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• Quebecor extends coverage areas across Canada for Freedom Mobile customers

  The Montreal-based company says there will be a phased expansion of the service areas for those brands as it launches its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2023
  
• Quebecor stops paying rent at legislature, says 100K fee a threat to democracy

  The Montreal-based media conglomerate has announced it will stop paying its $8,448 per month rent for the office its political journalists use at the Quebec legislature.

  Politics

  Aug 12, 2023
  
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• Freedom Mobile to offer 5G service through 2 new plans

  Freedom Mobile announced in May it would offer a $50 monthly plan that includes unlimited calls and texts as well as 40 gigabytes of data usable throughout Canada and the U.S.

  Tech

  Jul 27, 2023
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• Quebecor to pull its ads from Facebook, Instagram over Meta’s C-18 protest

  The "Online News Act," or House of Commons bill C-18, introduced in April last year laid out rules to force companies such as Meta and Alphabet-owned Google.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2023
• Rogers-Shaw merger closes, forming new telecom giant

  Rogers has closed its acquisition of Shaw and Quebecor has completed its purchase of Freedom Mobile. The deal received the final approval it needed from Ottawa on Friday.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2023
• Media mogul and former Parti Québécois leader new owner of CFL’s Montreal Alouettes

  At long last, the Montreal Alouettes have a new owner: Quebec media mogul Pierre Karl Péladeau. The CFL unveiled the new owner of the club Friday.

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2023
• Rogers ‘confident’ it can compete with bigger Videotron if Shaw merger goes forward

  The CEO of Rogers Communications believes the company is ready to handle increased competition from Videotron if its merger with Shaw Communications goes through.

  Money

  Feb 2, 2023
• Rogers-Shaw deal: Decision will be made ‘in due course,’ says minister amid committee probe

  Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said he wants to understand why the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the Competition Bureau’s bid to overturn the Rogers-Shaw merger.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2023
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• Rogers-Shaw deal will be reviewed only once there is legal process ‘clarity,’ says minister

  Canada's Industry Minister says he will render his decision on Rogers' proposed purchase of Shaw Communications Inc. only after there is clarity in the ongoing legal battle.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2022
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• Competition Bureau still plans to block Rogers-Shaw deal, tribunal hears

  The Competition Tribunal's public hearing on Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. begins Monday.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2022