(Reuters) – Canada’s competition tribunal on Thursday approved the C$20 billion ($14.77 billion) merger between Rogers Communications Inc and Shaw Communications Inc that would create the country’s second-largest telecom provider after Bell.
The tribunal dismissed the Commissioner of Competition’s request to oppose the deal, according to the statement.
($1 = 1.3544 Canadian dollars)
(Reporting by Divya Rajagopal and Akriti Sharma; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
