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Telecom Public Notice
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Ottawa, 26 August 1991
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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 1991-70
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INTRODUCTION OF ADVANTAGE OVERSEAS SERVICE
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Reference: AGT Tariff Notice 60Bell Tariff Notice 3961B.C. Tel Tariff Notice 2404NBTel Tariff Notice 79
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The Commission has received applications from AGT Limited (AGT), Bell Canada (Bell), British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel), and The New Brunswick Telephone Company Limited (NBTel) for approval of tariff revisions for the introduction of Advantage Overseas Service.
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Advantage Overseas is an overseas discount message toll service (MTS) that would provide subscribing customers with volume discounts on customer dialed station-to-station calls to locations served by Teleglobe Canada Inc. (Teleglobe). (Calls to Canada, Mexico, and the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, would not be eligible for Advantage Overseas discounts). Discounts would apply to all overseas calls regardless of the time of day, with the exception that NBTel proposes to exclude calls placed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The proposed service has the same discount structure as Advantage Canada and Advantage U.S. Specifically, customers would be billed at regular MTS rates up to and including $200 per month. Thereafter, the following discounts would apply: 15% to eligible monthly charges over $200 up to and including $1,500; 17% to eligible monthly charges over $1,500 up to and including $3,500; 20% to eligible monthly charges over $3,500 up to and including $10,000; and 30% to eligible monthly charges over $10,000. All the companies, except NBTel, propose a service charge for subscription to the service.
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Telecom Canada and Teleglobe have negotiated an amendment to their Interconnection and Operating Agreement (the amendment to the Agreement) which, among other things, would provide for revised settlement arrangements and permit the Telecom Canada member companies to offer overseas discount services to their customers. By application dated 23 May 1991, Teleglobe filed the proposed amendment for the Commission's approval. By letter to Teleglobe dated 4 June 1991, the Commission stated that it would consider the appropriateness of the proposed amendment in the proceeding initiated by Teleglobe Canada Inc. -Regulation After the Transitional Period, CRTC Telecom Public Notice 1990-102, 20 December 1990 (Public Notice 1990-102).
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In its application, Bell requested approval of Advantage Overseas by 2 July 1991, with an effective date of 23 July 1991. B.C. Tel requested approval by 1 August 1991, with an effective date of 31 August 1991. Both companies asked that the Commission approve the service on an interim basis, should final approval not be possible by the requested dates. B.C. Tel also requested interim approval of the proposed amendment to the Agreement, which, it submitted, would be necessary in order to implement the service.
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In a letter to Bell, B.C. Tel and Teleglobe, dated 12 August 1991, the Commission denied the requests for interim approval of Advantage Overseas and of the proposed amendment to the Agreement.
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In support of their applications, Bell and B.C. Tel have submitted economic studies, for which confidentiality has been claimed. Bell has also filed, in confidence, a Telecom Canada economic evaluation. Abridged versions of this information have been provided for the public record. AGT and NBTel have relied on the Telecom Canada economic evaluation in support of their applications.
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Procedure
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1. Each company's application may be examined at any of its business offices or at the offices of the CRTC in the following locations:
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Room 201
Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
Hull, Quebec
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Suite 1007
Bank of Commerce Building
1809 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Suite 602
Complex Guy-Favreau
East Tower
200 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montréal, Quebec
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Suite 1380
800 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
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A copy of any application may be obtained by any interested person upon request directed to the company in question at the address noted below.
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2. The mailing addresses to be used in connection with this proceeding are:
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Mr. Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
CRTC
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N2
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Mr. James H. Pratt
Vice-president
Regulatory Affairs
AGT Limited
32-G, 10020 - 100 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 0N5
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Mr. Peter J. Knowlton
Assistant General Counsel
Bell Canada
25 Eddy Street
4th Floor
Hull, Quebec
J8X 4B5
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Ms. D.E. Byrne
Vice-president
Legal and Regulatory Matters
British Columbia Telephone Company
3777 Kingsway Burnaby, British Columbia
V5H 3Z7
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Mr. H.S. Mercer
General Manager - Planning
The New Brunswick Telephone Company Limited
P.O. Box 1430
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2L 4K2
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3. Persons wishing to participate in this proceeding (interveners) must notify the Commission at the address noted in paragraph 2 by 25 September 1991. The Commission will issue a complete list of parties and their mailing addresses.
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4. Interveners may address interrogatories with respect to any application or applications. Any such interrogatories must be filed with the Commission and served on the company in question by 25 September 1991. The Commission will also address interrogatories to the companies by that date.
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5. Each company is to file responses to interrogatories addressed to it pursuant to paragraph 4, serving copies on interveners, by 28 October 1991.
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6. Interveners may file comments with the Commission, serving copies on the company or companies in question, by 18 November 1991.
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7. Each company may file a reply, serving copies on those who have intervened with respect to its application, by 2 December 1991.
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8. Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely mailed, by that date.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
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