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On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice
Media | 01/26/2023 11:48 am EST
All eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for opponents of the pending merger between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc.
“It's going to wind up like an albatross -- an albatross around one’s...
Shaw reports rise in profits for third quarter
telecom | 07/02/2021 12:53 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. reported a large spike in profit for its third quarter of the year on Wednesday.
The company, which has scrapped its calls with analysts since the announcement of its proposed merger with Rogers Communications Inc, reported a major jump of 92.4...
Rogers, Shaw execs mum on spectrum at Industry committee
telecom | 03/29/2021 7:40 pm EDT
On the opening day Monday of hearings into Roger's proposed acquisition of...
Shaw wireline losses are part of a strategy: McAleese
telecom | 01/13/2021 5:47 pm EST
While Shaw Communications Inc. posted a substantial loss in wireline subscribers for the three months...
Wireless no longer a growth market: Shaw’s McAleese
telecom | 10/30/2020 5:35 pm EDT
The lack of pricing "discipline" in the wireless market could have negative...
Shaw Mobile’s early gains to come at expense of Rogers, Bell: analyst
telecom | 07/30/2020 2:45 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s new wireless brand is likely to initially...
Shaw bundles internet and wireless in new mobile offering
telecom | 07/30/2020 6:00 am EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s first Shaw-branded wireless service has launched in Alberta and British Columbia, giving the company’s internet customers up to six lines of unlimited talk and text, as well as two data plan options.
Those data options are By the Gig -- a...
Shaw’s subscriber additions dampened by COVID lockdowns
telecom | 07/10/2020 8:39 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. president Paul McAleese said that while there has...
Network performance supports light regulatory touch: Bibic
telecom | 05/27/2020 6:58 pm EDT
The performance of networks in other countries during the COVID-19 crisis...
Shaw lays off ten per cent of workforce due to COVID-19
telecom | 04/14/2020 6:04 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. will temporarily lay off about ten per cent of its...
Freedom ‘less vulnerable’ to COVID than incumbents: McAleese
telecom | 04/09/2020 8:53 pm EDT
While it’s too early to tell what impact COVID-19 will have on Shaw...
Canadian wireless sub adds down slightly from 2018
telecom | 04/07/2020 4:39 pm EDT
Canada’s publicly-traded wireless service providers added just under 1.29 million wireless subscribers...
Broad MVNO access too risky, Competition Bureau tells CRTC
telecom | 02/18/2020 5:54 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — The CRTC’s two-week wireless policy review kicked off...
Big Three pricing has been ‘erratic’: Shaw’s McAleese
telecom | 01/13/2020 5:58 pm EST
After taking credit over the summer for the reduction in wireless pricing...
Competition Bureau endorses limited MVNO model
telecom | 11/25/2019 10:12 am EST
The Competition Bureau is officially endorsing a policy that would temporarily mandate access to the incumbents’ network infrastructure by mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), the watchdog said Monday. The recommendation...
In an unstable week for wireless, steady Q4 for Shaw
telecom | 10/25/2019 6:02 pm EDT
In a conference call with analysts Friday, Shaw Communications Inc. executives declared that the company is in a good place to weather what one analyst has called a “storm” in the wireless sector.
In a summer that saw the introduction of no-data-overage plans across...
Unlimited plans ‘premature,’ will hurt ARPU: Bell CFO
telecom | 09/25/2019 5:43 pm EDT
For BCE Inc. the industry-wide lurch toward unlimited data plans in the...
Freedom answers to ‘unlimited’, offers $0 phones on select plans
telecom | 07/25/2019 6:41 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom is responding to the wireless...
Bigger, cheaper data plans thanks to us: Shaw
telecom | 06/27/2019 5:41 pm EDT
The price of data is coming down and the size of data packages is going up, all thanks to market pressure...
Shaw’s McAleese says no ‘use case’ for MVNOs in Canada
telecom | 06/04/2019 3:42 pm EDT
TORONTO — Paul McAleese, president of wireless at Shaw Communications...
Freedom open to network-sharing with Rogers, president says
telecom | 05/24/2019 6:09 pm EDT
As Shaw Communications Inc. continues to expand its Freedom Mobile brand, a top executive said the company would like to enter into a network sharing arrangement with Rogers Communications Inc. at some point, a desire not shared with the bigger telecom.
“I think the...
Freedom says ads intended to ‘stir the market,’ induce churn
telecom | 04/09/2019 6:51 pm EDT
An ad launched over the weekend depicting a fictitious version of the big...
Freedom says data strategy attracting higher-value customers
telecom | 01/14/2019 6:30 pm EST
Shaw Communications Inc. says its wireless business has reaped the fruits...
Freedom ups the ante with 100 GB of data offer
telecom | 11/19/2018 6:00 am EST
Shaw Communications Inc.’s wireless division is stirring the piping hot industry pot once again, as it...
Shaw feels the competitive heat on wireline
telecom | 10/25/2018 6:04 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. reported wireline results for the fourth quarter that analysts characterized as...
Freedom launches its own low-cost data plans
telecom | 07/19/2018 4:32 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. has launched low-cost wireless data plans that trump offers proposed by its competitors to the CRTC, after the telecoms told the regulator that it should accept no substitutes what they proposed. The...
Shaw cites broadband pricing, packaging as areas to improve
telecom | 06/28/2018 5:51 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. blamed a third quarter of soft consumer internet...
Freedom on new, ‘sustainable’ trajectory after record sub adds: Shaw
telecom | 04/12/2018 4:46 pm EDT
On the heels of record wireless subscriber growth in its second quarter,...
Rogers unfazed by Freedom ‘Big Gig’ offer: CEO
telecom | 10/19/2017 4:34 pm EDT
Joe Natale isn’t worried about Shaw Communications Inc.’s move to offer its Freedom customers 10...
Freedom debuts LTE in Calgary and Edmonton
telecom | 05/18/2017 3:18 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile has expanded its LTE network into Calgary and Edmonton, the company announced Wednesday. “The launch of our powerful new LTE network furthers our commitment to providing Freedom Mobile customers in Calgary and Edmonton access to the same enhanced experience that those in the Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario and the Greater Vancouver Area currently enjoy,” Paul McAleese, Freedom’s chief operating officer, said in a press release. When McAleese was hired to replace former Freedom CEO Alek Krstajic last month, Canaccord Genuity...
Shaw promises more integration with Freedom under new COO
telecom | 04/12/2017 9:10 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. said Wednesday that its Freedom Mobile division will have a new chief operating officer, as Paul McAleese takes over from Alek Krstajic. CEO Brad Shaw...