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Telecom Order
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Ottawa, 31 March 1994
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Telecom Order CRTC 94-310
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IN THE MATTER OF applications from resellers of Centrex III Service (Centrex) requesting exemptions from the contribution charges specified in Competition in the Provision of Public Long Distance Voice Telephone Services and Related Resale and Sharing Issues, Telecom Decision CRTC 92-12, 12 June 1992 (Decision 92-12).
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WHEREAS, in Decision 92-12 and in Applications For Contribution Exemptions, Telecom Decision CRTC 93-2, 1 April 1993 (Decision 93-2), the Commission set out procedures, criteria and a general framework for obtaining an exemption from contribution payments;
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WHEREAS, in Telecom Order CRTC 93-1141 dated 30 December 1993 (Order 93-1141), the Commission approved an application by Bell Canada (Bell) revising Centrex III Service, including revisions affecting access to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) from Centrex and access to Centrex using Direct Inward System Access (DISA) paths;
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WHEREAS, in Order 93-1141, the Commission also approved Bell's proposal that contribution charges as specified in Decision 92-12 be applied on each DISA path and each PSTN connection;
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WHEREAS, prior to the implementation of Order 93-1141, contribution charges for Centrex resellers were applied to interexchange (IX) circuits connected to the reseller's Centrex switch;
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WHEREAS, prior to the implementation of Order 93-1141, the configurations that are the subject of the applications from Centrex resellers would have been exempt from contribution;
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WHEREAS, in Order 93-1141, the Commission found acceptable Bell's four month implementation proposal as set out in its letter of 31 August 1993;
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WHEREAS due to this implementation period, the Commission has determined that all configurations involving resale of Centrex that would have been contribution exempt prior to Order 93-1141, are to be considered as having interim approval during this implementation period;
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WHEREAS the Commission will give final disposition to each application from a Centrex reseller at the end of the four month implementation period based on receipt of evidence, satisfactory to the Commission, from the reseller and/or from Bell, in the forms detailed below;
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WHEREAS, in Decision 93-2 and in Telecom Order CRTC 93-682 dated 6 August 1993, the Commission ruled that where a competitor has access to both MTS/WATS and local services from a switch, but has neither IX private lines, nor local private lines connected to an alternative service provider, connected to that switch, competitors should not be required to pay contribution on the local access channels;
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WHEREAS applications for exemption for this configuration are to be supported by an affidavit by the applicant attesting to the fact; and
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WHEREAS, in other configurations involving Centrex and IX circuits, the Commission considers that Bell will have to provide carrier verification of the configuration -
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
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Centrex resellers or Bell are to file with the Commission, serving a copy on the other party, reseller affidavits and/or carrier verification, as appropriate, by 30 June 1994.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
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