Stay connected with your friends from your mobile phone with access to your MySpace account TORONTO, Aug. 13 /CNW/ - Summertime is winding down and vacations are coming to an end. It's back-to-school and time to catch up with old friends and make new ones. Rogers Wireless is helping customers stay connected by expanding its MY5 service to Canada-wide calling and launching a MySpace Mobile subscription service on a selection of mobile phones. "We are very excited to work with MySpace, global leader in social networking with 4.1 million users in Canada. As the leading wireless carrier in Canada, Rogers Wireless continues to offer the latest innovations today's youth want in mobile technology. Back-to-school is a very busy social scene and with MySpace Mobile on wireless phones, customers have even more ways to stay in touch," said John Boynton, SVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. MySpace Mobile is a made-for-mobile social networking application which provides Rogers customers the ability to manage the bulk of their MySpace online account functions on-the-go, including:- Blogging (post a blog, update existing blogs, comment on other blogs) - Friends (search for new friends, address "friend invites", view friends lists) - Messages (send messages, comments) - Pictures (view, comment on pictures) - Bulletins (view bulletins) - Profile (update/edit their profile)COOLEST HANDSETS to stay in touch with MySpace Sony Ericsson W580 The new W580 WALKMAN® phone is a slim slider music phone that delivers the full Walkman® phone experience along with access to MySpace Mobile. The W580 also features a 2.0 mega pixel camera and includes two innovative functions: a built-in sports application that tracks running speed and distance and ShakeControl which allows users in shuffle mode to switch tracks by shaking the device while holding down the Walkman® key. Samsung A516 The Samsung A516 is the latest and sleekest multimedia phone allowing users to access MySpace Mobile, play music off their memory cards or download songs from Rogers MusicStore. Its sleek external touch-sensitive keys make playing and pausing tunes easier than ever. About Rogers Wireless Rogers Wireless is Canada's largest wireless voice and data communications services provider with offices in Canadian cities across the country, more than 6.9 million customers and two powerful brands: Rogers Wireless and Fido. Rogers Wireless, which operates Canada's largest and most reliable integrated wireless voice and data network, providing advanced voice and wireless data solutions to customers from coast to coast, is Canada's only carrier operating on the GSM/GPRS technology platform, the world standard for wireless communications technology and the only technology that enables roaming around the world in over 196 countries. The company is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI; NYSE: RCI), a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For further information, please visit www.rogers.com