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Ottawa, 21 March 2012

CoopTel – Introduction of support structure service and related agreement

File numbers: Tariff Notices 70 and 70A

1.        The Commission received an application by CoopTel, dated 31 August 2011 and amended on 18 October 2011, in which the company proposed to introduce General Tariff Section 5.3 – Support Structure Service. As part of its application, on 1 November 2011, CoopTel submitted its proposed support structure agreement (SSA).

2.        The Commission received comments about the proposed tariff section from Bell Canada, as well as joint comments from Bragg Communications Inc., operating as EastLink; Cogeco Cable Inc.; Rogers Communications Partnership; Shaw Communications Inc.; and Quebecor Media Inc., on behalf of its affiliate Videotron G.P.

3.        The Commission approved CoopTel’s proposed tariff and SSA on an interim basis in Telecom Order 2011-787.

4.        The public record of this proceeding is available on the Commission’s website at www.crtc.gc.ca under “Public Proceedings” or by using the file numbers provided above.

5.        The Commission notes that in Telecom Order 2011-787, it indicated that a proceeding related to tariff revisions concerning Bell Canada’s support structures was under way, and that the determinations it would make in that proceeding could affect the conditions CoopTel was proposing in its tariff and its SSA. The Commission made its determinations related to that proceeding in Telecom Order 2012-139, in which, among other things, it approved Bell Canada’s request to align the French version of its Support Structure Tariff with the English version to provide that notification of the attachment of a subscriber drop wire to a service pole is to be made 30 days after such placement.

6.        The Commission considers that certain modifications to CoopTel’s proposed tariff are required in order to i) reflect the above-mentioned Commission determination and ii) clarify that the pole rental charge applicable when a licensee has equipment attached to a pole, including subscriber drop wires, applies only once per pole per licensee.

7.        In light of the above, the Commission approves on a final basis CoopTel’s application, effective the date of this order, subject to the modifications set out in the appendix.

8.        The Commission directs CoopTel to

• modify its proposed tariff as set out in the appendix; and
• file with the Commission, for information purposes, revised tariff pages as set out in the appendix, within 15 days of the date of this order.

Secretary General

Related documents

• Bell Canada and Télébec, Limited Partnership – Changes to Support Structure Tariffs, Telecom Order CRTC 2012-139, 7 March 2012
• CoopTel – Introduction of support structure service and related agreement, Telecom Order CRTC 2011-787, 16 December 2011