Quebecor reports big wireless additions in second quarter

By Ahmad Hathout Quebecor on Thursday reported its telecom division added over 300,000 new wireless customers, which its CEO attributed to a steadfast strategy of providing attractive low-cost plans after the acquisition of Freedom Mobile. Videotron ended the quarter on June 30 with a total of 3.9 million subscribers, up from the roughly 3.6 million it had by the end of the same quarter last year -- which also included the Freedom Mobile subscriber base, purchased in April 2023. "There will be nothing stopping us," Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau declared on a second-quarter conference call Thursday, referencing the year-over-year...