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"While some seek to justify it or explain it away, the simple reality is that Canadians already pay some of the highest prices for wireless services in the world," Geist said, echoing other opponents of the deal. "If this merger is approved, the situation is likely to get worse. Indeed, when Rogers promises that it will not raise prices for Shaw Freedom Mobile customers for three years, it effectively signals that it will be raising them as soon as the clock runs out on that time." Shaw chief executive Brad Shaw and Rogers CEO Joe Natale told the same committee on March 29 that they'd be stro...

A woman holds two cellphones with the corporate logos of Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications in a photo illustration in Chelsea, Que., Monday March 29, 2021. A review of the proposed $26-billion purchase of Shaw Communications by Rogers Communications continues into its third day today in Ottawa before a committee of federal MPs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld TORONTO – Rogers Communications Inc. shouldn’t be allowed to buy Canada’s fourth-largest wireless service, Freedom Mobile, because it would undo attempts improve prices and services through competition, experts in tele...

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Article content By Timothy Denton Do you remember the Maltese Falcon: the movie whose plot turned on possession of a ceramic bird? The Maltese falcon is a MacGuffin, the thing around which the plot moves. Telecommunications policy is filled with MacGuffins. Coming to a political theater near you will be several MacGuffins used to justify the Rogers takeover of Shaw. Think 5G. Think rural broadband. Watch the dogs chase the ball. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Timothy Denton: Time to change Canada's failed telecom strategy Back to video The n...

Article content When Anthony Lacavera saw that Rogers Communications Inc. was buying western rival Shaw Communications for more than $20 billion earlier this week, the telecom industry veteran was a little disappointed but not surprised. Lacavera, after all, founded Wind Mobile in 2008 as an upstart wireless provider, and battled against regulators and Canada’s big three telcos for years before Shaw finally absorbed Wind and rebranded it as Freedom Mobile in 2016. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Rogers-Shaw merger leaves Wind founder disappo...