CALGARY — Saying it’s a solution to help business owners build customer relationships and increase in-store traffic, Shaw Communications today announced the launch of SmartTarget for Shaw Business customers.
The all-in-one digital marketing and advanced insights solution leverages Shaw’s SmartWiFi service and new technology to give business owners a deeper understanding of who their customers are and what they want, as well as the ability to drive traffic to their brick-and-mortar locations, boost revenue and create repeat customers, says the Shaw press release.
SmartTarget is available as an add-on to Shaw’s SmartWiFi service, providing businesses with detailed customer demographic insights…
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By Ahmad Hathout
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia court has dismissed an injunction application filed by Telus over Shaw’s promotion of its new Fibre+ internet product launched earlier this year.
In a September 11 ruling made public this week, the B.C. Supreme Court said it is unconvinced by Telus’ argument that the average customer would care about the differences between Shaw’s hybrid fibre-coaxial cable network and Telus’ fibre to the home technology when deciding on a broadband provider.
Telus asked the court in June to force Shaw to stop using “Fibre+” for its highest internet speeds until a final determination is made…
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EXTON, Pa. — SCTE-ISBE, organizers of the annual Cable-Tec Expo, announced today a global cast of cable companies and organizations has stepped forward to provide sponsorship support for this year’s free virtual event, which will take place October 12-15.
Canada’s Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, as well as Liberty Global in Europe, Millicom in Latin America, Midco in the United States, and the U.S.’s National Cable Television Cooperative all have become attendee registration sponsors of the all-digital event. Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications and the SCTE Foundation had previously committed sponsorship dollars to make Cable-Tec Expo Virtual Experience free for…
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CALGARY – On Friday, Shaw Communications launched a public art experience where LGBTQ2SIA+ and BIPOC artists have created murals at the four corner entrances to Central Memorial Park in recognition of Calgary Pride.
“Thirty years ago, in a very different environment, 100 brave members of Calgary’s LGBTQ2SIA+ community gathered in the park to protest discrimination and fight for equality in what would later become acknowledged as the city’s first Pride rally,” reminds the Shaw press release.
“In this extraordinary year, we weren’t able to join Calgarians en masse to celebrate Calgary Pride as we normally would. But we can still partner…
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CALGARY — As the company looks to grow and promote its recently launched Shaw Mobile brand, Shaw Communications announced Tuesday it has opened 11 new retail locations across B.C. and Alberta, with plans for more in the coming months.
Shaw’s retail expansion includes new concept stores in the regional hubs of Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Kelowna and Kamloops, as well as Calgary and Edmonton. A 12th new concept store is expected to open soon in Red Deer. By the end of 2020, new retail locations will be added in Langley, Victoria, West Vancouver, Prince George and Nanaimo, says the Shaw…
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CALGARY and TORONTO — Shaw Communications’ senior vice-president of digital, product and service delivery, Sarah Miller Wright, is leaving the company to join Manulife Canada as its head of operations.
Miller Wright’s previous leadership roles at Shaw included being senior vice-president of customer care. At Shaw, she led several transformation initiatives, driving greater digital adoption to ultimately enhance the overall customer experience, says the Manulife news release announcing her arrival. Miller Wright also spearheaded Shaw’s shift to an agile way of working, building more effective systems and processes and finding new ways to collaborate across teams, says the release.
She was…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications announced today that after it finished network upgrades in Drayton Valley this week, it is now able to offer gigabit download speeds to all of its residential customers in Alberta.
Drayton Valley is a community of 7,200 people about 140 kms west of Edmonton.
By completing that upgrade, Shaw now delivers its fastest internet tier, Fibre+ Gig, to every community that it services in more than 100 municipalities and First Nations across the province.
“We understand a fast and reliable internet connection is critical for our customers whether they are at home, in the office, or on-the-go, which…
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CALGARY — Shaw Communications today launched a teleworking gateway called Smart Remote Office which brings the security and functionality of working in the office to the homes of employees of Shaw Business customers.
“The pandemic forced many businesses to accelerate their remote working policies or build new ones entirely from scratch,” said Katherine Emberly, president of business, brand and communications, Shaw Communications, in the news release. “After working from home for five months, businesses realize they need technology that can keep their employees securely connected while working with critical files and applications. Smart Remote Office is a solution that…
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By Greg O’Brien
VANCOUVER – As expected, Telus executives said their company is very well positioned to weather whatever storm the newly launched Shaw Mobile releases into the Albert and British Columbia telecom marketplace.
Pointing to its long-term track record, relationships with its customers and solid distribution channels (Telus has 300-plus retail stores in the two provinces compared to 19 for Shaw, although the latter does have additional retail partners like Wal-Mart), company executives on its second quarter results conference call with financial analysts on Friday sounded pretty confident they have prepared well for this new competitive brand.
“We’ve been…
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By Greg O’Brien
WHEN TELUS RELEASES its second quarter results July 31st, company executives will surely have to answer a fair number of questions about their primary western Canadian competitor’s new brand, Shaw Mobile, when they host their quarterly conference call with financial analysts at noon ET.
Those analysts all published their takes on the launch of Shaw Mobile and agree the dramatic discounts offered by Shaw will surely draw customers away from Telus, Rogers and Bell – while shoring up Shaw’s wireline customer base at the same time. As we reported, Shaw has gone to market in Alberta and…
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