Rogers talking to potential Freedom buyers, but this doesn’t include Videotron, Globe reports

TORONTO – Rogers Communications is in talks with potential buyers of Shaw Communications’ Freedom Mobile, although according to the Globe and Mail, these talks do not include Quebecor subsidiary Videotron. The news comes following a statement earlier this month from François-Philippe Champagne, minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, in which he said he would not allow Rogers to acquire all of Shaw’s wireless assets. (Rogers’ acquisition of Shaw still needs approval from ISED, the CRTC and the Competition Bureau.) At a Scotia Bank conference the following week, Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said Rogers found the statement to be helpful, and...