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Originally Posted by Cheese
Welcome to sky hi prices folks. Rogers sucks.
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Not for four years from now based on the press release. Deal is one year from close, commitment from Rogers not to raise prices for 3 years after. How generous of them
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• The combined company is committed to continue offering affordable wireless plans, with no overage fees, that meet the budgets and needs of Canadians. As part of this commitment, Rogers will not increase wireless prices for Freedom Mobile customers for at least three years following the close of the transaction
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https://newsroom.shaw.ca/corporate/n...lID=6442452489
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Originally Posted by calf
I don't think this gets announced unless they're pretty sure they'll meet regulatory requirements. I think their announced investments into 5G and Rural Broadband starts to address that.
Their Cable territories don't really cross over, so I doubt that's an issue. I'm betting Shaw/Freedom's cell marketshare isn't overly huge, so I'm betting that can be resolved. And I wouldn't be surprised if there's a forced sale of some TV and radio stations by each other.
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Freedom/Shaw has ~2M mobile subs vs. 10.8M from Rogers. There's also a lot of spectrum that Shaw purchased which will cause regulatory/licensing problems for Rogers as the CRTC license for that spectrum was specifically for new entrants. We'll see parts of Freedom or the spectrum licenses likely being sold off at the very least.