Shaw Communications Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications company which provides telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services.

Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw provides home telecommunications services primarily in Alberta and British Columbia and satellite television nationally.

It also operates smaller cable television systems in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northern Ontario. Shaw provides mobile services through its subsidiary Freedom Mobile, under both the Freedom and Shaw Mobile brands, in areas of Alberta, British Columbia, and Southern Ontario.

The company’s chief competitor for home telecommunications in western Canada is Telus Communications.

Traded as:       TSX-V: SJR.A; TSX: SJR.B; NYSE: SJR

Industry:         Telecommunications

Founded:        1966; 55 years ago (as Capital Cable Television Company, Ltd.)

Products:        Cable television, high speed internet, telephone, satellite television, network and specialty broadcasting, logistics tracking, radio

Divisions:        Shaw Broadcast Services, Shaw Direct

Subsidiaries:   Freedom Mobile (Shaw Mobile)

Website:         www.shaw.ca