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Minister Champagne’s merger approval ignores unlawful Rogers-Vidéotron agreements

  • competition
  • CRTC

March 31, 2023. Chatham, Ontario. TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (TekSavvy) is disappointed in today’s decision by Innovation Minister Champagne to approve the largest telecom deal in Canadian history – the Rogers-Shaw merger and the related sale of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile to Quebecor’s Vidéotron. In approving the deal, Minister Champagne ignored the advice of the Competition Bureau, […]

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Rogers-Shaw merger: TekSavvy challenges wholesale deal with Vidéotron, says CRTC ruling required before Minister’s final decision

  • competition
  • CRTC

Citing CRTC’s exclusive jurisdiction, TekSavvy’s Part 1 application contends the transaction hinges on unduly preferential wholesale agreements between Rogers and Vidéotron, violating Section 27(2) of the Telecommunications Act January 19, 2023. Chatham, Ontario. TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (TekSavvy) today filed a Part 1 application to the CRTC disputing the legality of wholesale arrangements at the heart […]

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Minister Champagne must block the Rogers-Shaw merger and deny Vidéotron bid for Freedom Mobile

  • CRTC

After Cabinet’s decision on wholesale rates, TekSavvy warns federal merger approval will mean new rate-fixing and price hikes by Canada’s telecom oligopoly January 10, 2023. Chatham, Ontario. TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (TekSavvy) today called on Canada’s Minister of Industry, Science and Technology, François-Philippe Champagne, to block Rogers proposed $26 billion merger with Shaw by denying the […]

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TekSavvy announces business Unified Communications solutions

  • Business Solutions

Boost your business with an integrated communication channel solution, anywhere, anytime with one simple platform. June 8, 2022. Chatham, Ontario. TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (TekSavvy), Canada’s largest independent internet service provider (“ISP”), today announces the national availability of their Unified Communications solutions for business. Today’s global marketplace and distributed workforce require collaboration and communication tools that […]

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Canadian consumers pay the price for Cabinet decision on internet rates

  • CRTC

No action or accountability over anti-consumer CRTC decision that hikes prices and kills competition May 27, 2022. Chatham, Ontario. TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (“TekSavvy”) said yesterday’s decision by the federal Cabinet endorsed higher internet prices and misconduct by the head of the CRTC, amounting to a big loss for consumers and competition in general. Cabinet proposed […]

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Integrity Commissioner to TekSavvy: CRTC Chair may have breached Conflict of Interest Act

  • CRTC

Conflict of Interest Commissioner to prepare report for Prime Minister on allegations against appointee May 5, 2022. Chatham, Ontario. The Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada has referred TekSavvy’s request for an investigation of alleged wrongdoing by CRTC Chair Ian Scott to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (CIEC). The CIEC […]

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