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Rogers, Shaw finalize agreement to sell Freedom Mobile in bid to win takeover approval
Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc. have entered a definitive agreement for the sale of wireless carrier Freedom Mobile. A man enters Freedom Mobile store in Toronto on Thursday, November 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Quebecor CEO Péladeau says Competition Bureau concerns about Freedom Mobile deal are ‘incomprehensible’
Quebecor President and CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau speaks at the company's annual general meeting in Montreal, Thursday, May 11, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Rogers reports higher profits but braces for hit from massive network outage
FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outside a Rogers Communications retail store in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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MPs criticize Rogers’s slow response after massive outage
Rogers President and President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Staffieri and Ron McKenzie, Chief Technology and Information Officer wait to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, Monday, July 25, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Rogers rejects antitrust agency’s request for more time to probe Freedom sale
A man enters a Freedom Mobile store in Toronto on November 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Deadline today for Rogers, Shaw and Quebecor to reach definitive agreement on Freedom sale
A Freedom Mobile telephone outlet is seen in Ottawa, Ont. on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
soccer
Canada expects more attacking challenge from Jamaica at CONCACAF W Championship
US' Alana Cook (R) and Jamaica's Khadija Shaw (L) vie for the ball during their 2022 Concacaf Women's Championship football match, at the BBVA Bancomer stadium in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico on July 7, 2022. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Antitrust watchdog should just say no to Rogers and Shaw merger
Keldon Bester and Ben Klass
opinion
The Rogers network outage proves Ottawa’s case for fourth network
Andrew Willis
technology
Rogers, Shaw say mediation talks with Canada’s competition watchdog failed to resolve merger objections
Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. The Competition Bureau says is seeking to block Rogers Communications Inc.'s proposed $26-billion acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Alberta to intervene in proceedings on Rogers-Shaw deal
Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Rogers, Shaw start antitrust talks over blocked $20-billion merger
A woman holds two cellphones in this photo illustration, Monday March 29, 2021 in Chelsea, Quebec.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Sale of Freedom Mobile to Quebecor is the best outcome for cellphone users
Andrew Willis
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Rogers and Shaw heading to mediation with Competition Bureau over contested $26-billion takeover
The Rogers Communications tower at One Mount Pleasant in Toronto on March 15, 2021 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Rogers’ planned sale of Freedom Mobile to Quebecor enters federal review amid Bay Street endorsements
A man enters the store at the new rebranded signage of Freedom Mobile, in Toronto on Thursday, November 24, 2016. Carelton University professor Dwayne Winseck says it won't be easy for Videotron Ltd., which has only operated in Quebec and parts of eastern Ontario bordering Quebec, to expand nationally making it less of challenger for Rogers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Rogers stands to gain nearly half a million clients as part of deal to sell Freedom Mobile
A Freedom Mobile telephone outlet is seen in Ottawa, Ont. on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
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Rogers strikes deal to sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor for $2.85-billion
A Freedom Mobile telephone outlet is seen in Ottawa, Ont. on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
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Aggressive wireless competition, lower prices drives Quebecor CEO’s thirst for Freedom Mobile
Pierre Karl Peladeau, president and CEO of Quebecor, speaks with reporters before appearing before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage regarding Bill C-11 in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Elon Musk’s Twitter drama is encouraging arbitrage. Perhaps we should resist
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 14, 2022 this handout image released by TED Conferences shows Tesla chief Elon Musk speaking during an interview with head of TED Chris Anderson (out of frame) at the TED2022: A New Era conference in Vancouver, Canada. - Twitter will yield to Elon Musk's demand for internal data central to a standoff over his troubled $44 billion bid to buy the platform, US media reported on June 8, 2022. The news comes just days after the Tesla chief threatened to back out of his deal to purchase Twitter, accusing it of failing to provide data on fake accounts (Photo by Ryan Lash / TED Conferences, LLC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TED CONFERENCES / Ryan LASH " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by RYAN LASH/TED Conferences, LLC/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada competition bureau seeks to expedite case against Rogers-Shaw deal
A Shaw Communications sign is photographed at the Shaw Campus in Calgary, AB on 09 May, 2022.