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LetterOttawa, 18 August 2006 File No.: 8640-C12-200607210 By E-Mail To: Distribution List File #: 8640-C12-200607210 - Public Notice 2006-9 - Proceeding to examine whether mobile wireless services should be considered to be in the same relevant market as wireline local exchange services with respect to forbearance, and related issues With respect to Proceeding to examine whether mobile wireless services should be considered to be in the same relevant market as wireline local exchange services with respect to forbearance, and related issues , Telecom Public Notice CRTC 2006-9, 16 June 2006 (Public Notice 2006-9), Commission staff requests responses to the attached interrogatories. Pursuant to the procedure set out in Public Notice 2006-9, responses are to be filed with the Commission and served on all parties to that proceeding by 8 September 2006 . 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. Yours sincerely,
Original signed by Scott Hutton
Scott Hutton A/Director General, Policy & Consumer Affairs Telecommunications Distribution List: regulatory.matters@aliant.ca ; bell.regulatory@bell.ca ; iworkstation@allstream.com ; document.control@sasktel.sk.ca ; reglementa@telebec.com ; regulatory.affairs@telus.com ; telecom.regulatory@cogeco.com ; regaffairs@quebecor.com ; david.watt@rci.rogers.com ; jean.brazeau@sjrb.ca ; cedwards@ccsa.cable.ca ; piac@piac.ca
Attachments Interrogatories for:
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership (CRTC)18Aug06-1 For each province: With regard to mobile wireless services provided by the company, or an affiliate of the company, provide the number of subscribers and associated minutes and revenues, including revenues associated with optional services, excluding long distance minutes and revenues, identifying the split between business and residential, as of 31 December 2004, 31 December 2005 and 31 July 2006. The response should include a detailed description of how the split was determined. (CRTC)18Aug06-2 For each province: With regard to mobile wireless services provided by the company, or an affiliate of the company, provide the company's latest forecast for the number of subscribers and associated minutes and revenues, including revenues associated with optional services, excluding long distance minutes and revenues, identifying the split between business and residential, as of 31 December (or the company's year-end) for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, which its Board of Directors has approved as part of the overall Board-approved financials. The response should include a detailed description of how the split was determined. (CRTC)18Aug06-3 Provide all market surveys, projections, studies, and other research reports that the company, or an affiliate of the company, has undertaken or commissioned that indicate the extent to which mobile wireless services have been, or may in the future be, used as substitutes, whether in whole or in part, for fixed wireline services. The information may include, but would not necessarily be limited to, matters such as:
·the percentage of business and residential subscribers that forgo fixed wireline services in favour of mobile wireless services; ·the percentage of business and residential subscribers that subscribe to mobile wireless services as a complement to fixed wireline services (e.g. as an alternative to a second line); ·the extent that non-price factors (e.g. mobility, coverage area, features, consumer demographic characteristics, etc.) impact a subscriber's decision to forgo fixed wireline services in favour of mobile wireless services; and ·the percentage of households with mobile wireless services.(CRTC)18Aug06-4 With respect to business and residential subscribers, compare the company's mobile wireless services, or those of an affiliate of the company, with fixed wireline services offered by the company, or an affiliate, from the standpoint of pricing and feature functionality. Interrogatories for Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership, Bell Canada , Saskatchewan Telecommunications, and Société en commandite Télébec (collectively, the Companies) Companies(CRTC)18Aug06-101 In paragraphs 49 to 51 of their 28 July 2006 comments, the Consumers' Association of Canada and the National Anti-Poverty Organization (collectively, the Consumer Groups) addressed the international regulatory treatment of wireline and wireless markets . Comment on the Consumer Groups' statements that:
Companies(CRTC)18Aug06-102 Provide copies of reports or any other written material in the Companies' possession or control addressing the relationship between wireline and wireless services in countries other than Canada with respect to the definition of the relevant market for local wireline services in connection with forbearance, or similar, determinations. Companies(CRTC)18Aug06-103 In paragraph 6 of their 28 July 2006 comments, the Companies cited Ofcom's 19 July 2006 decision to remove retail price controls on British Telecom's line rental and calls. Provide specific statements from Ofcom's statement referred to in footnote 3 on page 2 of the Companies' comments that address the proposition that mobile phone usage is growing as consumers increasingly turn to mobiles rather than landline phones for many of their daily calls. Companies(CRTC)18Aug06-104 In paragraph 66 of their 28 July 2006 comments, the Companies recommended adjusting the incumbent local exchange carrier's (ILEC) wireline market share loss formula by incorporating "wireless subscriptions."
