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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 98-33
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Ottawa, 12 November 1998 |
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NORTHWESTEL INC. - OPERATOR AND DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE CHARGES
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File No.: Northwestel Inc. (Northwestel)
Tariff Notice (TN) 677 |
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1. The Commission has received an application
under TN 677 from Northwestel, dated 30 September 1998, for approval of
tariff revisions providing for an increase in Directory Assistance (DA)
charges, the introduction of a DA charge for general information requests
and an increase in operator handled surcharges including Station Operator
Assisted, Person-to-Person, manual Calling Card and manual Credit Card. |
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2. Northwestel also proposes: (1) to apply a
DA charge on all Long Distance Directory Assistance (LDDA) calls regardless
of whether the requested information is available; (2) to remove the DA
charge exception for Cellular 400 mobile customers. |
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3. Under TN 677, the charge for local DA and
LDDA would increase from $1.00 to $1.10. The charge for general information
DA would be $1.10. |
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Procedure |
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4. Northwestel's application can be examined
at Northwestel's business offices or at the offices of the CRTC 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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530-580 Hornby Street
Vancouver, B.C.
V6C 3B6 |
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5. Copies of Northwestel's application can be
obtained by any interested person upon request directed to Northwestel at
the address shown below. |
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6. If you wish to comment on the application,
please write to Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, fax:
819-953-0795, by 14 December 1998. A copy of your comments should be sent
to Ms. Araya Vivorakij, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Northwestel Inc., P.O.
Bag 2727, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 4Y4. |
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7. Northwestel may file any reply comments by
22 December 1998. |
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8. 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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9. When a document is required to be filed by
a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent,
by that date. |
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Secretary General |
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This document is available in alternative
format upon request. |