TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced today it is investing $1.4 million to bring high-speed broadband services to more than 275 homes and businesses in the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN) community in southwestern Ontario.
In partnership with the MCFN council’s fibre optics ad hoc committee, Rogers will expand its fibre network to deliver fibre-to-the-home technology across 30 square kilometres of underserved areas in the community. Once completed, residents and business owners will have access to Rogers Ignite Internet with up to 1 Gbps service and Rogers Ignite TV.
“Rogers will work with local contractors to help build the network…
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CALGARY — Shaw Communications announced late Tuesday afternoon the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta has approved the proposed business combination agreement between Shaw and Rogers Communications.
This follows news last week that Shaw’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the purchase deal, which still requires regulatory approval from the Competition Bureau, ISED Canada and the CRTC.
The companies expect the merger transaction to be finalized in the first half of 2022.
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CEO Péladeau has already said he is interested in Freedom Mobile
By Ahmad Hathout
MONTREAL – Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau has been making headlines in recent weeks by suggesting he is interested in acquiring Freedom Mobile in the event that condition is forced by regulators as part of a Rogers-Shaw merger. Now, he’s sending lobbyists west to familiarize the brand.
During a conference call related to his company’s first quarter earnings report this month, Péladeau expressed interest in taking Videotron’s brand nationwide. He said regulatory conditions are better now, following the CRTC’s decision to give regional carriers access to the wireless…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications said today holders of its class A shares and class B shares voted overwhelmingly in favour of the company’s purchase by Rogers Communications.
The previously announced plan of arrangement for the proposed combination of the two companies was approved at the special meeting of Shaw’s shareholders held on May 20, 2021.
“Today marks an important milestone in the journey to combine Shaw and Rogers, creating a truly national network provider with far-reaching and multigenerational benefits for all Canadians,” said Brad Shaw, executive chair and CEO, in the press release.
“Shaw’s shareholders overwhelmingly supported the transaction and the high…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications said this week it is expanding its low-cost home internet program, Connected for Success, according to a company blog post.
This program is aimed at helping low-income Canadians connect and was launched by Rogers in 2013. It now offers plans starting at $9.99 a month for 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload, up to $34.99 a month for 150 Mbps download 15 Mbps upload.
The initial program partnership was with Toronto Community Housing, until it expanded in 2016 to include all Ontarians, New Brunswickers, and Newfoundlanders in rent-geared-to-income housing, and a further expansion in 2018…
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CALGARY, WINNIPEG and MONCTON — Rogers Communications announced today it has expanded its phone and plan program to support more vulnerable women and children using shelters and transition houses in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
In all regions, Rogers has increased its support from last year. In Alberta, Rogers is donating phones and wireless plans to more than 30 women’s shelters and transition houses in Rogers wireless coverage areas in the province during the third wave of the pandemic. In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Rogers is donating phones and plans…
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Advisory firms recommend shareholders vote in favour
CALGARY — Shaw Communications announced today two independent proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis and Co., have recommended that Shaw’s shareholders vote for the proposed business merger with Rogers Communications announced in March.
The proposed $26-billion purchase deal would see Rogers acquire all of Shaw’s issued and outstanding Class A participating shares and Class B non-voting participating shares.
Shaw says a special shareholder meeting will be held virtually on May 20 at 10 a.m. MT. The purpose of the meeting is for Class A and B shareholders to consider…
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GATINEAU — Having been denied access to a multi-dwelling unit (MDU) building currently under construction in Saint John, N.B., and therefore unable to offer services to incoming residents, Rogers Communications is asking the CRTC to order the developer to grant it access to the building, on a expedited basis.
In a Part 1 application filed May 6th and posted on the Commission’s website today, Rogers says Iron Gate Developments and its owner, Stephen Brittain, refuse to provide Rogers with access to a property known as Telegraph Square, located at 29 Canterbury Street in Saint John.
Rogers says in its application it…
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$7 million project will be complete by October
VANCOUVER — In partnership with the B.C. government, Rogers Communications announced today it is expanding its 5G wireless network to provide reliable connectivity along Highways 95 and 97, helping to connect communities in Okanagan, Vernon-Kamloops-Cache Creek and the Cariboo regions, as well as southeastern British Columbia.
With the network expansion, Rogers will provide more than 90 kms of new coverage, from Golden to Spillimacheen along Highway 95, and from Pine Pass to Chetwynd along Highway 97, says Rogers’s press release. The company is leveraging financial support from the provincially funded Connecting British…
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TORONTO and VANCOUVER — Rogers Communications is expanding its support for vulnerable women and children with the company’s announcement today it is donating thousands of phones and plans to more than 325 women’s shelters and transition houses in Rogers wireless coverage areas during the third wave of the pandemic.
With the expansion of the phone program, Rogers is tripling its support from last year, when at the start of the pandemic Rogers launched a national program with Women’s Shelters Canada to provide hundreds of phones and plans to more than 100 shelters across the country.
In today’s announcement, Rogers says it…
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