ARCHIVED - Telecom Commission letter addressed to Distribution List

Ottawa, 22 March 2016

Our references:
8740-T66-201513028
8740-R28-201513010
8740-B38-201507849
8740-B38-201600023

BY EMAIL

Distribution

RE: Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-177 – Regulatory framework for wholesale mobile wireless services – Follow-up process to finalize GSM-based wholesale roaming services proposed tariffs for the National Wireless Carriers - Reporting Requirements

In Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-177, dated 5 May 2015, the Commission directed the national wireless carriers to submit their proposed cost-based tariffs for domestic Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications based wholesale roaming services for voice, text message and data, supported by regulatory economic studies consistent with the Commission’s Phase II costing approach^{Footnote 1}.

Commission staff has reviewed the 23 November 2015 tariff applications filed by Bell Mobility, TELUS Communications Company (TCC) and Rogers Communications Partnership (Rogers) and notes that TCC and Rogers did not file separate cost details for each individual regulated wholesale wireless roaming service (voice, text message and data), whereas, Bell Mobility was in compliance with those reporting directives.

To promote timely and efficient consideration of these tariff applications, Commission staff requests that the following tables be filed by TCC and Rogers for each individual wholesale wireless roaming service (voice, text message and data) by 1 April 2015.

• Table 1: Price Floor Test - Total Present Worth of Revenues and Cost within Study Period
• Table 2: Price Floor Test - Revenues and Costs per Megabytes, per minute and per Text Message
• Table 3: Demand Estimate over the study period including the start study demand
• Table 4: Financial Parameters and Tax Rates
• Table 5: Detailed Summary of Costs Causal to Service and Demand

In addition, TCC and Rogers, are to provide, as appropriate, the following additional costing information for each individual wholesale wireless roaming service (voice, text message and data) consistent with the directives set out in the Staff Letter^{Footnote 2} dated 12 September 2013 (confidential and abridged version) using the following tables:

• Table 1: Total Service Cost Summary
• Table 6a –Expenses,
• Table 6b - Capital Equipment
• Table 6c – Capital and Expenses Parameters
• Table 6d – Revenues
• Tables 8c – Third –Party Costs
• Table 8d – Wholesale Service Components Costs

Parties are asked to serve all other parties with any documents filed in this proceeding, and to send an electronic copy directly to the following Commission staff:

Lyne Renaud, lyne.renaud@crtc.gc.ca
Abderrahman El Fatihi, abderrahman.elfatihi@crtc.gc.ca
Lloyd, William,William.lloyd@crtc.gc.ca

Sincerely,

Original signed by Doug Thurston for

Lyne Renaud
Director, Competitor Services and Costing Implementation
Telecommunication Sector

c.c.:  Abderrahman El Fatihi, CRTC, (819) 953-3662, abderrahman.elfatihi@crtc.gc.ca
William Lloyd, CRTC, (819) 997-4654, william.lloyd@crtc.gc.ca

Distribution List

Bell Mobility Inc., bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Rogers Communications Partnership, rwi_gr@rci.rogers.com
TELUS Communications Company, regulatory.affairs@telus.com
Videotron G.P., regaffairs@quebecor.com
Bragg Communications Incorporated (Eastlink), regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
Globalive Wireless Management Corp. (WIND), lisajackson@globalive.com
Ed Antecol EAntecol@WINDMobile.ca
TBayTel, rob.olenick@tbaytel.com
MTS Inc., iworkstation@mtsallstream.com
Saskatchewan Telecommunications, document.control@sasktel.com
Ice Wireless Inc., regulatory@icewireless.ca
Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc. regulatory@cnoc.ca
Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) lawford@piac.ca
Corridor Communications, Inc. amirb@corp.cciwireless.ca
Benjamin Klass, benjiklass@hotmail.com
Vaxination Informatique, jfmezei@vaxination.ca

Date modified:

2016-03-22