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TELECOM PUBLIC NOTICE
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Ottawa, 18 February 1992
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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 92-8
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BELL CANADA - 1992 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM REVIEW
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The Commission announces that it will conduct a review of the construction program (CPR) of Bell Canada (Bell). This review will be conducted in accordance with the established procedures for Bell CPRs.
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The following schedule has been established for the 1992 CPR.
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(1) Persons wishing to participate (interested parties) are to file a notice of intention to participate with the Commission, serving a copy on Bell, by 13 March 1992. The notice should indicate the names of those who will attend the review meeting.
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(2) The company must file the 1992 View (1992-1996 forecast of capital expenditures) of its construction program and serve a copy on all interested parties by 27 March 1992.
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(3) Interrogatories addressed by interested parties to Bell must be filed with the Commission and served on the company by 24 April 1992.
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(4) The company's written responses to interrogatories must be filed with the Commission and served on all interested parties by 22 May 1992.
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(5) Requests by interested parties for further responses to their interrogatories, specifying in each case why a further response is both relevant and necessary, and requests for public disclosure of information for which confidentiality has been claimed, setting out the reasons for disclosure, must be filed with the Commission and served on the company by 29 May 1992.
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(6) The company's written responses to requests for further responses to interrogatories and requests for public disclosure of information must be filed with the Commission and served on all interested parties by 4 June 1992.
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(7) All documents are to be received by the dates specified, not merely mailed by those dates.
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(8) The review meeting is scheduled to commence on 9 June 1992 at 9:30 a.m. in the Conference Centre, Phase IV, Place du Portage, 140 Promenade du Portage, Hull, Quebec.
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The company is requested to provide the following information as part of, or with, the 1992 View of its construction program:
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(1) in accordance with the directions in Bell Canada - 1983 Construction Program Review, Telecom Decision CRTC 84-2, 16 January 1984, View-over-View Expenditure Analysis, Year-over-Year Expenditure Analysis and Actual Expenditure Analysis with respect to all changes from the forecast expenditures shown in the 1991 View of its construction program;
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(2) the reasons, including any economic evaluations conducted, for each new program;
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(3) the reasons, including any economic or quality of service evaluations conducted, for the deletion of any programs since the 1991 View;
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(4) the actual and forecast improvements in efficiency and quality of service for all programs intended to provide such improvements;
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(5) an up-to-date version of the company's list of central offices, indicating the type of switching technology, the number of installed lines, a measure of utilization, the type of equipment and, where applicable, the date for modernization; and
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(6) updates to the 23 March 1989 version of the company's Construction Program Management System, as applicable.
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The addresses to be used in connection with this review are:
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Mr. Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
CRTC
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N2
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and
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Mr. B. A. Courtois
Vice-President
Law and Regulatory Affairs
Bell Canada
105 Hôtel-de-Ville Street
6th Floor
Hull, Quebec
J8X 4H7
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Any person wishing to obtain additional information regarding the Bell Canada 1992 Construction Program Review may contact Mr. David Robinson of the Commission staff at (819) 997-4604.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
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