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Letter

Ottawa, 30 September 2004

BY E-MAIL

Our File No.: 8638-C12-79/02

To:   Distribution List

Re: Follow-up to Decision 2002-76:   Regulatory safeguards with respect to incumbent affiliates, bundling by Bell Canada and related matters

In paragraphs 86 and 87 of Decision 2002-76, the Commission directed Bell Canada, Aliant Telecom Inc., MTS Communications Inc., Saskatchewan Telecommunications Inc, Société en commandite Télébec, TELUS Communications Inc. and TELUS Communications (Québec) Inc. to file by 27 January 2003 :

•  A list describing all the services the ILEC provides to an affiliate under common control with the ILEC (affiliated carrier), separated by affiliate and by service category (i.e., tariffed services; network services; engineering and technical support; back-office service; and other services), with each service identified, with justification, as either a telecommunications service or a non-telecommunications service;

•  A list of the applicable tariff items for those services identified as a telecommunications service, or an explanation as to why the ILEC believes a tariff is not required; and

•  A proposed tariff in those cases where the ILEC believes a tariff is required for a service but no tariff currently exists.

In Decision 2002-76, the Commission noted that once it had received the above material from the ILECs, it would determine what further action was required in this matter.

Subsequently, in Follow-up to Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-76 - Location of the CSG and regulatory safeguards for affiliated carriers, Telecom Decision CRTC 2004-50, 22 July 2004, the Commission confirmed its preliminary view set out in Decision 2002-76, that an affiliated carrier would be required to comply with section 25 and other applicable provisions of the Telecommunications Act , whenever the affiliated ILEC would be required to do so.    When examining a proposed tariff filed by an affiliated carrier, the Commission would apply the same criteria, with respect to the imputation test and the bundling rules, as it would apply if the tariff were filed by the affiliated ILEC.

In view of the above, and following an assessment of the information provided by the ILECs and the comments received from interested parties, Commission staff considers that no further action is required in this matter and is closing the file with respect to this matter.

Yours sincerely,

Scott Hutton
Director General, Competition, Costing and Tariffs

Telecommunications

 

DISTRIBUTION LIST

 

Aliant Telecom Inc.

Mr. Mark Connors
Regulatory.Matters@Aliant.ca

Bell Canada

Mr. David Palmer
bell.regulatory@bell.ca

MTS Allstream Inc.

Mr. Chris Peirce
iworkstation@allstream.com

Saskatchewan Telecommunications

Mr. Bryce Schurr
document.control@sasktel.sk.ca

Société en commandite Télébec

Mr. Allen Mercier
reglementa@telebec.com

TELUS Communications Inc. (TCI)

Mr. Willie Grieve
regulatory.affairs@telus.com

TELUS Communications (Quebec) Inc.

Mr. Raymond Lacroix
raymond.lacroix@telus.com

 

Mr. François Ménard
francois@menards.ca

Angus TeleManagement Group Inc.

Ms. Elisabeth Angus
lisangus@angustel.ca

Association des Compagnies de Téléphone du Québec inc. (A.C.T.Q.)

M. Serge Désy
sdesy@actq.qc.ca

Axia SuperNet Ltd.

Mr. E.W. Evans
rollie.evans@axia.com

James Bay Cree Communications Society

Mr. Hyman Glustein
hglustein@rtscanada.com

LondonConnect Inc .

Mr. Curtis Sikorsky

regulatory@360canada.net
Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP

Ms. Stephanie Traynor 

stephanie.traynor@nelligan.ca

 

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