Today Canada's Rogers Wireless unveiled wireless video calling, turning your mobile handset into a webcam for face-to-face calling in real time with your friends, family and business associates.

Rogers is the first and only wireless carrier in North America to offer video calling, part of the Rogers VISION suite of services that allows customers on the go to enjoy the kind of hi-speed Internet and multimedia experience previously only possible on a PC.

To celebrate the launch of Rogers' wireless video calling, beloved Canadian actor, William Shatner, made the trek home to make the first official video call.

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In addition to wireless video calling, Rogers VISION allows customers to communicate in an entirely new way with mobile multimedia and visual services like video-on-demand, including the best on YouTube, ET Canada, CSI, CNN; Mobile Television to access your favourite TV and video programs with incredible clarity; radio-on-demand, featuring live XM Satellite radio; and Rogers MusicStore, your complete source for hundreds of thousands of music tracks.

The Rogers VISION suite of services operates on Rogers' new High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network, the fastest wireless network in Canada. HSDPA is the latest evolution of GSM, the worldwide standard for mobile wireless communications. This powerful 3G technology significantly improves download speeds on wireless devices, providing a user experience similar to broadband hi-speed wireline services. Starting in Ontario's Golden Horseshoe area and extending to top markets across the country throughout 2007, Rogers' HSDPA wireless network will revolutionize the way you access information on the go.

Shatner, who co-hosted this morning's event at Rogers' Toronto corporate campus, is thrilled to be home in Canada to witness such a significant milestone in wireless communications. "Canada is clearly known for its many talents," says Shatner, "but I am especially proud to see my home country again at the leading edge of technology." No news on when an American carrier will offer video calling. It has been available in Asia and Europe for some time.