Shaw Communications who once tried to start their own wireless service has now drop $1.6 Billion for Wind Mobile according to the Globe And Mail:
“Wireless was a missing piece,” Shaw CEO Brad Shaw said in an interview, adding that now the company will be able to match its main rival Telus Corp., which already has one of the largest cellular businesses in Canada and competes with Shaw for television and Internet customers.
“Now we’re on the same page, we’re at the same level…. and we’ve improved our competitive position in Western Canada just by doing this deal.”
The deal needs to be okayed by the Competition Bureau, but this is big news. One has to wonder if they plan to really take a serious run at the “big three” carriers, or is that club about to become the “big four.” Does that mean that Wind’s expansion plans are about to ramp up or slow down? We will have to wait and see on both those fronts.
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Shaw Buys Wind Mobile
Shaw Communications who once tried to start their own wireless service has now drop $1.6 Billion for Wind Mobile according to the Globe And Mail:
“Wireless was a missing piece,” Shaw CEO Brad Shaw said in an interview, adding that now the company will be able to match its main rival Telus Corp., which already has one of the largest cellular businesses in Canada and competes with Shaw for television and Internet customers.
“Now we’re on the same page, we’re at the same level…. and we’ve improved our competitive position in Western Canada just by doing this deal.”
The deal needs to be okayed by the Competition Bureau, but this is big news. One has to wonder if they plan to really take a serious run at the “big three” carriers, or is that club about to become the “big four.” Does that mean that Wind’s expansion plans are about to ramp up or slow down? We will have to wait and see on both those fronts.
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