Québecor subsidiary Vidéotron acquired Freedom Mobile at the start of the second quarter of 2023. By the end of the quarter, the $2.85 billion sale proved to be worth it.
More details on the company’s recent financial report, along with a list of other interesting tech stories from the past week, are outlined below.
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Québecor’s acquisition of Freedom Mobile helped the company increase its revenue, its Q2 financial report revealed.
Koodo recently started offering 5G services. But despite some customers seeing “5G ” on their phones, the provider says speeds are limited to what users pay for.
In other tech-related news
Telus is offering discounts on its Stream+ bundle with Netflix, Apple TV+, Discovery+ and Telus TV+.
News Media Canada, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, and CBC/Radio-Canada have asked the Competition Bureau to investigate Meta blocking news access for Canadians. The application has received support from Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
Google has dropped another Android 14 beta update featuring a ton of bug fixes.
Like Netflix, Disney+ will also start cracking down on password sharing.
Meta will kill SMS support in Facebook Messenger on September 28th.
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