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Ottawa, 6 June 2013
Our reference: 8661-C12-201303487
BY EMAIL
Mr. Denis E. Henry
Bell Aliant
Vice-President - Regulatory, Government Affairs and Public Law
160 Elgin Street, Floor 19
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2C4
regulatory@bell.aliant.ca
Mr. Philippe Gauvin
Bell Canada
Counsel - Regulatory Law and Policy
160 Elgin Street, Floor 19
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2C4
bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Re: Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-80 – Review of outstanding wholesale high-speed access service issues related to optional upstream speed rates and modem certification requirements – The Bell Companies’ disclosure of certain information in responses to requests for information
Dear Sirs:
Commission staff issued a letter, dated 21 May 2013, extending process deadlines related to Telecom Notice of Consultation 2013-80 and directing Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership and Bell Canada (collectively, the Bell companies) to disclose on the public record by 23 May 2013 the demand data requested in the interrogatories, to the extent the demand data filed on 15 May 2013 and 17 May 2013 was comprised of demand data representing at least three competitors.
The Commission received a letter dated 27 May 2013 in which the Bell companies agreed that the information provided in response to The Companies(CRTC)29Apr13-3 parts b) and d) TNC
2013-80 should have been disclosed on the public record and attached an updated confidential and abridged version of that attachment, providing optional upstream service demand data on the public record.
The Bell companies also submitted that, for various reasons outlined in the letter, the information provided in response to The Companies(CRTC)29Apr13-3 parts a) and c) TNC 2013-80 should remain confidential in their entirety.
Commission staff notes that its request for disclosure of information set out in the 21 May 2013 letter above was intended to relate only to the optional upstream service demand data, as understood by the Bell companies. Accordingly, Commission staff will not address the arguments made by the Bell companies in support of their claim of confidentiality in respect of the demand data filed in response to The Companies(CRTC)29Apr13-3 a) and c) at this time.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Lyne Renaud
Director, Competitor Services and Costing
Telecommunications Directorate
c.c.: Interested Parties to Telecom Notice of Consultation 2013-80
Ramin Adim, CRTC, ramin.adim@crtc.gc.ca
Renée Doiron, CRTC, renee.doiron@crtc.gc.ca
Interested Parties to Telecom Notice of Consultation 2013-80
michelle.dupuis@telus.com; david.watt@rci.rogers.com; bianca.sgambetterra@cogeco.com; suzanne.giroux@mtsallstream.com; beverley.wells@bell.ca; ocrosby@scs.carleton.ca; GreyBeatle111@hotmail.com; jfmezei@vaxination.ca; brian.riquelme@hotmail.com; regulatory@primustel.ca; ted.woodhead@telus.com; regulatory.aff@fidomobile.ca; ctacit@tacitlaw.com; dennis.beland@quebecor.com; piac@piac.ca; regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca; regulatory@bcba.ca; resa1983@hotmail.com; regulatory.aff@fidomobile.ca; jrestrepousa@yahoo.com; regulatory.affairs@telus.com;
regulatory@cnoc.ca; telecom.regulatory@cogeco.com; iworkstation@mtsallstream.ca;
regaffairs@quebecor.com; ken.engelhart@rci.rogers.com; document.control@sasktel.com;
regulatory@sjrb.ca; regulatory.affairs@telus.com
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