“This is certainly going to be on my mind, and the mind of all Canadians. We just went through one of the most serious outages I can remember,” said Champagne, who was in Calgary Friday to attend the Stampede and meet with Alberta business leaders.
The deal would see Quebecor buy all of Freedom’s branded wireless and internet customers, as well as its infrastructure, spectrum and retail locations. Rogers, Shaw and Quebecor have argued that their agreement would effectively keep alive a “strong and sustainable” fourth wireless carrier in Canada because the deal would expand Quebecor’s wireless operations nationally.Article content
Negotiation of the definitive transaction documents is progressing as expected, and the parties will provide an update in due course“Negotiation of the definitive transaction documents is progressing as expected, and the parties will provide an update in due course,” said Rogers spokeswoman Chloe Luciani-Girouard in an email.
Earlier this week, Champagne met with Rogers and several other telecom providers and directed them to come up with a crisis plan to improve resiliency in the sector in the event an outage like last Friday’s happens again. The plan must include agreements on emergency roaming, a “mutual assistance” framework and a communication protocol to “better inform the public and authorities during telecommunications emergencies.
A deal Rogers really needs cancelled now that interest rates have shot back up
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