Telecom Order CRTC 2020-152

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Reference: 2020-105

Ottawa, 14 May 2020

Northwestel Inc. – Final approval of a tariff application

1. The Commission approves on a final basis the following tariff application:

   Applicant	Tariff Notice and description	Date of application	Effective date
   Northwestel Inc.	TN 1077 General Tariff – Amendment to Terrestrial Enterprise Internet Services - Optimized Internet Service	23 March 2020	24 March 2020

2. The Commission received no interventions with respect to the application.
3. In accordance with subparagraph 1(b)(i) of the 2006 Policy Direction,^{Footnote 1} the Commission considers that the approval of this application will advance the policy objective set out in paragraph 7(f) of the Telecommunications Act.^{Footnote 2}
4. In accordance with the 2019 Policy Direction,^{Footnote 3} the Commission considers that this order, which is based on a complete record, can promote competition, affordability, consumer interests, and innovation. Specifically, the final approval of this application will promote (i) consumer interests by providing a temporary solution to an urgent congestion issue that is currently affecting end-users of telecommunications services in northern Canada and (ii) innovation by ensuring consumers continue to have access to high-quality telecommunications services as a result of this temporary service.
5. Revised tariff pages are to be issued within 10 calendar days of the date of this order. Revised tariff pages can be submitted to the Commission without a description page or a request for approval; a tariff application is not required.

Secretary General

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2020-05-14