
 
$
(3
)
 
231
   
47
   
(43
)
 
752
 
Management fees
   
3
                                 
17
   
5
   
(25
)
 
-
 
     
514
                                 
214
   
42
   
(18
)
 
752
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
165
                                 
174
   
14
   
42
   
395
 
Operating income (loss)
   
349
                                 
40
   
28
   
(60
)
 
357
 
Interest
                                                             
    Long-term debt and other
   
(99
)
                               
(54
)
 
(2
)
 
4
   
(151
)
    Intercompany
   
-
                                 
(11
)
 
(1
)
 
12
   
-
 
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
   
(34
)
                               
(4
)
 
(2
)
 
1
   
(39
)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments
   
24
                                 
-
   
-
   
-
   
24
 
Other income (expense)
   
(2
)
                               
2
   
1
   
(3
)
 
(2
)
Income tax reduction (expense)
   
(52
)
                               
16
   
(4
)
 
27
   
(13
)
Net income (loss) for the period
 
$
186
                               
$
(11
)
$
20
 
$
(19
)
$
176
 
Additions to property, plant and equipment
 
$
201
 
$
188
 
$
71
 
$
48
 
$
6
 
$
-
 
$
313
 
$
16
 
$
24
 
$
554
 

For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2005

       
Cable & Telecom
             
                       
Cable 
                 
           
Rogers 
 
Rogers 
     
 corporate
 
Total
     
Corporate
     
       
Cable & 
 
 Home
 
 Business
 
Rogers
 
items and
 
Cable
     
items and
 
Consolidated
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
Wireless
 
 Internet
 
Phone
 
Solutions
 
Retail
 
eliminations
 
& Telecom
 
Media
 
eliminations
 
Totals
 
Operating revenue
 
$
1,050
 
$
453
 
$
75
 
$
143
 
$
91
 
$
(1
)
$
761
 
$
300
 
$
(40
)
$
2,071
 
Cost of sales
   
195
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
49
   
-
   
49
   
40
   
-
   
284
 
Sales and marketing expenses
   
194
   
27
   
13
   
19
   
34
   
-
   
93
   
58
   
-
   
345
 
Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
344
   
229
   
57
   
109
   
5
   
(1
)
 
399
   
163
   
(10
)
 
896
 
Integration expenses
   
25
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
3
   
3
   
-
   
4
   
32
 
     
292
 
$
197
 
$
5
 
$
15
 
$
3
 
$
(3
)
 
217
   
39
   
(34
)
 
514
 
Management fees
   
2
                                 
11
   
4
   
(17
)
 
-
 
     
290
                                 
206
   
35
   
(17
)
 
514
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
167
                                 
161
   
13
   
63
   
404
 
Operating income (loss)
   
123
                                 
45
   
22
   
(80
)
 
110
 
Interest
                                                             
    Long-term debt and other
   
(100
)
                               
(61
)
 
( 1
)
 
(1
)
 
(163
)
    Intercompany
   
10
                                 
(11
)
 
-
   
1
   
-
 
Loss on repayment of long-term debt
   
-
                                 
(10
)
 
-
   
-
   
(10
)
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
   
(2
)
                               
(2
)
 
-
   
-
   
(4
)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments
   
2
                                 
-
   
-
   
-
   
2
 
Other income (expense)
   
(6
)
                               
3
   
-
   
(7
)
 
(10
)
Income tax reduction (expense)
   
89
                                 
(1
)
 
15
   
(95
)
 
8
 
Net income (loss) for the period
 
$
116
                               
$
(37
)
$
36
 
$
(182
)
$
(67
)
Additions to property, plant and equipment
 
$
205
 
$
160
 
$
33
 
$
14
 
$
4
 
$
-
 
$
211
 
$
12
 
$
3
 
$
431
 
 
 
(1)
Certain current and prior year amounts related to equipment sales and cost of equipment sales have been reclassified. See “Reclassification of Wireless Equipment Sales and Cost of Sales” section.
.
 

