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Shaw enjoys record wireless net adds in Q1 2021

CALGARY — Thanks to its Shaw Mobile bundling strategy, leveraging its Fibre+ Internet customer base, Shaw Communications reported record wireless subscriber growth with approximately 101,000 net additions in the first quarter of 2021, the company announced today. The wireless net additions included a 31% year-over-year increase in postpaid net adds to 87,300, as well as 13,700 prepaid net additions in the quarter ended November 30, 2020. The company enjoyed continued growth in wireless service revenue of 9.7% year-over-year to $215 million over the comparable period in fiscal 2020. Shaw’s wireless adjusted EBITDA totalled $75 million in the first quarter of...