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Ottawa, 20 May 2010
Our Reference: 8690-C12-200910408
BY E-MAIL
Parties to Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-432
Re: Extension requests - proceeding initiated by Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-432, 21 July 2009
Dear Madams, Sirs:
In a letter dated 17 May 2010, TELUS Communications Company (TELUS) indicated that it will not be able to complete its responses to interrogatories which are required by 19 May 2010 and requested that the filing date for these interrogatory responses be extended to 28 May 2010.
In a letter dated 18 May 2010, Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership, Bell Canada and Télébec, Société en commandite (collectively, the Bell companies) supported TELUS’ request and in the interest of procedural fairness, proposed that the requested extension apply to all parties.
In a letter dated 19 May 2010, Bragg Communications Inc., the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, Cogeco Cable Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Communications Inc. and Quebecor Media Inc., on behalf of its affiliate Vidéotron Ltd. (collectively, the Cable Carriers) submitted that if TELUS’ extension is granted, the Cable Carriers would require a further one-week extension in the date for the filing of requests for further responses and disclosure, to 11 June 2010. The Cable Carriers explained that since TELUS is proposing to file its interrogatory responses on the Friday before the commencement of the oral phase of the proceeding initiated by Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-261, Proceeding to consider the appropriateness of mandating certain high-speed wholesale access services, they would no longer be able to file their requests for further responses and disclosure within seven days of receipt of the interrogatory responses.
The Cable Carriers further submitted that the TELUS extension, if granted, would result in significant additional delay and that the Commission should take that into consideration when it ultimately determines the date for implementation of any revised rates.
By letter dated 20 May 2010, TELUS replied that it was also concerned with the length of this proceeding. TELUS submitted however, that with the volume of interrogatories received on
28 April 2010, including 56 detailed interrogatories from the Cable Carriers, it was not able to complete its responses to interrogatories received from the Commission and parties by 19 May 2010.
Commission staff notes the large number and complexity of the interrogatories posed and considers that an extension to 28 May 2010 for the filing of ILEC interrogatory responses is appropriate.
Commission staff also considers that an extension to 11 June 2010 for the filing of requests for further responses to interrogatories and requests for public disclosure of information for which confidentiality has been claimed is appropriate. Accordingly, the process and deadlines set out in the Commission staff’s 9 April 2010 letter are revised as follows:
- Responses to interrogatories are to be filed with the Commission and served on all parties by 28 May 2010.
- Requests for further responses to interrogatories, specifying in each case why a further response is both relevant and necessary, and requests for public disclosure of information for which confidentiality has been claimed, setting out in each case the reasons for disclosure, must be filed with the Commission and served on the relevant party or parties by 11 June 2010.
- Written responses to requests for further responses to interrogatories and for public disclosure must be filed with the Commission and served on the party or parties making the request by 18 June 2010. The Commission may address further interrogatories to the ILECs by the same date.
- Determinations will be issued regarding requests for further information and public disclosure as soon as possible. Any information to be provided pursuant to such determinations must be filed with the Commission and served on all parties by 30 June 2010.
- Parties may file written comments with the Commission on any matter within the scope of this proceeding, serving copies on all other parties by 15 July 2010.
- Parties may file reply comments with the Commission, serving copies on all other parties by 22 July 2010.
The above material must be received, not merely sent, by the dates provided herein.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Lynne Fancy
Director General
Competition, Costing and Tariffs
Telecommunications
c.c.: Daphne Fry, CRTC daphne.fry@crtc.gc.ca
Richard Pagé, CRTC richard.page@crtc.gc.ca
Pamela Cormier, CRTC pamela.cormier@crtc.gc.ca
Interested parties to Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-432
Attachment
List of Parties
ACTQ: sdesy@actq.qc.ca
AGBriggs Consulting: abriggs@cogeco.ca
Bell Aliant: regulatory@bell.aliant.ca
Bell Canada: bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Bragg: regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
CCSA: cedwards@ccsa.cable.ca
Cogeco: michel.messier@cogeco.com
CS de la Moyenne-Côte-Nord: marius-richard@csmcn.qc.ca
CS du Pays-des-Bleuets: bilodeaust@cspaysbleuets.qc.ca
Distributel Communications Limited: regulatory@distributel.ca
Giganomics Consulting Inc.: blackwell@giganomics.ca
Maskatel and Drummond: gcordeau@maskatel.qc.ca
Ministère de la Culture et des communications: andre.labrie@mcccf.gouv.qc.ca
MTO Telecom: kfischer@mtotelecom.com
MTS Allstream: iworkstation@mtsallstream.com
O.N. Tel: tracy.cant@ontera.ca
OTA: jonathan.holmes@ota.on.ca
RCI: hslawner@rci.rogers.com
david.watt@rci.rogers.com
Shaw: regulatory@sjrb.ca
Tacit, Christian: ctacit@tacitlaw.com
TBayTel: rob.olenick@tbaytel.com
david.wilkie@tbaytel.com
TekSavvy: regulatory@teksavvy.com
Télébec: reglementa@telebec.com
TELUS: regulatory.affairs@telus.com
Vidéotron: regaffairs@quebecor.com
View Communications: dmckeown@viewcom.ca
Wall Communications Inc.: Lefebvre@rogers.com
Xittel: reglementation@xittel.net
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