Cable / Telecom News

Videotron says it has fulfilled all Freedom commitments to government

Quebecor’s Videotron said Friday it has fulfilled all of its commitments to the federal government when it acquired Freedom Mobile. The commitments were that it maintain Freedom’s pricing and to add data, which it said were fulfilled within two months of the closing of the acquisition in April 2023; that it offer competitive pricing, the result of which contributed to a lowering of wireless prices broadly as per Statistics Canada data; make uniform the plan prices for both Videotron and Freedom in Quebec, which it said it went above and beyond by lower prices and increasing data; that it extend...