 
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Segmented Information (1)

For the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2006

       
Cable & Telecom
             
                       
Cable 
                 
           
Rogers 
 
Rogers 
     
 corporate
 
Total 
     
Corporate
     
       
Cable & 
 
 Home
 
 Business
 
Rogers
 
items and
 
 Cable &
     
items and
 
Consolidated
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
Wireless
 
 Internet
 
Phone
 
Solutions
 
Retail
 
eliminations
 
Telecom
 
Media
 
eliminations
 
Totals
 
Operating revenue
 
$
4,580
 
$
1,944
 
$
355
 
$
596
 
$
310
 
$
(4
)
$
3,201
 
$
1,210
 
$
(153
)
$
8,838
 
Cost of sales
   
628
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
153
   
-
   
153
   
175
   
-
   
956
 
Sales and marketing expenses
   
604
   
123
   
96
   
70
   
123
   
-
   
412
   
206
   
4
   
1,226
 
Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
1,376
   
988
   
249
   
477
   
21
   
(4
)
 
1,731
   
678
   
(22
)
 
3,763
 
Integration and store closure expenses
   
3
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
6
   
9
   
15
   
-
   
-
   
18
 
     
1,969
 
$
833
 
$
10
 
$
49
 
$
7
 
$
(9
)
 
890
   
151
   
(135
)
 
2,875
 
Management fees
   
12
                                 
64
   
17
   
(93
)
 
-
 
     
1,957
                                 
826
   
134
   
(42
)
 
2,875
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
630
                                 
662
   
52
   
240
   
1,584
 
Operating income (loss)
   
1,327
                                 
164
   
82
   
(282
)
 
1,291
 
Interest
                                                             
    Long-term debt and other
   
(398
)
                               
(223
)
 
(14
)
 
15
   
(620
)
    Intercompany
   
89
                                 
(35
)
 
(2
)
 
(52
)
 
-
 
Loss on repayment of long-term debt
   
-
                                 
-
   
-
   
(1
)
 
(1
)
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
   
1
                                 
1
   
-
   
-
   
2
 
Change in fair value of derivative instruments
   
(5
)
                               
1
   
-
   
-
   
(4
)
Other income (expense)
   
(2
)
                               
-
   
6
   
6
   
10
 
Income tax reduction (expense)
   
(274
)
                               
269
   
68
   
(119
)
 
(56
)
Net income (loss) for the period
 
$
738
                               
$
177
 
$
140
 
$
(433
)
$
622
 
Additions to property, plant and equipment
 
$
684
 
$
492
 
$
193
 
$
98
 
$
11
 
$
-
 
$
794
 
$
48
 
$
186
 
$
1,712
 

For the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2005

       
Cable & Telecom
             
                       
Cable 
                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rogers 
 
Rogers 
 
 
 
 corporate
 
Total 
     
Corporate
     
       
Cable & 
 
 Home
 
 Business
 
Rogers
 
items and
 
 Cable &
     
items and
 
Consolidated
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
Wireless
 
 Internet
 
Phone
 
Solutions
 
Retail
 
eliminations
 
Telecom
 
Media
 
eliminations
 
Totals
 
Operating revenue
 
$
3,860
 
$
1,735
 
$
150
 
$
284
 
$
327
 
$
(4
)
$
2,492
 
$
1,097
 
$
(115
)
$
7,334
 
Cost of sales
   
625
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
158
   
-
   
158
   
157
   
-
   
940
 
Sales and marketing expenses
   
604
   
123
   
27
   
38
   
132
   
-
   
320
   
198
   
-
   
1,122
 
Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
1,240
   
889
   
114
   
226
   
19
   
(4
)
 
1,244
   
614
   
(36
)
 
3,062
 
Integration expenses
   
54
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
5
   
5
   
-
   
7
   
66
 
     
1,337
 
$
723
 
$
9
 
$
20
 
$
18
 
$
(5
)
 
765
   
128
   
(86
)
 
2,144
 
Management fees
   
12
                                 
41
   
15
   
(68
)
 
-
 
     
1,325
                                 
724
   
113
   
(18
)
 
2,144
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
624
                                 
558
   
52
   
255
   
1,489
 
Operating income (loss)
   
701
                                 
166
   
61
   
(273
)
 
655
 
Interest
                                                             
    Long-term debt and other
   
(397
)
                               
(249
)
 
(9
)
 
(44
)
 
(699
)
    Intercompany
   
37
                                 
(24
)
 
