Rogers Shaw merger Competition Bureau

TORONTO — The proposed $26-billion merger between two of Canada's telecom titans has hit a new regulatory hurdle after the Commissioner of Competition has ...

Friday's joint statement saw Rogers and Shaw reiterate their commitment to selling Freedom "with a view to addressing concerns raised by the Commissioner of Competition." The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission signed off earlier this year, and the companies are actively trying to sell Shaw's wireless business Freedom Mobile which is expected to be a condition of approval from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The Competition Bureau did not immediately respond to request for comment on the decision to fight the prospective merger, and neither Rogers nor Shaw offered details on the contents of the Friday notice.

Rogers Communications Inc. said Canada's antitrust agency is opposed to its C$20 billion ($16 billion) takeover of rival Shaw Communications Inc., ...

Canada's Commissioner of Competition is reportedly planning to oppose the $26-billion takeover of Shaw by Rogers at the Competition Tribunal.

This includes Globalive Capital’s Anthony Lacavera, who offered Rogers $3.75-billion for Freedom. Lacavera is also said to have called the sales process a “non-competitive sham.” The application seeks to block the proposed merger of Rogers and Shaw, homogenizing two of Canada’s largest cable networking companies. “The companies have offered to address concerns regarding the possible impact of the transaction on Canada’s competitive wireless market by proposing the full divesture of Shaw’s wireless business, Freedom Mobile.”

The proposed $26-billion merger between two of Canada's telecom titans has hit a new regulatory hurdle after the Commissioner of Competition has indicated ...

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission signed off earlier this year, and the companies are actively trying to sell Shaw's wireless business Freedom Mobile which is expected to be a condition of approval from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The proposed $26-billion merger between two of Canada's telecom titans has hit a new regulatory hurdle after the Commissioner of Competition has indicated it intends to block the deal. A woman holds two cellphones in this photo illustration in Chelsea, Que., Monday March 29, 2021.

Federal competition authorities have thrown a wrench in the proposed $26-billion merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and its Calgary-based rival Shaw ...

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