July 15 (Reuters) - Shaw Communications Inc's SJRb.TO quarterly profit more than tripled, boosted by the purchase of wireless company Wind Mobile and a gain from the sale of its media assets to Corus Entertainment Inc CJRb.TO .
The Calgary-based telecom company's net income rose to C$ 704 million ($547 million), or C$1.44 per share, in the third quarter ended May 31, from C$209 million, or 42 Canadian cents per share, a year earlier. quarterly revenue rose about 13 percent to C$1.28 billion. ($1 = 1.2865 Canadian dollars)