© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ethernet cables are seen in front of Rogers and Shaw Communications logos in this illustration taken, July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustrations

(Reuters) - Canada's competition tribunal on Thursday approved the C$20 billion ($14.77 billion) merger between Rogers (NYSE:ROG) Communications Inc and Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR) 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)

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