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Letter

Ottawa, 4 May 2007

File No.   8698-C151-200705072

By E-mail

Mr. Christopher J. Edwards,
Vice-President, Corporate & Regulatory Affairs,
Canadian Cable Systems Alliance Inc. (CCSA),
447 Gondola Point Road
Quispamsis, New Brunswick
E2E 1E1

cedwards@ccsa.cable.ca

Dear Mr. Edwards :

Re:   Part VII Application regarding Central Office Code Obligations for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs)

On 2 April 2007, the Commission received a Part VII application by Canadian Cable Systems Alliance Inc. (CCSA) requesting that the Commission grant relief from the obligation established in Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8 ("Decision 97-8") to require competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) to obtain at least one Central Office code (NXX) for each incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) exchange where the CLEC is relying on the underlying LEC for use of their switching infrastructure and the corresponding interconnections to the public-switched telephone network (PSTN).

In Service standards for the disposition of telecommunications applications , Telecom Circular CRTC 2006-11, 7 December 2006 , the Commission stated that it would categorize Part VII applications into two types: Type 1 applications that generally do not involve multiple parties or raise significant policy issues and Type 2 applications that do involve multiple parties and/or raise significant policy issues

The Commission also adopted the following service standards for Part VII applications:

  • Type 1 Part VII applications - 90 percent of determinations to be issued on an interim or final basis within four months of the close-of-record; and
  • Type 2 Part VII applications - 85 percent of determinations to be issued on an interim or final basis within eight months of the close-of-record.

The Commission stated that it would inform applicants, by letter, within 10 days of the end of the comment period for applications, whether the application is considered to be a Type 1 or Type 2 application, and the applicable service standard.

Commission staff has assessed the above application and considers it to be a Type 1 application.   Accordingly, the Commission expects to issue an interim or final determination within 4 months of the close-of-record.

Yours sincerely,

'Original signed by L. Fancy'

Lynne Fancy
A/Director, Competition Implementation and Technology
Telecommunications

cc:  James Ndirangu (819 997 3670)

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