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Ottawa, 31 July 2014

Our reference:  8663-C12-201313601

BY EMAIL

Distribution

RE:  Review of wholesale services and associated policies, Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-551 – Requests for Information

Dear Madams/Sirs:

With the issuance of Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-551 (TNC 2013-551),Footnote 1 the Commission initiated a proceeding to review its regulatory framework for wholesale telecommunications services and associated policies.  As part of its review, the Commission is inquiring into the extent of fibre facilities deployment.

Pursuant to section 37 of the Telecommunications Act (Act) the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission may require that entities provide it with information relevant to its administration of the Act.  Responses to the attached requests for information are to be filed with the Commission by 29 August 2014.

As set out in Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin 2010-961, Procedures for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure in Commission proceedings, companies may designate certain information as confidential. Companies must provide an abridged version of the document involved, accompanied by a detailed explanation on why the information removed is confidential.

Please note that the entities copied with this letter have not been made parties to the proceeding initiated by TNC 2013-551 and that responses to the attached requests for information need not be served on parties to the proceeding.

Appendix 1 contains the distribution list.

Appendix 2 contains the requests for information

Should you have any questions regarding the above matter, please contact Philippe Kent at 819-953-4057.

Sincerely,

Original signed by

Lyne Renaud
Director, Competitor Services and Costing
Telecommunications Sector

c.c.: Philippe Kent, CRTC, 819 953-4057, philippe.kent@crtc.gc.ca
james.e.dingwell@yahoo.com; nels2510@telus.net; robin.winsor@cybera.ca; steve@openmedia.ca; reza.rajabiun@ryerson.ca; darrellkrahn@shaw.ca; chall2k5@gmail.com; heather.b.gold@ftthcouncil.org; ron.murch@haskayne.ucalgary.ca; jeff_mcnamee@sympatico.ca; harry.sharma@canarie.ca; cedwards@ccsa.cable.ca; regulatory@ssimicro.com; rs@summer.com; john.pecman@cb-bc.gc.ca; jpanter@auroracollege.nt.ca; radams@coquitlam.ca; regulatory@bcba.ca; george.burger@vmedia.ca; rob.olenick@tbaytel.com; jonathan.holmes@itpa.ca; benjamin.sanders@gov.yk.ca; maryanne.bendfled@calgary.ca; blackwell@giganomics.ca; jfmezei@vaxination.ca;

Attach. (2)

Distribution List:

Access Communications Co-operative Ltd. documents@myaccess.coop
Axia NetMedia Corporation Nicole.springer@axia.com
Beanfield Technologies Inc. jay@beanfield.com
CoopTel pallard@cooptel.qc.ca
Coquitlam Optical Network Corp. radams@cnetbc.net
EPCOR Utilities Inc. tbjames@epcor.com
FibreMedia Inc. crtc@fibremedia.ca  
Fibre Noire Internet Inc. esimon@fibrenoire.ca
Greater Sudbury Telecommunications Inc. (Agilis Networks) josey.frescura@agilistnet.com 
Groupe Masktel delder@stikeman.com
Huron Telecommunications Co-Operative Limited grubb@hurontel.on.ca
Hydro One Telecom Inc. mukul.sarin@hydroone.com
Kamloops Community Network tklancar@kamloops.ca
Mornington Communications Co-Op Ltd. rbanks@mornington.ca
Novus Entertainment Inc. donna.robertson@novusnow.ca
Olds Fibre Ltd. lance.douglas@o-net.ca
Sogetel sophie.houde@sogetel.com
Vianet regulatory@vianet.ca
Wightman Telecom Ltd. kgugan@wightman.ca
WTC Communications carlo.dondero@wtccommunications.ca

documents@myaccess.coop; Nicole.springer@axia.com; jay@beanfield.com; pallard@cooptel.qc.ca; radams@cnetbc.net; tbjames@epcor.com; crtc@fibremedia.ca;  esimon@fibrenoire.ca; josey.frescura@agilistnet.com; delder@stikeman.com; grubb@hurontel.on.ca; mukul.sarin@hydroone.com; tklancar@kamloops.ca; rbanks@mornington.ca; donna.robertson@novusnow.ca; lance.douglas@o-net.ca; sophie.houde@sogetel.com; regulatory@vianet.ca; kgugan@wightman.ca; carlo.dondero@wtccommunications.ca 

Appendix 2

  1. With respect to your company’s access facilities, provide the following:
  2.  the total number of commercial buildings that are currently connected to your company’s network with fibre access facilities along with a general description of the geographic footprint of the company’s fibre access network;
  3. the number of commercial buildings that were connected to your company’s network with fibre access facilities in each of the years 2008-2013 along with a general description of the geographic footprint of the company’s fibre access network for each of those years;
  4. the percent (or best estimate) of commercial buildings currently connected with fibre access facilities that are located in census metropolitan areas (CMAs).Footnote 2
  5. Does your company plan to expand its fibre access footprint? If so, provide a brief description of the extent, timeframe and geographic areas of such expansion.
Footnote 1

Review of wholesale services and associated policies, Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-551, 15 October 2013

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Footnote 2

As defined by Statistics Canada, CMAs are the following: St. John’s (NFLD), Halifax (NS), Moncton (NB), Saint John (NB), Saguenay (QC), Quebec (QC), Sherbrooke ( QC), Trois-Rivières (QC), Montreal (QC), Ottawa-Gatineau (ON) Kingston (ON), Peterborough (ON), Oshawa (ON), Toronto (ON), Hamilton (ON), St. Catherines-Niagara (ON), Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo (ON), Brantford (ON), Guelph (ON), London (ON), Windsor (ON), Barrie (ON), Greater Sudbury (ON), Thunder Bay (ON), Winnipeg (MB), Regina (SK), Saskatoon (SK), Calgary (AB), Edmonton (AB), Kelowna (BC), Abbotsford-Mission (BC), Vancouver (BC), Victoria (BC)

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