EX-99.1 CHARTER 2 ex991.htm NEWS RELEASE DATED OCTOBER 24, 2005

News Release dated October 24, 2005

News release via Canada NewsWire, Toronto 416-863-9350

    Attention Business Editors:
    Rogers Issues Shares to Microsoft upon Conversion of Preferred
    Securities

    TORONTO, Oct. 24 /CNW/ - Rogers Communications Inc. ("Rogers" or the
"Company") announced that it today issued 17,142,857 of its Class B Non-voting
shares to Microsoft R-Holdings, Inc. ("Microsoft"), a subsidiary of Microsoft
Corporation. The issuance of these shares is further to Rogers' press release
of October 17, 2005 announcing the notice of conversion received from
Microsoft with respect to the C$600 million 5 1/2% Convertible Preferred
Securities due August 2009.

    About the Company:
    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,voice-over-cable telephony 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. On July 1, 2005, Rogers completed the acquisition of
Call-Net Enterprises Inc. (now Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc.), a national
provider of voice and data communications services. For further information
about the Rogers group of companies, please visit www.rogers.com.

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    /For further information: Bruce M. Mann, (416) 935-3532,
bruce.mann(at)rci.rogers.com; Eric A. Wright, (416) 935-3550,
eric.wright(at)rci.rogers.com;
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    (RCI.MV.A. RCI.NV.B. RG)

CO:  Rogers Communications Inc.

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