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VMedia purchase will sweeten Freedom deal for regulators: Quebecor’s PKP

News | 08/04/2022 5:37 pm EDT
Pierre Karl Péladeau, President and CEO of Quebecor, speaks with reporters outside the Wellington building before appearing as a witness before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on May 31, 2022 (photo by Andrew Meade).

Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent purchase of VMedia Inc. will put it in a position to bundle services and convince the regulators that its purchase of Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom mobile will be good for competition.

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