ARCHIVED - Telecom Commission Letter addressed to the Distibution List

Ottawa, 26 June 2018

Our reference:  1011-NOC2018-0214

BY EMAIL

Distribution list

Re: Review of the price cap and local forbearance regimes, Telecom Notice of Consultation 2018-214^Footnote1 – Requests for information

Pursuant to paragraph 32 of Telecom Notice of Consultation 2018-214, attached are requests for information from the Commission.
Responses to these requests for information are to be filed with the Commission by 10 September 2018. The responses must be received, not merely sent, by that date.

Sincerely,

Original signed by

John Macri
Director, Policy Framework
Telecommunications Sector

c.c.: Christine Brock, CRTC, (819) 997-4557, christine.brock@crtc.gc.ca

Distribution list:
Bell Canada, bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Saskatchewan Telecommunications, Document.control@sasktel.com
Télébec, Société en commandite, reglementa@telebec.com
TELUS Communications Company, regulatory.affairs@telus.com

Request for information addressed to each large incumbent local exchange carrier (large ILEC)

For the purpose of the following requests for information:

• Stand-alone primary exchange service (PES) means a local telephone service that includes unlimited calls within a geographical area and access to 9-1-1, message relay service (MRS) and toll services;
• Stand-alone residential PES customers subscribe to stand-alone residential PES and not to any additional services such as optional and/or toll services, plans, Internet, wireless, or television; and
• PES rates should exclude 9-1-1 and MRS fees.

The information is to be provided as of 30 June 2018, unless otherwise indicated, and separately for each province where the company serves as an ILEC.

1. Provide the following information, by band, separately for regulated high-cost serving areas (HCSAs) and regulated non-HCSAs in Microsoft Excel tables using the format below:
1. the total of number residential customers served; and
2. the total number of stand-alone residential PES customers.

Regulated HCSAs

Province	Band	(a) Total of number residential customers served	(b) Total number of stand-alone residential PES customers
Québec	E	10,000	100
(…)

Regulated Non-HCSAs

Province	Band	(a) Total of number residential customers served	(b) Total number of Stand-alone residential PES customers
Québec	C	400,000	5000
(…)

2. Provide the annual revenues filed with the 2018 price cap filing by band for i) the HCSA residential services basket and ii) the non-HCSA residential services basket.
3. Provide the following information in a Microsoft Excel table using the format below for regulated areas, by band or sub-band as applicable:
   1. the minimum price floor for stand-alone residential PES approved by the Commission;
   2. the maximum price ceiling for stand-alone residential PES approved by the Commission;
   3. the lowest retail price at which the company offered stand-alone residential PES; and
   4. the highest retail price at which the company offered stand-alone residential PES.

   Province	Band	(a) Minimum price floor ($)	(b) Maximum price ceiling ($)	(c) Lowest retail price ($)	(d) Highest retail price ($)
   Québec	E	25.10	35.70	25.50	35.50
   (…)

4. Provide the following information in a Microsoft Excel table using the format below for forborne areas, by band or sub-band as applicable:
   1. maximum price for stand-alone residential PES price ceiling approved by the Commission;
   2. the lowest retail price at which the company offered stand-alone residential PES; and
   3. the highest retail price at which the company offered stand-alone residential PES.

   Province	Band	(a) Maximum price ceiling ($)	(b) Lowest retail price ($)	(c) Highest retail price ($)
   Québec	E	31.18	24.00	29.95
   (…)

5. Provide the following information in a Microsoft Excel table using the format below:
   1. The number of regulated exchanges where the maximum price at which the company offered stand-alone residential PES was:
      1. lower than $25;
      2. between $25 and $30;
      3. between $30 and $32;
      4. between $32 and $35; and
      5. higher than $35.
   2. Provide the same information requested in a) above for only regulated HCSAs.
   3. The number of forborne exchanges where the maximum price at which the company offered stand-alone residential PES was:
      1. lower than $25;
      2. between $25 and $30;
      3. between $30 and $32;
      4. between $32 and $35; and
      5. higher than $35.
   4. Provide the same information requested in c) above for only forborne HCSAs.

      Québec

      	< $25	$25 -$30	$30 - $32	$32 - $35	> $35
      Number of regulated exchanges (both HCSA and non-HCSA)		5	3	2
      Number of HCSAs regulated exchanges		0	3	2
      Number of forborne exchanges (both HCSA and non-HCSA)	6	4			1
      Number of HCSAs forborne exchanges		8	7		1

6. Provide, in a Microsoft Excel table using the format below, a breakdown of the total number of customers in forborne areas, by band, who subscribe to stand-alone residential PES using one of the following technologies:
   1. wireline;
   2. fixed wireless; or
   3. mobile wireless.

   Confirm that the sum of the totals for each technology equals the total number of customers who subscribe to stand-alone residential PES in forborne areas.

   Province	Band	Standalone PES
   		wireline	fixed wireless	mobile wireless
   Quebec	E	100	125	50
   (…)

7. Provide the following information on the public record^Footnote2:
   1. total number of local exchanges; and
   2. total number of local exchanges that have been forborne from regulation for both residential and business local exchange services.
8. For each local exchange that remains regulated as of 30 June 2018^Footnote3 provide the following information in a Microsoft Excel table using the format below:

Province: (e.g. Ontario)		Residential			Business
A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Exchange name	HCSA or NHCSA	Regulated or Forborne	Total Residential NAS	NAS served	Regulated or Forbonne	Total Business NAS	NAS served
Exchange 1	HCSA	R	1000	1000	R	500	500
Exchange 2	HCSA	R	1000	500	F	N/A	N/A
Exchange 3	HCSA	F	N/A	N/A	R	500	250
Exchange 4	NHCSA	R	500	500	R	250	250
Exchange 5	NHCSA	R	500	250	F	N/A	N/A
Exchange 6	NHCSA	F	N/A	N/A	R	250	125
(…)

Column A: Provide the exchange name.

Column B: Indicate whether the exchange is in an “HCSA” or a “NHCSA” (i.e. non-HCSA).

Column C: Indicate if residential local exchange services are regulated (R) or forborne (F).

Column D: Provide the total number of residential Network Access Services (NAS)^Footnote4 that the company is capable of serving where the exchange is still regulated; otherwise indicate N/A.

Column E: Provide the number of residential NAS served by the company where the exchange is still regulated; otherwise indicate N/A.

Column F: Indicate if business local exchange services are regulated (R) or forborne (F).

Column G: Provide the total number of business NAS that the company is capable of serving where the exchange is still regulated; otherwise indicate N/A.

Column H:Provide the number of business NAS served by the company where the exchange is still regulated; otherwise indicate N/A.

9. Based on the information provided in response to question 8 above, provide in a Microsoft Excel table using the format below, the following aggregated information on the public record: