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S
haw
C
ommunications Inc
.
MANA
G
EMENT’
S
DI
SCUSS
I
O
N AND ANALY
S
I
S
August
,
S
h
a
wB
us
in
ess
S
haw Bus
i
ness
i
s res
p
ons
i
ble
f
or the develo
p
ment and mana
g
ement o
f
the nat
i
onal
fi
br
e
n
etwork that is the primary Internet backbone for Shaw’s broadband Internet customers. Thi
s
backbone network is also used to carr
y
Shaw Di
g
ital Phone ca
p
acit
y
and video si
g
nals. I
n
add
i
t
i
on,
S
haw Bus
i
ness
p
rov
i
des serv
i
ces to small and med
i
um s
i
ze bus
i
ness, Internet
S
erv
i
c
e
P
roviders (“ISPs”), cable companies, broadcasters, governments and other organizations that
require end-to-end Internet, data and voice connectivity. Shaw Business is also a major account
and wholesale
p
rov
i
der o
ff
er
i
n
g
th
i
rd
p
art
i
es advanced h
ig
hs
p
eed data connect
i
v
i
t
y
an
d
I
nternet services in Canada and the United States. Its offerings currently include data, voic
e
and video transport and Internet connectivity services. It also continues to establish public and
p
r
i
vate
p
eer
i
n
g
arran
g
ements w
i
th h
ig
hs
p
eed connect
i
ons to ma
j
or North Amer
i
can, Euro
p
ean
and As
i
an network access po
i
nts and other t
i
er-one backbone carr
i
ers.
D
ur
i
ng
2013
,
S
haw completed the acqu
i
s
i
t
i
on o
f
ENMAX Env
i
s
i
on Inc.
(“
Env
i
s
i
on”
)
, a company
providing leading telecommunication services to Calgary business customers, for approximately
$
225 million, excludin
g
workin
g
ca
p
ital ad
j
ustments. The transaction ex
p
ands Shaw’s Busines
s
i
n
i
t
i
at
i
ves
i
n
C
algary and s
i
gn
ifi
cantly enhances the pro
fi
le o
fS
haw Bus
i
ness
i
n the compet
i
t
i
ve
Calgary marketplace.
The Shaw Business network includes multiple fibre capacity on two diverse cross-North America
routes. The
C
om
p
an
y
’s southern route
p
r
i
nc
ip
all
y
cons
i
sts o
f
a
pp
rox
i
matel
y6
,4
00
rout
e
k
i
lometres
(
4,
000
m
i
les
)
o
ffi
bre located on routes between Vancouver
(
v
i
a
C
algary, W
i
nn
i
peg
,
Chicago, Toronto and Buffalo) and New York City and between Vancouver and Sacramento. Th
e
n
orthern route cons
i
sts o
f
a
pp
rox
i
matel
y
4,
000
route k
i
lometres
(2
,5
00
m
i
les
)
o
ffi
bre between
E
dmonton
(
v
i
a
S
askatoon, W
i
nn
i
peg and Thunder Bay
)
and Toronto. Th
i
s route prov
i
des
redundancy for the existing southern route. Shaw Business also maintains a marine route
cons
i
st
i
n
g
o
f
a
pp
rox
i
matel
y 330
route k
i
lometres
(200
m
i
les
)
located on two
fi
bres
f
rom
S
eattl
e
t
o Vancouver Ma
i
nland
(
v
i
aV
i
ctor
i
a
)
. In add
i
t
i
on,
S
haw Bus
i
ness has secured add
i
t
i
onal
capacity to connect the cities of Toronto to New York City, Seattle to Vancouver and Edmonto
n
to To
r
o
n
to
.
(
ii) Satellit
e
S
haw’s
S
atell
i
te o
p
erat
i
ons own and lease, d
i
rectl
y
and
i
nd
i
rectl
y
, satell
i
te trans
p
onders tha
t
receive and amplify digital signals and transmit them to receiving dishes located within the
f
ootprint covered by the satellite. Shaw Direct and Satellite Services businesses share the
satell
i
te
i
n
f
rastructure d
i
str
i
but
i
n
g
d
igi
tal v
i
deo and aud
i
os
ig
nals to d
iff
erent market
s
(residential and business), thereby allowing the Company to derive distinct revenue stream
s
f
rom different customers using a common platform
.
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