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Public Notice CRTC 2000-53

Ottawa, 10 April 2000

Local resale affiliate rule for competitive local exchange carriers

Reference: 8622-C12-09/00

1.

In Local Competition, Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8, dated 1 May 1997, the Commission found that exclusive arrangements between competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) and interexchange (IX) service providers would not be in the public interest and CLECs were required to provide equal access to all IX service providers, using the same terms and conditions contained in the incumbent local exchange carriers' (ILECs') tariffs.

2.

In Telecom Order CRTC 99-1127, dated 8 December 1999, with respect to Tariff Notice 1 of Microcell Telecommunications Inc., the Commission noted that a local reseller affiliated with Microcell could in sum and substance enjoy all of the advantages of being a CLEC, without having the obligation to provide equal access to end-customers. The Commission was of the view that CLECs such as Microcell should not be able to restrict consumer choice by selling their local services through an affiliate which does not offer equal access to any IX service provider that requests it.

3.

The Commission considered that it would be appropriate to impose a local resale affiliate rule prohibiting Microcell, if operating as a CLEC, from reselling its local services to an affiliated company unless the affiliate itself offers equal access to IX service providers at terms and conditions that would be appropriate for Microcell operating as a CLEC.

4.

The Commission is of the preliminary view that the local resale affiliate rule set out for Microcell in Order 99-1127 should apply to all CLECs and hereby initiates a proceeding to seek comments on this view.

Procedure

5.

Interveners wishing to participate in this proceeding must notify the Commission of their intention to do so by writing to the Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, or by fax: (819) 953-0795, by 17 April 2000. Interveners are to indicate in the notice their e-mail address, if available. If interveners do not have an e-mail address, 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 e-mail addresses, if available), identifying those parties who wish to receive disk versions.

6.

Interveners may file their comments serving copies on all other parties, by 1 May 2000.

7.

Interveners may file reply comments, serving copies on all other parties, by 10 May 2000.

8.

The record of this proceeding may be examined, or will be made available promptly upon request, at the CRTC offices at the following addresses:
Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage, Room G-5
Hull, Quebec K1A 0N2
Tel: (819) 997-2429 - TDD: 994-0423
FAX: (819) 994-0218
Bank of Commerce Building
1809 Barrington Street
Suite 1007
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8
Tel: (902) 426-7997 - TDD: 426-6997
FAX: (902) 426-2721
405 de Maisonneuve Blvd. East
2nd Floor, Suite B2300
Montréal, Quebec H2L 4J5
Tel: (514) 283-6607 - TDD: 283-8316
FAX: (514) 283-3689
55 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 624
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2
Tel: (416) 952-9096
FAX: (416) 954-6343
Kensington Building
275 Portage Avenue
Suite 1810
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3
Tel: (204) 983-6306 - TDD: 983-8274
FAX: (204) 983-6317
Cornwall Professional Building
2125 - 11th Avenue
Room 103
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3
Tel: (306) 780-3422
FAX: (306) 780-3319
Scotia Place Tower Two
19th Floor, Suite 1909
10060 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3R8
Tel: (780) 495-3224
FAX: (780) 495-3214
530-580 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6
Tel: (604) 666-2111 - TDD: 666-0778
FAX: (604) 666-8322
9. Documents must be received, and not merely sent, by the date indicated.
10. 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 e-mail address for electronically filed documents is procedure@crtc.gc.ca. Electronically filed documents can be accessed at the Commission's Internet site at http://www.crtc.gc.ca.
Secretary General
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