text: Business Solutions generates revenue from services and equipment 
  sales. 
  **Higher Operating Expenses**
  We assess Business Solutions operating expenses in two categories: 
  (cid:129) the cost of operating and maintaining telecom and data networking 
  
  Next generation revenue is generated by the provision of high-speed, 
  high-reliability data and voice communications, provided on Rogers 
  advanced IP and Ethernet and Cloud platforms and mainly over the 
  extensive Rogers fibre, cable and wireless networks. Next generation 
  revenue also includes Data Centre services revenue from the 2013 dates 
  of business acquisitions. 
  
  equipment 
  
  Legacy revenue is generated mainly by long distance, switched voice 
  services and lower speed data communications, provided over TDM and 
  end of life data platforms with client access primarily delivered through 
  the use of third-party networks and tariffed ILEC services. 
  
  Business Solutions continues to focus mainly on next generation IP- 
  based services, and on leveraging higher margin on-net and near-net 
  service revenue opportunities, using existing network facilities to 
  expand offerings to the medium and large sized enterprise, public 
  sector and carrier markets. Next generation services now represent 59% 
  of total service revenue. 
  Excluding the impact of 
  acquisitions: 
  (cid:129) operating revenue would have been 3% lower this year compared to 
  
  the Blackiron and Pivot Data Centres 