Telecom Decision CRTC 2021-50

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Ottawa, 5 February 2021

Revocation of basic international telecommunications services licences

The Commission revokes the basic international telecommunications services licences of 64 companies that have failed to comply with the conditions of licence. The Appendix identifies the companies that have had their licences revoked.

1. All entities that provide basic international telecommunications services (BITS) to Canadians are required, pursuant to subsection 16.1(1) of the Telecommunications Act (the Act) and Telecom Decision 2008-70, to be licensed by the Commission.
2. Pursuant to a condition of licence, licensees are required to keep current the information required by the Commission in the application form for the issuance or renewal of basic international telecommunications licences and to file with the Commission particulars of any change to such information within 30 days of the licensee becoming aware of such change.
3. Licensees are also subject to annual reporting requirements pursuant to the following condition of licence:

   The licensee shall file with the Commission any information required to be filed, in such form as may be prescribed by the Commission. For example, the licensee shall comply with the telecommunications industry data collection process requirements set out in Telecom Circular 2003-1 and Telecom Circular 2005-4, as amended from time to time by the Commission.

4. Despite Commission requests that licensees comply with these filing requirements, a number of licensees failed to comply. Consequently, on 17 November 2020, the Commission, in accordance with subsection 16.4(1) of the Act, sent by registered mail to the contact addresses kept on file with the Commission a notice of intent to revoke the BITS licences of those licensees that had failed to comply with either or both of the above-referenced conditions of licence. The licensees were given until 1 December 2020 to file the required information with the Commission or make representations by the same date as to why they should not be required to comply with the conditions of licence.
5. Sixty four companies have failed to file the required information or make representations. The Commission, pursuant to subsection 16.4(1) of the Act, therefore revokes the licences of the companies listed in the Appendix.
6. The Commission notes that any person providing BITS in Canada without a licence from the Commission may be found guilty of an offence punishable on a summary conviction under subsection 73(1) of the Act, which states the following:

   73(1) Every person who contravenes subsection 16(4) or 16.1(1) or (2) or section 17 is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable

   1. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for a first offence, or one hundred thousand dollars for a subsequent offence; or
   2. in the case of a corporation, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars for a first offence, or one million dollars for a subsequent offence.

   The Commission also notes that any person providing BITS in Canada without a licence may have an administrative monetary penalty imposed on them pursuant to section 72.001 of the Act.

Secretary General

Related documents

• Review of the basic international telecommunications services licensing regime, Telecom Decision CRTC 2008-70, 11 August 2008
• Telecommunications industry data collection: updating of CRTC registration lists, telecommunications fees, Canadian revenue-based contribution regime, international licences and monitoring of the Canadian telecommunications industry, Telecom Circular CRTC 2005-4, 9 February 2005
• Telecommunications industry data collection: updating of CRTC registration lists, telecommunications fees, Canadian contribution mechanism fund administration, international licences and monitoring of the Canadian telecommunications industry, Telecom Circular CRTC 2003-1, 11 December 2003

Appendix to Telecom Decision CRTC 2021-50

List of companies that have failed to comply with the conditions of the BITS licence

10035898 MANITOBA INC.

10229733 Canada Inc.

10392006 Canada Inc. (Urban Telecom)

10685674 CANADA INC

1429862 Ontario Ltd.

1443394 Ontario Inc. (Envi Network)

1784150 Ontario Inc.

2324134 Ontario Inc

9029575 Canada Inc.  dba/Fasttelecom VoIP/VoIPSonic

9257-8368 Québec Inc.

Acrosslink Services Ltd.

AirFiber Alberta

Airtel Wireless LTD

Alpine AudioNow, LLC

Avenir IT Inc.

Blue Canada Wireless Inc.

Bright Geosciences Inc.

CallCatchers Inc.

Caller IP Inc.

Carrier One Telecom (N.B.) Inc.

Communications Distributors, Inc.

CONCAP Solutions Inc.

Coopérative de Câblodistribution Bellarmin

Crexendo Business Solutions, Inc.

CrossLayer, Inc.

Dogtooth Communications Inc.

Envision Connect Ltd.

EXTRECOM

Ezetop (c/o General Solutions Associates, LLC)

F12.net Inc.

FIDA COM Corp.

FreshNet

HAX Enterprises Ltd.

Internet Lake Simcoe Ltd.

Iwebtel Inc.

Les entreprises Stephane Antoine inc.

Litsip Technologies Ltd

Long View Systems Corporation

Macrotech (Canada), Inc.

MICCA Solutions

MicroSerum Inc.

Microtalk Communications Inc.

Migisi Wireless

My-Cloudline LLC

Noron Home Communications

OLNetLtd.

Panasonic Canada Inc.

Pham Huy Hoang Nguyen

Portell Communications Inc.

PrestoNet Solutions Inc.

Princeton Hosted Solutions, LLC

Raincoast Networks Ltd.

Ruba Communications Inc.

Sceptre Communications Inc.

Sekurus International Inc.

Social Enterprise Canada Corporation

Stephen Daniel Hubbard

Telads Australia Pty Ltd

Televoca Inc.

UniVoIP Systems Inc.

Vanco US, LLC

VoIPX International, Inc.

Voxter Communications Inc.

Whitewater Internet Solutions Inc

Date modified:

2021-02-05