 thumb|right|shaw communications logo, used from 1984 to 1997 thumb|right|shaw communications logo, used from 1997 to 2012 shaw communications inc. is a canadian telecommunications company that provides telephone, internet and television services as well as mass media related services. headquartered in calgary, alberta, shaw provides services mostly in british columbia and alberta, with smaller systems in saskatchewan, manitoba, and northern ontario. == history == shaw was founded as capital cable television company, ltd. in edmonton, alberta, in 1966. the company changed its name to shaw cablesystems ltd. and went public on the tsx in 1983. the company grew during the 1980s and 1990s through acquisitions of firms including classicomm in the toronto area, access communications in nova scotia
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