Search

ARCHIVED - Telecom Commission Letter Addressed to Distribution List

This page has been archived on the Web

Information identified as archived on the Web is for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. Archived Decisions, Notices and Orders (DNOs) remain in effect except to the extent they are amended or reversed by the Commission, a court, or the government. The text of archived information has not been altered or updated after the date of archiving. Changes to DNOs are published as “dashes” to the original DNO number. Web pages that are archived on the Web are not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards. As per the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada, you can request alternate formats by contacting us.

Archived

This page has been archived on the Web.

Ottawa, 24 March 2017

Our reference: 1011-NOC2017-0033

BY EMAIL

To: Distribution List

Subject:  Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2017-33, Review of the regulatory framework for text-based message relay services (MRS Review)  - Request for disclosure of information

Dear Sir/Madam:

This letter addresses requests made by Bell Canada by letter dated 28 February 2017 for the Commission to release the following aggregated information concerning the delivery of traditional message relay services (MRS) in Canada:

Bell Canada also requested an extension to the 3 April 2017 filing deadline for interventions in order to allow interested parties to have at least two weeks to review the data.

In a letter dated 6 March 2017, the Commission responded by inviting parties to file comments regarding Bell Canada’s requests. The Commission subsequently received comments from Cogeco, Québecor Média, and Rogers, each of whom supports the requests made by Bell Canada.
Commission staff is of the view that granting the request to release the information noted above would be in the public interest. The aggregate information would not reveal specific confidential data about any one TSP and Commission staff notes that no TSP opposed Bell Canada’s request. Commission staff considers that no direct harm would result from its release, and no party to the proceeding would be prejudiced. Releasing the data would allow parties to provide more fulsome interventions, thereby contributing to a more complete record on the delivery of MRS services in this proceeding.
As such, on 27 March 2017, Commission staff intends to release the aggregate information requested above. With respect to Bell Canada’s request for an extension to the deadline to file interventions, given that the aggregate data is very high-level and a relatively small amount of data is being released, it is the view of Commission staff that there is insufficient rationale to extend the deadline. Therefore, the 3 April 2017 filing deadline for interventions is maintained.

If you have any questions with regards to this letter, please contact Bradley Gaudet at bradley.gaudet@crtc.gc.ca.

Yours sincerely,

 

Nanao Kachi
Director, Social and Consumer Policy
Consumer Affairs and Strategic Policy

 

Distribution List

Date modified: