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Ottawa, 18 March 2011  

File No.: 8740-N1-201104760

BY E-MAIL

Mr. Dallas Yeulett
Senior Manager, Regulatory Compliance
Northwestel Inc.
P.O. Box 2727
Whitehorse, YT  Y1A 4Y4
regulatoryaffairs@nwtel.ca

RE: Tariff Notice 873 – Voice mail services

Dear Mr. Yeulett:

On 15 March 2011, the Commission received an application from Northwestel Inc. (Northwestel) under cover of Tariff Notice 873, in which the company proposed to remove its voice mail services tariffs in accordance with Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-777,  Forbearance from the regulation of retail voice mail services provided by the incumbent local exchange carriers, 20 October 2010.  The company indicated that its application was filed as a Group A retail tariff filing under Approval mechanisms for retail and CLEC tariffs, Telecom Decision CRTC 2008-74, 21 August 2008 (Decision 2008-74).

Commission staff considers that Northwestel’s application does not meet the definition of Group A retail tariff filings as indicated in Appendix 1 of Decision 2008-74 as it does not pertain to

a)  changes to previously approved rates for retail services where the revised rates meet the Commission's price cap or price regulation rules, and the imputation test as applicable;
b)  housekeeping changes to existing tariffs for retail services; or
c)  updates to tariff pages to incorporate forborne exchanges or routes, consistent with Commission forbearance decisions.

For purposes of efficiency, the Commission will process this application as a Group B retail tariff filing rather than close the file and require the company to refile it as a new application.

Yours sincerely,

Original signed by

Mario Bertrand / for
Suzanne Bédard
Senior Manager, Tariffs
Telecommunications

c:  Sylvie Labbé, CRTC, 819-953-4945, sylvie.labbe@crtc.gc.ca

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