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Ottawa, 27 June 2014

Our reference: 8740-B54-201405134 and 8740-B2-201405142

BY EMAIL

Ms. Suzanne Morin
General Counsel – Regulatory & Privacy Chief
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, L.P.
Floor 19
160 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario  K2P 2C4
regulatory@bell.aliant.ca

Mr. Philippe Gauvin
Bell Canada
Senior Counsel – Regulatory Law & Policy
Floor 19
160 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario  K2P 2C4
bell.regulatory@bell.ca

RE: Bell Aliant Tariff Notice 486 and Bell Canada Tariff Notice 7434 – SIP Trunking Service

Dear Madam/Sir:

On 5 June 2014, the Commission received applications from Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership and Bell Canada (the Bell companies) under Tariff Notices 486 and 7434, respectively, in which they proposed revisions to their SIP Trunking Services.

Paragraph 28(1)(a) of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that the Commission may request parties to file information or documents where needed.

The Bell companies are requested to provide comprehensive answers, including rationale and any supporting information, to the attached questions by 8 July.

Sincerely,

Original signed by

Michel Murray
Director, Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector

c. c.: Joanne Baldassi, CRTC, 819-997-3498, joanne.baldassi@crtc.gc.ca

Attachment

Request for information

  1. Commission staff notes that Bell companies proposed that the SIP Service Extension and Alternate Rate Centre Hop (ARCH) features will not be available for new contracts, but will continue to be provided to customers on existing contracts due to expected declining demand.
    1. Provide evidence that the demand for these features has been declining.
    2. Have the Bell companies informed existing customers that these features will no longer be available in the future. If not, why not?
  2. Commission staff notes that on proposed tariff page 981.1, item 7040.1.(g)(2), the Bell companies indicate that effective 23 June 2014, the SIP Service Extension feature will not be available for new contracts and will be replaced by Geo-Redundancy. Under item 7040.1.(g)(5), the Bell companies indicate that effective 23 June 2014, the ARCH feature will not be available for new contracts.

    Identify whether there is a replacement service for the ARCH feature and, if so, what.the rate for that feature will be.

  3. Commission staff notes that the Bell companies proposed to introduce a new Universal trunk Group to complement the existing Standard Trunk Group arrangement, but that the Universal trunk Group is not defined in the proposed tariff pages.

    Confirm that should the Commission approve this application, the company will amend its tariff pages to include this definition at the same time it makes any other revisions that may be required by the Commission.

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