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Ottawa, 3 June 2013

Our reference: 8740-S22-201306225

BY EMAIL

Robert Hersche
Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs
Saskatchewan Telecommunications
2121 Saskatchewan Drive
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3Y2
document.control@sasktel.com

RE: Saskatchewan Telecommunications Tariff Notice 280 - Ethernet Access Service

Dear Sir:

On 18 April 2013, Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel, or the company) submitted Tariff Notice 280 (TN 280), in which it proposed changes to its Ethernet Access Service. Specifically, SaskTel proposed to introduce new rates for 100 Mbps Ethernet Access Service in rate bands E and G, and 1000 Mbps Ethernet Access Service in rate bands C, E and G.
On 2 May 2013 Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc. (CNOC) requested that the Commission require SaskTel to re-file, on the public record, all of the materials filed in support of TN 280 with the degree of disclosure required by Confidentiality of information used to establish wholesale service rates, Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2012-592, 26 October 2013, (Telecom Regulatory Policy 2012-592).
In reply to CNOC’s request, SaskTel noted that the Commission’s determinations in Telecom Regulatory Policy 2012-592 apply to wholesale services. SaskTel then stated that its Ethernet Access Service is a retail tariff offering and, as such, it had filed TN 280 under the disclosure rules related to retail services.

Commission staff notes that, in its 2 May 2013 letter, CNOC did not suggest that SaskTel’s Ethernet Access Service is a wholesale service. CNOC’s specific request was that SaskTel be required to re-file, on the public record, all of the materials filed in support of TN 280 with the degree of disclosure required by Telecom Regulatory Policy 2012-592 (emphasis added). However, SaskTel did not respond fully to CNOC’s request.
SaskTel is therefore requested to provide a complete response to CNOC’s request within 10 calendar days of the date of this letter. For each of the cost study elements designated for disclosure in Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2012-592, and to the extent that the same cost study elements are applicable in relation to TN 280, SaskTel is to provide a detailed response as to why these elements should not be disclosed.
Commission staff reminds SaskTel that subsection 39(4) of the Telecommunications Act and subsection 33(4) of the CRTC Rules of Practice and Procedure provide that where designated information is submitted in the course of proceedings before the Commission, the Commission may require its disclosure where it determines, after considering any representations from interested persons that the disclosure is in the public interest.
In addition, as set out in Procedures for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure in Commission proceedings, Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961, 23 December 2010, in determining whether disclosure is in the public interest, the Commission will consider whether the information would be likely to result in specific direct harm and whether that harm outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Where the specific direct harm does not outweigh the public interest in disclosure, the Commission will generally require that the information be disclosed.
Further process related to TN 280 will be established at a later date.
A copy of this letter and all related correspondence will be added to the public record of this application.

Yours sincerely,

Original signed by

Michel Murray
Director, Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications

c.c.: Imen Arfaoui, CRTC, 819-997-4663, imen.arfaoui@crtc.gc.ca

Date modified:

2013-06-03