ARCHIVED - Telecom Commission Letter Addressed to Various Parties Interested in the Part 1 Application regarding imbalance payments to Fibernetics for the termination of traffic
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Ottawa, 19 November 2014
Our reference: 8695-B54-201410902
BY EMAIL
Ms. Suzanne Morin
General Counsel – Regulatory and Privacy Chief
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, L.P.
160 Elgin Street, 19th floor
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2C4
regulatory@bell.aliant.ca
Mr. Philippe Gauvin
Counsel, Regulatory Law and Policy
Bell Canada
160 Elgin Street, 19th floor
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2C4
bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Mr. Rick Scheihauf
VP- Regulatory Affairs and Carrier Relation
Fibernetics Corporation
605 Boxwood Drive
Cambridge, Ontario N3E 1A5
regulatory@fibernetics.ca
RE: Part 1 Application regarding imbalance payments to Fibernetics for the termination of traffic
On 21 October 2014, Bell Aliant Regional Communications Inc. and Bell Canada (collectively, the Bell companies) filed an application regarding the Commission’s local imbalance compensation regime.
By letter dated 7 November 2014, Fibernetics Corporation’s (Fibernetics) requested that the Commission (1) order the Bell Companies to file with the Commission and disclose fully to Fibernetics all of the underlying data, assumptions and methodology on which the claims made in the application were based and (2) extend the date for filing its answer.
Fibernetics stated that the regulatory resources of Fibernetics and its affiliate Telnet Communications, which is a Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc. (CNOC) member, are involved with CNOC in preparing for the upcoming public hearing associated with the wireline wholesale proceedingFootnote 1. Fibernetics stated that in order for it to be able to focus all of its regulatory resources on the upcoming public hearing and subsequent final written argument, it was requesting that the Commission extend the deadline for its answer to the application until the later of 19 January 2015 or thirty days following the date on which the Bell companies file with the Commission and serve on Fibernetics the unabridged evidence described in its letter.
By letter dated 17 November 2014, the Bell companies did not object to providing the information, however, the requested information pertains to call details regarding facilities leased by a third party. They stated that pursuant to their confidentiality agreements signed with that party they cannot release these call details nor the identity of the third party without a directive from the Commission requiring them to do so. In addition, the Bell companies did not object to Fibernetics' procedural request for delay especially if rates are made interim.
Pending a Commission decision on the Bell companies request for a directive from the Commission for the disclosure of confidential information, the date for Fibernetics to file an answer is suspended. The effective date for the filing an answer and a reply will be communicated in a separate letter.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Mario Bertrand
Director,
Dispute Resolution Telecommunications
cc: Jesslyn Mullaney, CRTC, jesslyn.mullaney@crtc.gc.ca
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Review of wholesale services and associated policies, Telecom Notice CRTC 2013-551. 15 October 2013, as amended by Telecom Notice CRTC 2013-551-1. 8 November 2013
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