EX-99.3 4 ex99-3.htm PRESS RELEASE - JULY 1, 2005

Press Release - July 1, 2005

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Attention Business Editors:

Rogers Communications Completes Acquisition of Call-Net

Call-Net Forms New Board of Directors Following Acquisition by Rogers and

Announces Senior Leadership Changes

TORONTO, July 1 /CNW/ - Rogers Communications Inc. ("RCI") announced that

it has completed the acquisition of Call-Net Enterprises Inc. ("Call-Net")

effective today. The acquisition of all of Call-Net's outstanding shares by

RCI was effected pursuant to a plan of arrangement that was announced on May

11, 2005. Under the arrangement, Call-Net common and class B shareholders are

each receiving one RCI Class B Non-Voting share for every 4.25 Call-Net shares

they hold.

As a result of the acquisition of Call-Net by RCI, Call-Net today

announced the composition of its new Board of Directors. The new Directors,

who are also Directors of Rogers Communications Inc., are H. Garfield Emerson

Q.C., Ronald D. Besse, C. William D. Birchall, Peter C. Godsoe, O.C.,

Thomas I. Hull, Philip B. Lind, Nadir H. Mohamed, The Hon. David R. Peterson,

P.C., Q.C., Edward S. Rogers, O.C., Edward Rogers, Melinda M. Rogers, Loretta

A. Rogers, William T. Schleyer, John A. Tory, Q.C., J. Christopher C.

Wansborough and Colin D. Watson. All of the members of Call-Net's previous

Board have resigned.

Certain senior officers of Call-Net, including Bill Linton, previously

President and Chief Executive Officer, and Roy Graydon, previously Executive

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, have resigned their respective

positions at Call-Net however both will be continuing with the company and

assisting with the integration of Call-Net into Rogers.

About the Companies:

Call-Net Enterprises Inc. is owned by Rogers Communications Inc. and,

primarily through its wholly owned subsidiary Sprint Canada Inc., is a leading

Canadian integrated communications solutions provider of home phone, wireless,

long distance and IP services to households, and local, long distance, toll

free, enhanced voice, data and IP services to businesses across Canada.

Call-Net, headquartered in Toronto, owns and operates an extensive national

fibre network, has over 151 co-locations in five major urban areas including

33 municipalities and maintains network facilities in the U.S. and the U.K.

For more information, visit www.sprint.ca.

Rogers Communications (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/GPRS technology platform; Rogers Cable is Canada's largest cable

television provider offering cable television, high-speed Internet access,

telephony and data networking services and video retailing; and Rogers Media

is Canada's premier collection of category leading media assets with

businesses in radio, television broadcasting, television shopping, publishing

and sports entertainment. For further information about the Rogers group of

companies, please visit www.rogers.com.

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For further information: (Investment Community): Bruce M. Mann,

(416) 935-3532, bruce.mann@rci.rogers.com; Eric A. Wright, (416) 935-3550,

eric.wright@rci.rogers.com; For Further Information (Media): Taanta Gupta,

(416) 935-4727, taanta.gupta@rci.rogers.com;

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