April 18 (Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc RCIb.TO RCI.N , Canada's largest wireless provider by market share, reported a 27.8 percent increase in quarterly profit, as it signed up more postpaid wireless and internet customers.
Toronto-based Rogers' net income rose to C$294 million ($220 million) or 57 Canadian cents per share for the first quarter ended March 31, from C$230 million or 44 Canadian cents per share, a year earlier. rose 3 percent to C$3.34 billion, Rogers said on Tuesday. ($1 = 1.3380 Canadian dollars)