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Ottawa, 9 June 2014

File numbers: Tariff Notices 749, 749A, and 749B

MTS Inc. – Local Network Interconnection and Component Unbundling

Application

1. The Commission received an application from MTS Inc. (MTS), dated 7 January 2014, in which the company proposed an amendment to item 105.4.E.4 – Local Network Interconnection and Component Unbundling of its Access Services Tariff. Specifically, MTS proposed to clarify how the Subsequent Service Charge^{Footnote 1} is applied in the provision of CCS7^{Footnote 2} Transit Services. The company’s application, Tariff Notice (TN) 749, was given interim approval in Telecom Order CRTC 2014‑39, 4 February 2014 (Order 2014-39).
2. The Commission received interventions regarding MTS’ application from Fido Solutions Inc. (Fido) and TELUS Communications Company (TCC). Fido submitted that the other incumbent local exchange carriers do not have a similar tariff for CCS7 Transit Services. TCC submitted that the costs associated with the proposed tariff item should be recovered through tariffs for local transit and/or Interexchange Carrier interconnection tariffs, instead of through CCS7 Transit Services as proposed by MTS.
3. In response to these interventions, MTS filed TN 749A on 24 March 2014. In this amended application, the company proposed to return item 105.4.E.4 back to the wording that was in place prior to the filing of TN 749. However, the amendment proposed the application of additional non-related interconnection tariff items.
4. In response to a Commission query, MTS filed TN 749B on 7 May 2014. In this filing, the company proposed to remove the reference to the application of non-related interconnection tariff items referenced in paragraph 3 above. This, in effect, returned item 105.4.E.4 back to the wording that was in place prior to the filing of TN 749. Further, MTS noted that there were no end-users impacted by the proposed tariff changes since Order 2014-39 was issued.
5. The public record of this proceeding, which closed on 7 May 2014, is available on the Commission’s website at www.crtc.gc.ca or by using the file numbers provided above.

Commission’s analysis and determinations

6. The Commission notes that TN 749B effectively returns MTS’ item 105.4.E.4 back to the original tariff that was in place prior to the filing of TNs 749 and 749A. Further, no wholesale customers were impacted by the tariff approved on an interim basis in Order 2014-39.
7. Accordingly, the Commission approves on a final basis MTS’ TN 749B, effective the date of this order. MTS is to issue revised tariff pages^{Footnote 3} within 10 days of the date of this order.

Secretary General

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2014-06-09