A year and a half in the making, here’s how the Rogers takeover of Shaw has evolved, the controversies around it, and how it became the biggest case ever heard by the Competition Tribunal
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In order to avoid eliminating a wireless competitor, and hoping to address the Competition Bureau’s concerns, Rogers and Shaw agreed to sell Shaw’s Freedom Mobile to Quebecor’s Videotron as part of the deal in June. in Alberta and B.C., because Quebecor and other potential buyers of Freedom refused to bid on the division.
as part of the takeover, claiming the deals violate the Telecommunications Act and could stifle competition through price discrimination.Despite Rogers and Shaw agreeing to sell Freedom Mobile to a competitor, the Competition Bureau opposed the takeover deal.in the Competition Tribunal, the agency argued that Freedom would come out of a sale as a weakened competitor because Rogers would acquire a number of Shaw’s assets such as infrastructure and personnel.
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