(4
)
 
(9
)
 
-
 
Loss on repayment of long-term debt
   
-
                                 
(27
)
 
-
   
16
   
(11
)
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
   
26
                                 
12
   
1
   
(4
)
 
35
 
Change in fair value of derivative instruments
   
(27
)
                               
2
   
-
   
-
   
(25
)
Other income (expense)
   
(6
)
                               
3
   
1
   
4
   
2
 
Income tax reduction (expense)
   
84
                                 
(5
)
 
14
   
(95
)
 
(2
)
Net income (loss) for the period
 
$
418
                               
$
(122
)
$
64
 
$
(405
)
$
(45
)
Additions to property, plant and equipment
 
$
585
 
$
515
 
$
121
 
$
63
 
$
15
 
$
-
 
$
714
 
$
40
 
$
16
 
$
1,355
 

 
(1)
Certain current and prior year amounts related to equipment sales and cost of equipment sales have been reclassified. See “Reclassification of Wireless Equipment Sales and Cost of Sales” section.
 

 
 
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Wireless 2006 and 2005 Quarterly Summary
 
                                           
           
2006
                 
2005
         
(In millions of dollars)
 
Q1
 
Q2
 
Q3
 
Q4
 
FY06
 
Q1
 
Q2
 
Q3
 
Q4
 
FY05
 
Operating revenue
                                                             
    Postpaid
 
$
907
 
$
1,002
 
$
1,080
 
$
1,095
 
$
4,084
 
$
751
 
$
817
 
$
899
 
$
917
 
$
3,384
 
    Prepaid
   
47
   
49
   
57
   
61
   
214
   
48
   
53
   
56
   
53
   
210
 
    One-way messaging
   
3
   
4
   
4
   
4
   
15
   
5
   
5
   
5
   
5
   
20
 
    Network revenue
   
957
   
1,055
   
1,141
   
1,160
   
4,313
   
804
   
875
   
960
   
975
   
3,614
 
    Equipment sales (1)
   
48
   
39
   
83
   
97
   
267
   
47
   
58
   
66
   
75
   
246
 
Total operating revenue
   
1,005
   
1,094
   
1,224
   
1,257
   
4,580
   
851
   
933
   
1,026
   
1,050
   
3,860
 
Operating expenses
                                                             
    Cost of equipment sales (1)
 
$
148
 
$
133
 
$
158
 
$
189
 
$
628
 
$
135
 
$
130
 
$
165
 
$
195
 
$
625
 
    Sales and marketing expenses
   
128
   
137
   
153
   
186
   
604
   
124
   
133
   
153
   
194
   
604
 
    Operating, general and administrative expenses
   
320
   
337
   
354
   
365
   
1,376
   
290
   
294
   
312
   
344
   
1,240
 
    Integration expenses
   
4
   
1
   
(2
)
 
-
   
3
   
4
   
12
   
13
   
25
   
54
 
Total operating expenses
   
600
   
608
   
663
   
740
   
2,611
   
553
   
569
   
643
   
758
   
2,523
 
Operating profit
 
$
405
 
$
486
 
$
561
 
$
517
 
$
1,969
 
$
298
 
$
364
 
$
383
 
$
292
 
$
1,337
 
 
 
(1)
Certain current and prior year amounts related to equipment sales and cost of equipment sales have been reclassified. See section entitled “Reclassification of Wireless Equipment Sales and Cost of Sales.”
 
                                           
           
2006
                 
2005
         
   
Q1
 
Q2
 
Q3
 
Q4
 
FY06
 
Q1
 
Q2
 
Q3
 
Q4
 
FY05
 
Impact of reclassification on equipment sales and equipment cost of sales:
                                                             
Decrease in equipment sales and cost of sales
 
$
47
 
$
57
 
$
41
 
$
61
 
$
206
 
$
25
 
$
31
 
$
43
 
$
48
 
$
147
 
 


 
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Audited Full Year 2006 Financial Statements
 
In March 2007, we intend to file with securities regulators in Canada and the U.S. our Audited Annual Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2006 and MD&A in respect of such annual financial statements. Notification of such filings will be made by a press release and such statements will be made available on the rogers.com, sedar.com, and sec.gov websites or upon request. Our wholly-owned subsidiaries Wireless and Cable and Telecom also each intend to file their respective Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2006 and MD&A in respect of such annual financial statements in March 2007.

