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, […]

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 […]

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 […]