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Telecom Public Notice
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Ottawa, 27 March 1992
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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 92-15
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THE ISLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY LIMITED AND MARITIME TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANY LIMITED - RESTRUCTURING OF TARIFFS FOR NETWORK EXCHANGE SERVICE
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Reference: Island Tel
Tariff Notice 136
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MT&T
Tariff Notice 206
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The Commission has received applications from The Island Telephone Company Limited (Island Tel) and Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company Limited (MT&T), dated 31 January 1992, for approval of tariff revisions related to Network Exchange Service. These applications follow reports filed by the companies in response to a Commission request that they provide their views on the rate implications of the February 1991 finding of the Terminal Attachment Program Advisory Committee that mutually exclusive technical definitions for key systems and PBXs are no longer practical (for further details, see Bell Canada and British Columbia Telephone Company - Restructuring of Tariffs for PBX Trunks and Central Office Lines, Telecom Public Notice CRTC 92-16, 27 March 1992).
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In their applications, the companies propose to more closely align the rates charged for lines provided in connection with Key and PBX systems. The companies state that they intend to move, in two stages, towards a single Multi-line Network Exchange Service rate for each rate group. The companies state that they will apply for approval of the second phase of their plans in January 1993.
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Island Tel states that its proposals would result in weighted average increases for key system customers of 2.3% in 1992 and 3.2% in 1993. Rates for PBX customers would decrease, on a weighted average basis, by 8.7% in 1992 and 10.4% in 1993.
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MT&T states that key system customers would experience weighted average increases of 2.99% in 1992 and 2.9% in 1993. Rates for PBX customers would decrease, on a weighted average basis, by 7.17% in 1992 and 7.8% in 1993. MT&T also states that, over the next five years, it plans to eliminate preferential pricing for Centrex Business Services terminating on Key and PBX systems.
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In support of their applications, the companies have submitted information for which they have claimed confidentiality. Abridged versions of this information have been provided for the public record.
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Each company's application may be examined at any of its business offices. Both applications may be examined 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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A copy of each company's 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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Mr. F.D. Morash
Vice-president, Operations
Consumer Services
The Island Telephone Company Limited
69 Belvedere Avenue
Charlottetown, PEI
C1A 7M1
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Mr. J. Denis Connor
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company Limited
P.O. Box 880, Station M
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 2W3
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If you wish to comment on the applications, please write to Mr. Allan J. Darling, Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, by 27 April 1992. A copy of your letter should be sent to the company in question at the address noted above.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
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