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements, Risks and Assumptions
 
This release includes forward-looking statements and assumptions concerning the future performance of our business, its operations and its financial performance and condition. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to our objectives and strategies to achieve those objectives, as well as statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, expectations, anticipations, estimates or intentions. Statements containing expressions such as “could”, “expect”, “may”, “anticipate”, “assume”, “believe”, “intend”, “estimate”, “plan”, “guidance”, and similar expressions generally constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements also include, but are not limited to, guidance relating to revenue, operating profit and property, plant and equipment expenditures, expected growth in subscribers, the deployment of new services, integration costs, and all other statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and various factors and assumptions applied which we believe to be reasonable at the time, including but not limited to general economic and industry growth rates, currency exchange rates, product and service pricing levels and competitive intensity, subscriber growth and usage rates, technology deployment, content and equipment costs, the integration of acquisitions, and industry structure and stability.
 
Except as otherwise indicated, this release does not reflect the potential impact of any non-recurring or other special items or of any dispositions, monetizations, mergers, acquisitions, other business combinations or other transactions that may be announced or may occur after the date of the financial information contained herein.
 
We caution that all forward-looking information is inherently uncertain and that actual results may differ materially from the assumptions, estimates or expectations reflected in the forward-looking information. A number of risk factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to economic conditions, technological change, the integration of acquisitions, the failure to achieve anticipated results from synergy initiatives, unanticipated changes in content or equipment costs, changing conditions in the entertainment, information and communications industries, regulatory changes, changes in law, litigation, tax matters, employee relations, pension issues and the level of competitive intensity amongst major competitors, many of which are beyond our control. Therefore, should one or more of these risks materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary significantly from what we currently foresee. Accordingly, we warn investors to exercise caution when considering any such forward-looking information herein and to not place undue reliance on such statements and assumptions. We are under no obligation
 
 
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(and we expressly disclaim any such obligation) to update or alter any forward-looking statements or assumptions whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
 
Before making any investment decisions and for a detailed discussion of the risks, uncertainties and environment associated with our business, see the MD&A sections of our 2005 Annual Report entitled “Risks and Uncertainties” (found on pages 62 to 74), as well as the “Updates to Risks and Uncertainties” and “Government Regulation and Regulatory Developments” sections of our Third Quarter 2006 MD&A. Our annual and quarterly reports can be found at www.rogers.com, www.sedar.com, and www.sec.gov or are available directly from Rogers.

Additional Information

Additional information relating to us, including our Annual Information Form, and discussions of our most recent quarterly results, may be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com or on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Separate annual and quarterly financial results for RWI and Cable are also filed and are available on SEDAR and EDGAR.

About the Company

Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI; NYSE: RG) is a diversified Canadian communications and media company engaged in three primary lines of business. Rogers Wireless is Canada's largest wireless voice and data communications services provider and the country's only carrier operating on the world standard GSM technology platform. Rogers Cable and Telecom is Canada's largest cable television provider offering cable television, high-speed Internet access, residential telephony services, and video retailing, while 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. Rogers Media is Canada's premier collection of category leading media assets with businesses in radio and television broadcasting, televised shopping, publishing, and sports entertainment. For further information about the Rogers group of companies, please visit www.rogers.com.

Investment Community Contacts

Bruce M. Mann, 416.935.3532, bruce.mann@rci.rogers.com
Dan Coombes, 416.935.3550, dan.coombes@rci.rogers.com

Media Contacts

Corporate and Media - Jan Innes, 416.935.3525, jan.innes@rci.rogers.com
Wireless, Cable and Telecom - Taanta Gupta, 416.935.4727, taanta.gupta@rci.rogers.com
 
 
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Quarterly Investment Community Conference Call

As previously announced by press release, a live Webcast of our quarterly results conference call with the investment community will be broadcast via the Internet at www.rogers.com/webcast beginning at 5:00 p.m. EST on February 15, 2007. A rebroadcast of this call will be available on the Webcast Archive page of the Investor Relations section of www.rogers.com for a period of at least two weeks following the call.



 

 

 
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