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Telecom Public Notice
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Ottawa, 9 July 1998 |
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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 98-15 |
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FINAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PROVISION OF TRUNK-SIDE ACCESS AND COMMON
CHANNEL SIGNALLING #7 TO WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS
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File No.: Tariff Notice 6218 |
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1.The Commission has received an application
from Bell Canada (Bell) dated 27 April 1998, for the approval of tariff
revisions to Item G-250, Wireless Access Service, of the company's Special
Facilities Tariff. The proposed revisions are intended to establish final
terms and conditions for the provision of Trunk-side Access and Common
Channel Signalling #7 (CCS7) to Wireless Service Providers (WSPs) in Bell's
territory. |
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2.Interventions were received from the Canadian
Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) and Clearnet Communications
Inc. (Clearnet). CWTA and Clearnet submitted that Tarif Notice (TN) 6218
should be denied and that Bell should be directed to enter into discussions
with CWTA's members or with the CWTA itself regarding the appropriate
interconnection arrangements between Bell and WSPs, with Commission mediation
if necessary. CWTA and Clearnet further submitted that if the Commission does
not wish to deny TN 6218, interested parties should be allowed to submit
interrogatories to Bell. CWTA also argued that WSPs should be allowed to file
alternative interconnection arrangements and that a process based on the CRTC
Interconnection Steering Committee (CISC) approach should be initiated to
consider Bell's and WSPs' proposals. |
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3.The Commission notes that the existing
trunk-side interconnection and CCS7 signalling arrangements between WSPs and
Stentor companies, as well as TELUS Communications (Edmonton) Inc. (TCEI) are
pursuant to tariffs that have interim approval. The Commission further notes
that these interim arrangements are based on the terms and conditions
established by the Commission in Telecom Order
CRTC 96-687, 28 June 1996, with
respect to Bell. |
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4.The Commission considers that the issues to be
examined with respect to the establishment of final terms and conditions for
WSP trunk-side and CCS7 interconnection in the territories of the other
Stentor companies and of TCEI are likely to be similar to those raised by TN
6218 with respect to Bell. Given this, the Commission considers that it may
be more efficient to examine all of these issues in the same proceeding. |
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5.To assist the Commission to establish the most
appropriate and efficient process to consider these matters, the Commission
seeks submissions on: |
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(a) the issues of concern with respect to WSP
trunk-side and CCS7 interconnection in the Stentor companies and TCEI; |
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(b) whether the process should be broadened to
include all the Stentor members as well as TCEI; and |
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(c) whether the process should include
negotiations among industry participants along the lines of the CISC model. |
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PROCEDURE |
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6.Bell, BC TEL, Island Telecom Inc., MTS
Communications Inc., Maritime Tel & Tel Limited, The New Brunswick Telephone
Company, Limited, NewTel Communications Inc., TELUS Communications Inc. and
TCEI are made parties to this proceeding. |
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7.Other parties wishing to participate fully in
this proceeding must notify the Commission of their intention to do so by
writing to Mrs. Laura M. Talbot-Allan, Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa,
Ontario, K1A 0N2, fax: 819-953-0795, by 23 July 1998. Parties are to indicate
in the notice their Internet email address, if available. If parties do not
have access to the Internet, they are to indicate in their notice whether
they wish to receive disk versions of hard copy filings. The Commission will
issue a complete list of parties and their mailing addresses (including
Internet email addresses if available), identifying those parties who wish to
receive disk versions. |
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8.Parties may file submissions with the
Commission on the matters set out in paragraph 5 above, serving all other
parties, by 30 July 1998. |
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9.Parties may file reply submissions with the
Commission, serving all other parties, by 10 August 1998. |
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10.Where a document is to be filed or served by
a specific date, the document must actually be received, not merely sent, by
that date. |
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11.Following the completion of the above
process, the Commission will issue directions on the process applicable to
the various matters pertaining to final terms and conditions for the
provision of trunk-side access and CCS7 to WSPs, including TN 6218. |
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12.Bell's application may be examined at any of
its business offices or at the Commission's offices in the following
locations: |
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Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
Room 201
Hull, Quebec |
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Place Montréal Trust
1800 McGill College Avenue
Suite 1920
Montréal, Quebec |
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13.In addition to hard copy filings, parties are
encouraged to file with the Commission electronic versions of their
submissions in accordance with the Commission's Interim Telecom Guidelines
for the Handling of Machine-Readable Files, dated 30 November 1995. The
Commission's Internet email address for electronically filed documents is
public.telecom@crtc.gc.ca,. Electronically filed documents can be
accessed at the Commission's Internet site at
www.crtc.gc.ca . |
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This document is available in alternative
format upon request. |
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Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General |