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Ottawa, 31 March 1998
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Telecom Order CRTC 98-306
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By letter dated 23 January 1998, Municipal Telecommunications Inc. (Municipal Tel) requested an exemption from contribution charges with respect to a Centrex system in the London, Ontario exchange (Clarence Office) and proposed Centrex systems in five more exchanges (Galt, Guelph, Water, Albert and Kingsway). In support of its application, Municipal Tel provided six affidavits dated 23 January 1998 affirming that the use of the systems in question is or will be limited to local services. The affidavit for the London/Clarence exchange was also dated 23 January 1998.
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File No.: 8626-M17-03/98
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1. By letter dated 2 March 1998, Bell Canada (Bell) noted that Municipal Tel has affirmed that the Clarence system is used solely for local or single-hop services. Bell noted that this system has been provisioned with a single virtual facilities group, a configuration which is consistent with Municipal Tel's exemption request. Accordingly, Bell submitted that the affidavit for this system appears to satisfy evidentiary requirements for stand-alone systems where multiple-hop services are not provided.
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2. Bell noted that with respect to the proposed systems in five other exchanges, an affidavit cannot properly speak to events or circumstances that have not yet occurred. In light of this, Bell submitted that, consistent with the contribution regime established in Applications for Contribution Exemptions, Telecom Decision CRTC 93-2, 1 April 1993, with respect to requests for rulings prior to installing facilities, final approval of an exemption would not be appropriate in this case. Rather, Bell recommended that the Commission grant advance approval, subject to the receipt of a revised affidavit after the systems are installed affirming that the Centrex systems are provisioned as stand-alone solely to provide local or single-hop services and that the systems do not connect to local or interexchange private line facilities.
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3. The Commission is of the view that Municipal Tel has met the evidentiary requirements for the Centrex system in the London/Clarence exchange and that the application should be approved effective the date of application pursuant to Effective Date of Contribution Exemptions, Telecom Public Notice CRTC 95-26, 12 June 1995 (PN 95-26). The Commission notes that Bell also agrees.
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4. The Commission agrees with Bell's submission that with respect to the proposed systems in five other exchanges, an affidavit cannot properly speak to events or circumstances that have not yet occurred.
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5. In light of the foregoing, the Commission:
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(i) approves Municipal Tel's application for the Centrex system in the London/Clarence exchange effective the date of application (23 January 1998), pursuant to PN 95-26; and
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(ii) grants advance approval of the five other Centrex systems, effective the date of installation, subject to the receipt of a revised affidavit within 30 days after the systems are installed, affirming that the Centrex systems are provisioned as stand-alone solely to provide local or single-hop services and that the systems do not connect to local or interexchange private line facilities.
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Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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This document is available in alternative format upon request.
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