Rogers Communications

Rogers Communications is to acquire BAI Communications’ Canadian operations for an undisclosed sum, a move that will enable the operator to build a 5G network across Toronto’s entire subway system.

Rogers Communications overcame the final hurdle in a more than two-year bid to acquire Shaw Communications for CAD20 billion ($14. 8 billion), after receiving final approvals from Canada’s government.

The closing date for a buy out of Shaw Communications by Canadian rival Rogers Communications was pushed back from the end of this month to 17 February, as the pair await the final approval needed for the deal to proceed.

Canada’s competition authority admitted defeat in its attempts to scupper a buy out of Shaw Communications by rival Rogers Communications after losing a case at the Federal Court of Appeal, a decision which removes one of the final barriers…

Canada’s Competition Tribunal set a timeline of late October for the start of mediation between authorities and the parties involved in a proposed buyout of Shaw Communications by rival Rogers Communications. The controversial takeover would combine the companies.

Rogers Communications president and CEO Tony Staffieri (pictured) revealed the Canadian operator plans to invest CAD10 billion ($7.

Canadian operator Rogers Communications appointed the head of its business division Ron McKenzie as CTIO, replacing Jorge Fernandes with immediate effect.