Companies(CRTC)18Aug06-105 The Companies' 28 July 2006 comments referred to several consultants' reports and studies. Provide copies of the following:
Companies(CRTC)18Aug06-106 In paragraph 66 of their 28 July 2006 comments, the Companies provided a proposed formula for the calculation of ILEC wireline market share loss.
Companies(CRTC)18Aug06-107 In paragraph 38 of TCC's 28 July 2006 comments, it stated "[t]he number of wireless only households can be easily derived from the Statistics Canada annual surveys." Comment on the accuracy of estimates of wireless households at the LFR level based on the Statistics Canada annual surveys. Provide relevant details such as sample size by LFR, confidence intervals, coefficients of variation, possible sources of bias in the estimates such as bias due to non-response, and any other technical details deemed relevant. If Statistics Canada sources of information are used in developing these details, provide complete references for these sources. Interrogatories for TELUS Communications Company (TCC) TCC(CRTC)18Aug06-101 At paragraph 29 of its 28 July 2006 comments TCC recommends adjusting the incumbent local exchange carrier's (ILEC) wireline market share loss formula by incorporating "wireless NALs [network access lines]."
TCC(CRTC)18Aug06-102 In footnote 11 of its 28 July 2006 comments, TCC stated that "TELUS notes that Rogers continues to market certain of its wireless brands as wireline replacement services and has increased the geographic availability of these wireless replacement services as recently as 30 June 2006 ." Specify, with supporting references, which wireless brands TCC understands Rogers markets as a replacement for wireline. The response should provide, with supporting references, details of such service offerings, such as prices, geographic availability, call minutes per month, and wireline service features not normally available with wireless services (e.g. local number portability, equal access, etc.). TCC(CRTC)18Aug06-103 In paragraph 29 of its 28 July 2006 comments, TCC provided a proposed formula for the calculation of ILEC wireline market share. In paragraphs 242 and 515 of Forbearance from the regulation of retail local exchange services , Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-15, 6 April 2006, the Commission's market share criterion for forbearance of local exchange services from regulation is expressed in terms of an ILEC's market share loss, not in terms of an ILEC's market share.
TCC(CRTC)18Aug06-104
TCC(CRTC)18Aug06-105 In paragraph 38 of its 28 July 2006 comments, TCC stated "[t]he number of wireless only households can be easily derived from the Statistics Canada annual surveys." Comment on the accuracy of estimates of wireless households at the LFR level based on the Statistics Canada annual surveys. Provide relevant details such as sample size by LFR, confidence intervals, coefficients of variation, possible sources of bias in the estimates such as bias due to non-response, and any other technical details deemed relevant. If Statistics Canada sources of information are used in developing these details, provide complete references for these sources. TCC(CRTC)18Aug06-106 Provide copies of reports or any other written material in TCC's possession or control addressing the relationship between wireline and wireless services in countries other than Canada with respect to the definition of the relevant market for local wireline services in connection with forbearance, or similar, determinations. Interrogatories for the Consumers' Association of Canada and the National Anti-Poverty Organization (collectively, the Consumer Groups) Consumer Groups(CRTC)18Aug06-101 In paragraph 49 of their 28 July 2006 comments, the Consumer Groups stated that "Ofcom, the national regulatory body, has consistently deemed that the level of substitution between wireless and fixed telephones does not warrant their inclusion within the same relevant market." In paragraph 6 of their 28 July 2006 comments, Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership, Bell Canada, Saskatchewan Telecommunications, and Société en commandite Télébec (collectively, the Companies) stated "Ofcom's 19 July 2006 decision to remove retail price controls on British Telecom's line rental and calls cited the growing competition from the use of wireless services in place of wireline service." Comment on whether Ofcom's citation of ". the growing competition from the use of wireless services in place of wireline service" is evidence that Ofcom has changed its position in regards to the inclusion of wireless and fixed wireline services in the same relevant market, and, if so, the weight to be attached to such evidence. If the Consumer Groups consider that Ofcom's statement does not constitute evidence that Ofcom has changed its