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Shaw Communications Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
August 31, 2015
ŠVoice Solutions – from services that connect customer premise equipment to the phone network and single voice line
solutions to robust fully managed hosted unified communications functionality
ŠBroadcast Video – high-quality video streaming across North America in real time
Business customers are looking for a communications partner that takes care of their communication infrastructure – a partner
that will relieve them of the chore and complexity of managing communications so that they can focus on growing their
businesses. That is why we collaborated with global scale technology leaders to launch our “Smart” suite of easy to use and
flexible managed business communications solutions:
ŠSmartVoice is a unified communications solution that integrates instant messaging, presence, email, video conferencing
and a mobile application – it is built on Broadsoft’s BroadWorks platform
ŠSmartWiFi is a fully-managed internet solution designed to offer seamless secure wireless connectivity for employees and
guests in the office and on the go with Shaw Go WiFi – it is deployed over Cisco’s Meraki platform
In order to continue to meet our customer needs in the future, we are executing our plan to ensure that our network keeps pace
with the expectations for bandwidth, speed and reliability that our customers expect today and will expect in the future. See
“Shaw’s Network” for a description of our network and the advances that we are undertaking.
Shaw Business is also leading the rollout to customers in western Canada of hybrid IT services available from our recently
opened Calgary1 data centre. These services complement the current Shaw Business offering and leverage ViaWest’s 16 years
of experience as a hybrid IT solutions provider. See discussion under “Business Infrastructure Services.”
Wholesale Network Services
Using our national and regional fibre network, we provide services to internet service providers (“ISPs”), other communications
companies, broadcasters, governments and other businesses and organizations that require end-to-end Internet and data
connectivity in Canada and the United States. We also engage in public and private peering arrangements with high speed
connections to major North American, European and Asian networks and other tier-one backbone carriers.
Broadcast Services
Shaw Broadcast Services uses our substantial fibre backbone network to manage one of
North America’s largest full-service commercial signal distribution networks, delivering more
television and radio signals by satellite to cable operators and other multi-channel system
operators in Canada and the U.S. than any other single-source satellite supplier. This
business is referred to as a “satellite relay distribution undertaking” or “SRDU”. Shaw
Broadcast Services currently provides SRDU and advanced signal transport services to approximately 350 distribution
undertakings and redistributes approximately 500 television signals and over 100 audio signals in both English and French to
multi-channel system operators.
Tracking
Shaw Tracking provides asset tracking and communication services primarily in Canada to
approximately 600 customers in the transportation industry that have an aggregate of
approximately 45,000 vehicles. By satellite, cellular, WiFi and Bluetooth, Shaw Tracking
provides immediate real-time visibility to a customer’s fleet and freight. Specifically, Shaw Tracking’s services integrate with a
carrier’s fleet management system and capture location, performance, productivity and other measures pertaining to a
customer’s assets.
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