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Ottawa, 1 February 1993
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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 93-16
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RESTRUCTURING OF OVERSEAS MESSAGE TOLL SERVICE AND RELATED INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
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References: AGT Tariff Notice 268Bell Tariff Notices 4599 and 4614B.C. Tel Tariff Notices 2752 and 2766Island Tel Tariff Notice 198MT&T Tariff Notice 300NBTel Tariff Notice 215Newfoundland Tel Tariff Notice 226Northwestel Tariff Notice 448Teleglobe Tariff Notice 233
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The Commission has received applications from AGT Limited, Bell Canada (Bell), British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel), The Island Telephone Company Limited, Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company, The New Brunswick Telephone Company Limited, Newfoundland Telephone Company Limited (the Stentor companies), Northwestel Inc. (Northwestel) and Teleglobe Canada Inc. (Teleglobe) for approval of tariff revisions related to the restructuring of overseas message toll service.
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In Tariff Notice 233, Teleglobe proposes to introduce International Globeaccess Service (Globeaccess), which would replace its existing International Telephone Service and International 800 Service. Globeaccess would be available at Teleglobe's international gateways and would allow domestic service providers to interconnect with Teleglobe's international network for the purpose of providing outgoing direct-dial telephone service. End-user pricing and packaging of services would be the responsibility of the domestic service providers.
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Globeaccess customers would be required to commit to a minimum usage of 2 million minutes per year under a two-year contract. The proposed rates would include monthly recurring charges, a charge of $0.30 per call and a usage-sensitive rate billed in six-second increments. Teleglobe proposes lower rates (equivalent to a discount of about 1.5%) for those domestic service providers committing to 5 million minutes per year. Customers committing to either a five-year or ten-year contract would receive additional discounts. Customers would also be eligible for a further 1.0% diversity discount should they interconnect to Teleglobe's network at gateways in all three regions where the service is provided.
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Teleglobe also proposes amendments to its current interconnection agreement with the Stentor companies. The amended agreement would require the Stentor companies to route all of their outbound traffic over Teleglobe's network for a period of ten years and would replace the current outbound settlement rates with the Globeaccess tariff. The amended agreement also deals with a number of other matters, including reductions in the settlement rates paid by Teleglobe to Stentor companies for the delivery of inbound traffic, the allocation of inbound traffic among domestic service providers, Teleglobe's participation in the domestic and cross-border markets and in the marketing to end-users of international services, and in pricing by all parties.
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In Tariff Notice 4599, Bell proposes to introduce end-user rates for Overseas Message Toll Service and 800 Service-Overseas, coincident with Teleglobe's withdrawal of comparable services. The proposed rates are the same as those currently in place for International Telephone Service and International 800 Service. In Tariff Notice 4614, Bell proposes reductions in the rates proposed in Tariff Notice 4599 for calls to the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. The other Stentor companies and Northwestel propose in their Tariff Notices to refer to Bell's tariffs for these services, rather than explicitly setting out rates in their own tariffs.
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In Tariff Notice 2766, B.C. Tel proposes reductions in rates for Between Friends Overseas Service for calls to the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
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In support of their applications, Bell, B.C. Tel and Teleglobe 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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Procedure
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1. Each company's application(s) 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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Complex Guy-Favreau
East Tower
200 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Room 602
Montréal, Quebec
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Suite 1810
275 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Suite 1380
800 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
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A copy of each company's application(s) 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
Fax: (819)953-0795
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Mr. James H. Pratt
Vice President
Regulatory Affairs
AGT Limited
Floor 32-G, 10020 - 100 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 0N5
Fax: (403)493-5645
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Mr. B.A. Courtois
Vice-President
(Law & Regulatory Affairs)
Bell Canada
105 Hôtel-de-Ville Street
6th Floor
Hull, Quebec J8X 4H7
Fax: (819)778-3437
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Mr. Robert F. Stuart
Director
Regulatory Matters
British Columbia Telephone Company
18th Floor
3777 Kingsway
Burnaby, British Columbia
V5H 3Z7
Fax: (604)430-9653
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Mr. F.D. Morash
President and Chief Operating Officer
The Island Telephone Company Limited
69 Belvedere Avenue
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
C1A 7M1
Fax: (902)566-4665
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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
Fax: (902)421-1538
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Mr. J. Paul O'Hara
Manager
Pricing and Regulatory Matters
The New Brunswick Telephone Company Limited
One Brunswick Square (BS19)
P.O. Box 1430
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2L 4K2
Fax: (506)694-2473
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Mr. Donald R. Tarrant
General Manager Rates and Regulatory Matters
Newfoundland Telephone Company Limited
Fort William Building
P.O. Box 2110
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1C 5H6
Fax: (709)739-3122
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Ms. Allison Gracie
Manager
Regulatory Affairs
Northwestel Inc.
P.O. Bag 2727
301 Lambert Street
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 4Y4
Fax: (403)668-5552
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Mr. Claude Fortin
Director
Regulatory Policy and Tariffs
Teleglobe Canada Inc.
1000 de La Gauchetière Street West
Montréal, Quebec
H3B 4X5
Fax: (514)868-7939
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3. Persons wishing to participate in this proceeding (interveners) must file a notice of intention to participate by writing to the Commission at the address noted above by 2 March 1993. 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 the applications. Any such interrogatories must be filed with the Commission and served on the company in question by 2 March 1993. The Commission will also address interrogatories by that date.
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5. The companies are to file responses to interrogatories, serving copies on interveners and on each other, by 30 March 1993.
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6. Interveners may file comments with the Commission, serving copies on the companies, by 29 April 1993.
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7. The companies may file replies to any comments, serving copies on interveners and on each other, by 13 May 1993.
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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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