position, explain why not. Provide statements from Ofcom that support the Consumer Groups' assessment of Ofcom's statement. Consumer Groups(CRTC)18Aug06-102 Provide copies of reports or any other written material in the Consumer Groups' possession or control addressing the relationship between wireline and wireless services in countries other than Canada with respect to the definition of the relevant market for local wireline services in connection with forbearance, or similar, determinations. Consumer Groups(CRTC)18Aug06-103 In paragraph 38 of its 28 July 2006 comments, TELUS Communications Company stated that "[t]he number of wireless only households can be easily derived from the Statistics Canada annual surveys." Comment on the accuracy of estimates of wireless households at the local forbearance region (LFR) level based on the Statistics Canada annual surveys. Provide relevant details such as sample size by LFR, confidence intervals, coefficients of variation, possible sources of bias in the estimates such as bias due to non-response, and any other technical details deemed relevant. If Statistics Canada sources of information are used in developing these details, provide complete references for these sources. Interrogatories for MTS Allstream Inc. (MTS Allstream) MTS Allstream(CRTC)18Aug06-101 In paragraph 38 of its 28 July 2006 comments, TELUS Communications Company stated that "[t]he number of wireless only households can be easily derived from the Statistics Canada annual surveys." Comment on the accuracy of estimates of wireless households at the local forbearance region (LFR) level based on the Statistics Canada annual surveys. Provide relevant details such as sample size by LFR, confidence intervals, coefficients of variation, possible sources of bias in the estimates such as bias due to non-response, and any other technical details deemed relevant. If Statistics Canada sources of information are used in developing these details, provide complete references for these sources. MTS Allstream(CRTC)18Aug06-102 Provide copies of reports or any other written material in MTS Allstream's possession or control addressing the relationship between wireline and wireless services in countries other than Canada with respect to the definition of the relevant market for local wireline services in connection with forbearance, or similar, determinations. MTS Allstream(CRTC)18Aug06-103
Interrogatories for Cogeco Câble Inc., Quebecor Média Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Shaw Communications Inc. (Cable) Cable(CRTC)18Aug06-101 In paragraph 38 of its 28 July 2006 comments, TELUS Communications Company stated that "[t]he number of wireless only households can be easily derived from the Statistics Canada annual surveys." Comment on the accuracy of estimates of wireless households at the local forbearance region (LFR) level based on the Statistics Canada annual surveys. Provide relevant details such as sample size by LFR, confidence intervals, coefficients of variation, possible sources of bias in the estimates such as bias due to non-response, and any other technical details deemed relevant. If Statistics Canada sources of information are used in developing these details, provide complete references for these sources. Cable(CRTC)18Aug06-102 Provide copies of reports or any other written material in Cable's possession or control addressing the relationship between wireline and wireless services in countries other than Canada with respect to the definition of the relevant market for local wireline services in connection with forbearance, or similar, determinations. Interrogatories for Canadian Cable Systems Alliance Inc. (CCSA) CCSA(CRTC)18Aug06-101 In paragraph 38 of its 28 July 2006 comments, TELUS Communications Company stated that "[t]he number of wireless only households can be easily derived from the Statistics Canada annual surveys." Comment on the accuracy of estimates of wireless households at the local forbearance region (LFR) level based on the Statistics Canada annual surveys. Provide relevant details such as sample size by LFR, confidence intervals, coefficients of variation, possible sources of bias in the estimates such as bias due to non-response, and any other technical details deemed relevant. If Statistics Canada sources of information are used in developing these details, provide complete references for these sources. CCSA(CRTC)18Aug06-102 Provide copies of reports or any other written material in CCSA's possession or control addressing the relationship between wireline and wireless services in countries other than Canada with respect to the definition of the relevant market for local wireline services in connection with forbearance, or similar, determinations. Date Modified: 2006-08-18 |
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