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Canada's Shaw offers voluntary buyouts to 6,500 employees

Published 2018-01-30, 03:13 p/m
© Reuters.  Canada's Shaw offers voluntary buyouts to 6,500 employees
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Jan 30 (Reuters) - Canada's Shaw Communications Inc SJRb.TO will offer about 6,500 of its employees voluntary departure packages, the wireless service provider said on Tuesday, as it seeks to cut costs.

Shaw, which had about 14,000 employees, expects about 650 employees will accept the packages.

Calgary-based Shaw hopes the move will sharpen the company's focus on online and smartphone-based services. The company has ramped up spending in recent months to sign up more wireless and internet subscribers amid fierce competition with Rogers Communications RCIb.TO, BCE Inc BCE.TO and Telus Corp T.TO .

Shaw's shares rose about 1 percent on Tuesday afternoon on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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