ARCHIVED - Telecom Procedural letter adressed to Stephen Schmidt (TELUS Communications Company)

Ottawa, 16 August 2016

Our references: 8640-B2-201606245, 8640-T66-201608408

BY EMAIL

Mr. Stephen Schmidt,
Vice-President – Telecom Policy & Chief Regulatory Legal Counsel
Telecom Policy & Regulatory Affairs
TELUS Communications Company
Floor 8, 215 Slater St.
Ottawa, ON  K1P 0A6
regulatory.affairs@telus.com

RE: Bell Canada Part 1 application for forbearance from the regulation of Billing and Collection service – TELUS Communication Company procedural request

Dear Sir:

On 11 August 2016, the Commission received a letter from TELUS Communications Company (TCC) regarding Bell Canada’s (Bell) Part 1 application for forbearance from the regulation of Billing and Collection service (BCS).

TCC indicated that its letter comprised both its intervention on Bell’s Part 1 application and its own Part 1 application requesting forbearance for BCS. TCC requested that the Commission allow parties 30 days to file answers to TCC’s Part 1 application, in accordance with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure (the Rules),^{Footnote 1} after which TCC would file its reply comments.

Commission staff notes that TCC’s Part 1 application seeking forbearance for BCS was posted on the Commission’s website on 15 August 2016.
Commission staff also notes that TCC served a copy of its Part 1 application on large and small incumbent local exchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), and proposed CLECs, as well as on certain interveners in Bell’s Part 1 proceeding and other service providers.

In order to ensure that all parties adverse in interest have specific knowledge of the application, TCC is to, by 18 August 2016, either confirm that it has already served a copy of its application on all its current Billing and Collection wholesale customers, or serve a copy of its application on those customers.

Moreover, in order to provide all parties with adequate opportunity to comment on the application, the deadlines associated with TCC’s Part 1 application regarding BCS are modified as follows:

• Interventions and answers are to be filed by 19 September 2016, and
• TCC’s reply is to be filed by 29 September 2016.

Sincerely,

Original signed by

Sheehan Carter
A/Director, Competition and Emergency Services Policy
Telecommunications Sector

c.c.: Sylvie Labbé, CRTC, 819-953-4945, sylvie.labbe@crtc.gc.ca
Laurie Ventura, CRTC, 819-997-4589, laurie.ventura@crtc.gc.ca
John MacKenzie, TCC, john.mackenzie@telus.com
Philippe Gauvin, Bell Canada, bell.regulatory@bell.ca

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Access Communications Co-operative Limited, documents@myaccess.coop
Beanfield Technologies Inc., jay@beanfield.com
Bragg Communications Inc, dba "Eastlink", regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
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Brooke Telecom Co-operative Ltd, jim@brooketel.ca
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Câblovision Warwick inc., douellette@cablovision.com
Caztel, presidente@caztel.com; stephen.abbott@caztel.com
CityWest Telephone Corporation, heather.bishop@cwct.ca
CNOC, regulatory@cnoc.ca
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Cogeco, bianca.sgambetterra@cogeco.com
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Distributel, regulatory@distributel.ca
Duclos & Michaud Télécom Inc., denis@duclosmichaud.com
Durham.Net Inc., santhony@corp.fibernetics.ca
Execulink Telecom Inc., jonathan.scott@execulink.com
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Fibernetics Corporation, regulatory@fibernetics.ca
FlexITy Holdings Inc., regulatory@flexity.ca
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Gosfield North Communication Co-operative Limited, regulatory@gosfieldtel.ca
Groupe Maskatel LP, claporte@maskatel.qc.ca
Hay Communications Co-operative Limited, a.schneider@hay.net
Huron Telecommunications Co-operative Limited, regulatory@hurontel.on.ca
InnSysVoice Corp., regulatory@innsys.ca
Iristel Inc., regulatory@iristel.com
ISP Telecom Inc., robert@isptelecom.net
La Compagnie de téléphone de St-Victor, telvic@telvic.net
La Compagnie de téléphone Upton inc., j-fmathieu@telupton.qc.ca
La Coopérative de câblodistribution de l'Arrière-Pays, klaplante@ccapcable.com
Lakeland Energy Ltd., bgispen@lakelandenergy.com
Lansdowne Rural Telephone Company Ltd, wagrier@1000island.ne
Les.Net (1996) Inc., sales@les.net
Managed Network Systems Inc., clayton@mnsi.net
Mornington Communications Co-operative Limited, rbanks@mornington.ca
Nexicom Telecommunications Inc. & Nexicom Telephones Inc., pdowns@nexicomgroup.net
Nor-Del Cablevision Limited, markb@nor-del.com
North Frontenac Telephone Corporation Ltd, Fmantell6229@rogers.com
Northwestel, regulatoryaffairs@nwtel.ca
NRTC Communications, steve@wtccommunications.ca
Novus Entertainment Inc., donna.robertson@novusnow.ca
O.N.Tel Inc., tracy.cant@ontera.ca
Olds Fibre Ltd., bill.dunbar@o-net.ca
PIAC, gwhite@piac.ca, lawford@piac.ca
Primus Management ULC, kmitchell@primustel.ca
Provincial Tel Inc., Russell.Ochocki@ProvTel.com
Quadro Communications Co-operative Inc., barry.stone@quadro.net
Québecor Média inc., regaffairs@quebecor.com; dennis.beland@quebecor.com
Rogers (Alternacall), Simon-Pierre.Olivier@fidomobile.ca; rwi_gr@rci.rogers.com
Roxborough Telephone Company Limited, timbeach@ontarioeast.net
SaskTel, document.control@sasktel.sk.ca
Seaside Communications Inc., dabbass@seaside.ns.ca
Shannon Vision Inc., shannonvision@shannon.ca
Shaw, regulatory@sjrb.ca
Sogetel inc., sophie.houde@sogetel.com
Source Cable Limited, rbosanac@sourcecable.ca
TBayTel, rob.olenick@tbaytel.com
Télécommunications Xittel, celinelaporte@maskatel.qc.ca
Telehop Communications Inc. & Friends Network, brovet@rovetlaw.com; marketing@telehop.com
Téléphone de St-Éphrem inc., telstep@telstep.net
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Teliphone Navigata-Westel Communication Inc., eric.unrau@teliphone.com
TeraGo Networks Inc, Mark.Lau@terago.ca
Transvision (Cookshire) inc., nrouleau@transvision.net
Trutel Inc., regulatory@trutel.com
Tuckersmith Communications Co-operative Limited, regulatory@tccmail.ca
Westman Media Cooperative Ltd., kaastras@westmancom.com
Wightman Telecom Ltd, kgugan@wightman.ca
Wimactel, info@wimactel.com
Wind Mobile Corp., bjones@windmobile.ca
WTC Communications, carlo.dondero@wtccommunications.ca
Xplornet Communications Inc., xplornet.legal@corp.xplornet.com
Yak Communications (Canada) Corp., yakregulatory@globalive.com; simonlockie@globalive.com
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Date modified:

2016-08-16