Shaw Introduces Shaw Gig WiFi — Giving Western Canadians Faster, More Reliable In-Home WiFi Across More Devices
April 15 2021 - 9:00AM
Shaw Communications Inc. today announced the launch of Shaw Gig
WiFi — leveraging the best in-home technology to give customers the
faster speeds, lower latency, and more consistent WiFi signal they
need to connect all their devices.
“As Western Canadians continue incorporating more connected
technology in their home to work, game and stream, they may be
surprised that having dozens of connected devices has propelled
their household into the super-user category, requiring access to a
more efficient high-quality broadband connection,” said Paul
Deverell, President, Consumer, Shaw Communications. "By leveraging
WiFi 6 technology through Shaw’s new Fibre+ Gateway 2.0 modem, Shaw
Gig WiFi offers better quality connections and connectivity
throughout the home while supporting increased demand for speed and
bandwidth today and into the future.”
Available today, Shaw Gig WiFi taps into the strength and
capacity of the new Shaw Fibre+ Gateway 2.0 modem — the powerful
new WiFi 6-certified modem capable of delivering gigabit WiFi
download speeds in the home. With WiFi 6, Shaw Gig WiFi connects
multiple devices more efficiently than ever before, giving all
members of the household the ability to connect at the same time
with reduced buffering and slowdowns.
The rise of connected devices in the home continues to increase,
with an estimated 423.1 million devices set to enter Canadian
households by 2023 versus 245.6 million in 2018, according to
Cisco1.
While many Canadian homes have multiple connected devices, users
can experience network slow-down and congestion issues as their
laptops, smartphones, smart light bulbs and security cameras all
compete for WiFi bandwidth. Designed with bandwidth-heavy
applications in mind, the WiFi 6-certified Shaw Fibre+ Gateway 2.0
modem supports the growing number of connected devices in the home
by giving customers consistently fast WiFi.
As the next-generation standard for WiFi, WiFi 6 offers faster
throughput speeds on compatible devices, smarter WiFi coverage that
results in lower WiFi latency for fast cloud and online gaming, and
greater power efficiency for longer battery life for WiFi-connected
devices such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones.
Shaw is Western Canada's leader in Gig speed internet, with
ultrafast gigabit download speeds available to over a million more
homes than TELUS. The launch of the Fibre+ Gateway 2.0 modem comes
just after Shaw was named by Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence® as
Canada’s fastest fixed broadband provider2.
As of today, Shaw Fibre+ Gateway 2.0 is the only WiFi 6-capable
modem available from a Western Canadian internet service provider.
According to network equipment testing conducted by Kyrio, a
network testing lab, Shaw’s Fibre+ Gateway 2.0 demonstrated better
throughput and lower latency than TELUS’ WiFi Hub. More than 50% of
all consumer premise equipment will support WiFi 6 by 2024
according to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research3.
“The deployment of WiFi 6 capability marks a once-in-a-decade
upgrade of WiFi technology,” said Zoran Stakic, Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Shaw Communications. “The
launch of the Shaw Fibre+ Gateway 2.0 ensures customers on our
fastest internet plan get the most out of our Fibre+ network at a
time when they are relying on our technology like never
before.”
Shaw customers living in larger homes or homes built with
signal-blocking materials, such as concrete, can also add
next-generation Shaw Fibre+ WiFi Pods to reduce WiFi dead spots and
create their own household mesh WiFi networks.
The Shaw Fibre+ Gateway 2.0 modem is available to all new and
existing Shaw Fibre+ Gig 1.5 customers in the vast majority of
neighbourhoods in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, and
Winnipeg. Shaw Fibre+ Gig 1.5 is also available in smaller cities
Shaw serves, such as Dawson Creek, B.C., Banff, Alta, and Burnaby,
B.C. More information regarding product availability can be found
by visiting shaw.ca/gigwifi.
Details on pricing, packaging and availability of the Shaw
Fibre+ Gig 1.5 Internet plan can be found at shaw.ca/internet.
About Shaw Communications Inc.Shaw is a leading
Canadian connectivity company. The Wireline division consists of
Consumer and Business services. Consumer serves residential
customers with broadband Internet, Shaw Go WiFi, video and digital
phone. Business provides business customers with Internet, data,
WiFi, digital phone, and video services. The Wireless division
provides wireless voice and LTE data services.
Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and
is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX - SJR.B,
SJR.PR.A, SJR.PR.B, NYSE – SJR, and TSXV – SJR.A). For more
information, please visit www.shaw.ca.
For media inquiries, please contact: Shaw
Communications Inc.Chethan Lakshman, VP, External Affairs(403)
930-8448chethan.lakshman@sjrb.ca
1 https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/executive-perspectives/annual-internet-report/air-highlights.html#2
Based on Ookla’s Q1 2021 Global Market Index. More information
about the Global Market Index can be found
at speedtest.net/global-index/canada?fixed#market-analysis3
ABI Research: “Wi-Fi 6 Devices set to exceed 50% of CPE market in
2024”
https://www.abiresearch.com/press/wi-fi-6-devices-set-exceed-50-cpe-market-2024/
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