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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Prediction: Shaw Internet customers will really like this
By Greg O’Brien
CALGARY — In a move the company says is meant to reward its wired broadband customers while building its wireless subscriber count out west, Shaw Communications is launching today its new Shaw Mobile branded service.
Exclusive to British Columbia and Alberta, Shaw Mobile is meant to leverage the company’s LTE network, its Fibre+ network and 450,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to offer Shaw Internet customers a way to add wireless that promises to dramatically reduce their monthly wireless data bill.
Beginning today, Shaw Fibre+ Internet subscribers can add up to six wireless lines of…
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By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – In May, Eastlink challenged CRTC Telecom Order 2020-660 issued in February where the Commission denied a request from Eastlink to impose customer credit limits that would help Eastlink mitigate delinquent third party internet access customers.
The Halifax-based company filed the application requesting the CRTC review and vary the decision, in light of the pandemic and the financial situation the crisis has created.
After requests for information and procedural requests, the final deadline to file intervention was pushed back to July 24.
In interventions, Shaw and Videotron agreed with Eastlink saying the Commission was wrong in denying…
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Rogers in favour of transport subsidies for rural fund
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Rogers and Bell are among those in favour of a “flexible” approach for the use of the Federal government’s yet-to-be-announced $1 billion Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) to support rural backbone, transport and last-mile projects, according to Rogers and a briefing note prepared for the rural economic development minister.
In a stakeholder page on its website, ISED asks those providing feedback on the program’s design to answer questions including: “In situations where government is only funding backbone investments, how could last-mile investments be facilitated?” And, “Are there particular…
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CALGARY — Shaw Communications tweeted out a teaser today saying its new Shaw Mobile branded service, exclusive to British Columbia and Alberta, will launch on Thursday, July 30.
The company isn’t offering any public details ahead of the formal launch, except to say Shaw will offer iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro smartphones to customers — information included in the tweet.
Since it’s being offered in B.C. and Alberta, home to the bulk of the company’s wired subscribers, we’re betting some bundled TV-Internet-wireless packages with Shaw Cable will be on offer, along with other differentiations to separate the brand from…
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VANCOUVER – Shaw Communications and Rogers Communications are both stepping up their support for women and individuals facing gender-based violence throughout B.C. by providing complimentary cellular phones along with voice and data plans to the Ending Violence Association of British Columbia.
The handsets will provide essential lifelines for those experiencing domestic abuse. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, anti-violence service providers across B.C. have reported an increase in demand for help and an increase in severity of the types of violence, says the EVA BC press release.
“The social distancing required during the pandemic has made it difficult for those facing violence…
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TORONTO — SiriusXM launched today its latest collection of exclusive radio channels dedicated to iconic musicians, including Beastie Boys, Bob Marley, Coldplay, Michael Jackson and Queen. In addition, the Prince Channel is returning to SiriusXM. All are available through August 13.
The brand-new, limited-run channels have been authorized and produced in co-operation with the artists and their teams, and feature career-spanning hits, rare recordings and interviews, says the news release.
Guest hosts on the new channels will include Akon, Beck, Big Boi, Carlos Santana, Catherine Zeta-Jones, CeeLo Green, Cypress Hill, Demi Lovato, Dua Lipa, Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl and Taylor…
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CALGARY — Shaw Communications is asking Canadians to help support more than 200 Alberta youth-based charities connected to the Shaw Charity Classic golf tournament and its charitable giving program, Shaw Birdies for Kids. The tournament had to be cancelled this summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Canadians can text KIDS to 30333 to donate $10 to the Shaw Charity Classic Foundation between now and August 30, with all funds raised going toward the children’s charities across Alberta that benefit from the PGA Tour Champions event in Calgary. Donors are encouraged to use the #ChipinforKids hashtag to share their donation…
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McAleese decries pricing discipline of Big Three
By Greg O’Brien
CALGARY – While the Covid-19 crisis has hit everyone hard, Shaw Communications posted what can only be considered a good third quarter, considering all that has happened during the pandemic. It announced its Q3 results after the markets closed on Friday.
Also, with 90% of its stores now reopened (albeit with much less traffic so far) and customer activity increasing in its wired and wireless (Freedom Mobile) segments, executives also said Friday the company has rehired 50% of the approximately 1,000 employees it furloughed in April.
“While we continue to navigate through…
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REGINA – On Wednesday, SaskTel reported 2019/20 net income of $119.8 million on revenues of $1,283.7 million.
While that was a year over year revenue growth of $5.8 million, “reflecting continued wireless adoption and increased revenue from wireline growth services,” the net income line was a drop of 6%, compared to the prior fiscal year, mostly thanks to the hit from the Covid-19 crisis, said the company. The company’s fiscal year ends March 31st.
The provincial Crown corporation paid a dividend of $107.2 million to the province during the fiscal year, a decrease of $9.1 million from the previous year. During…
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