telecoms
Rogers’ acquisition of Shaw shouldn’t be able to happen
Opinions April 7, 2021by Emma Jean, Staff Writer On March 15, it was reported that Rogers Communications had signed a deal to purchase Shaw Communications for a whopping $26 billion. That not only leaves three national cellular providers in Canada — Bell, Telus, and Rogers — but less than 10% of the country using any other provider. Unless the perspective comes from a high-stakes investor with financial gain from this big merger, this is bad for everyone. As it is, Canadian consumers pay some of the highest prices in the world for their cell phones, internet, and television; in other words, their telecommunications.…
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We have to pay better attention to who and what has access to our data
Opinions January 19, 2020By: Connor Stephenson, SFU Student Few of us, if any, read user agreements prior to entering personal information or allowing applications to track our location. This is incredibly convenient for data corporations. The legal requirements for your explicit consent are camouflaged…
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