Canadian first: Rogers customers in New Brunswick save time by tracking tech to doorstep

MONCTON, NB, Dec. 15, 2016

MONCTON, NB, Dec. 15, 2016 /CNW/ - Today in New Brunswick, Rogers Communications launched Rogers EnRoute™ a new tool that saves customers time by giving them the ability to track on their phone when a technician will arrive for an installation or service call.

"No one likes to sit around waiting for their technician to arrive," said Deepak Khandelwal, Chief Customer Officer, Rogers. "We know our customers are busy and their time is valuable, so now they can track a technician's ETA right on their phone. It's just one more way we're putting people in control to get help how they want."

Every year Rogers receives more than 260,000 calls from customers checking on their technician's arrival time. Now with the Rogers EnRoute service, customers can spend more time doing what they want to do, and less time waiting for service. Here is how it works:

• Book a residential installation or service appointment online through Facebook, Twitter, Chat or by calling customer support.
• Once the appointment is booked, the customer is given a service window with a unique URL sent by email or text.
• On the day of the appointment, a reminder notification is sent to the customer, along with an updated ETA.
• Once the technician is on the way, customers get real-time updates by checking a map to see the technician's exact whereabouts.
• The link displays the technician's first name, photo and estimated number of minutes until arrival.

A recent study found one in two Canadians don't feel they have enough time in their day and when asked if they'd rather time or money, nearly half said time.  Additionally, 89 per cent of Canadians would switch to another company if they felt the company was wasting their time.

Now available across New Brunswick, the Rogers EnRoute service will roll out to the company's entire residential footprint this year and into early 2017.