ARCHIVED - Telecom Procedural Letter Addressed to Various Parties Interested in the Review of wholesale services and associated policies, Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-551 – Requests for an extension to deadline

Ottawa, 12 August 2014

Our reference: 8663-C12-201313601

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Re: Review of wholesale services and associated policies, Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-551 – Requests for an extension to deadline

Dear Madams/Sirs:

Commission staff is in receipt of a letter from Bell Canada dated 6 August 2014 requesting that the timeframe for replying to the Commission’s 31 July 2014 interrogatories be extended from 29 August 2014 to 23 September 2014, and that the dates for the associated deficiency and confidentiality process be extended as well. Several other parties filed letters in support of Bell Canada’s request, citing the complexity of the questions posed by the Commission, as well as the summer holiday period, as reasons why additional time is necessary to provide fulsome responses.  

Commission staff recognizes the concerns of parties over the timeframe. However, Commission staff is concerned about the need for the record to be completed prior to the final reply stage, and the fact that the proceeding schedule might be compromised with an extension of three weeks. Consequently, Commission staff has determined that an extension of two weeks would be appropriate in the circumstances.

Accordingly, the amended process and associated dates are as follows:

• Responses to requests for information issued by the Commission^{Footnote 1} are to be filed with the Commission and served on parties by 16 September 2014. Parties are asked to group their responses to these information requests into one document in order to facilitate accessibility and administrative processing.
• Requests by parties for further responses to these interrogatories, specifying in each case why a further response is both relevant and necessary, and requests for public disclosure of information that has been designated confidential, setting
• out in each case the reasons for disclosure, must be filed with the Commission and served on the party or parties to whom it is addressed by 23 September 2014.
• Responses to requests for further responses to interrogatories and for public disclosure must be filed with the Commission and served on the party or parties making the request by 30 September 2014.
• The requests for further information and public disclosure will be processed by the Commission as soon as possible.

The process and dates associated with requests for information issued by parties remain the same as those set out in the 30 June 2014 procedural letter.

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

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2014-08-12