Canadians’ anger over Rogers’ interruption may complicate their hopes of integrating
The Rogers Building, the green-topped campus of Canadian media company Rogers Communications, is seen in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 9, 2022. REUTERS|Chris Hellgren Register now to get free unlimited access to Reuters.com Register TORONTO, July 10 (Reuters) – Rogers Communications (RCIb.TO) It complicated its chances of winning antitrust approval for a C$20 billion telecoms merger after Friday’s massive outage that highlighted the dangers of Canada’s effective telecoms monopoly and sparked a backlash against its dominance of the industry. Rogers’ network outage disrupted nearly every aspect of daily life, cutting off banking, transportation and government incomes for millions, and hitting the nation’s cashless payments system and Air Canada’s. (AC.TO) call center. Consumers and opposition politicians have called on the government to allow more competition and enact policy changes to reduce the influence of telecom companies. Rogers, BCE Inc (BCE.TO) and Telus Corp (T.TO) Controlling 90% of the market share in Canada.
Canadians’ anger over Rogers’ interruption may complicate their hopes of integrating
The Rogers Building, the green-topped campus of Canadian media company Rogers Communications, is seen in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 9, 2022. REUTERS|Chris Hellgren Register now to get free unlimited access to Reuters.com Register TORONTO, July 10 (Reuters) – Rogers Communications (RCIb.TO) It complicated its chances of winning antitrust approval for a C$20 billion telecoms merger after Friday’s massive outage that highlighted the dangers of Canada’s effective telecoms monopoly and sparked a backlash against its dominance of the industry. Rogers’ network outage disrupted nearly every aspect of daily life, cutting off banking, transportation and government incomes for millions, and hitting the nation’s cashless payments system and Air Canada’s. (AC.TO) call center. Consumers and opposition politicians have called on the government to allow more competition and enact policy changes to reduce the influence of telecom companies. Rogers, BCE Inc (BCE.TO) and Telus Corp (T.TO) Controlling 90% of the market share in Canada.