Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Marielle Wilson (Persona Communications Inc.)
Ottawa, 12 January 2023
Our reference: 8663-P45-202209593
BY EMAIL
Marielle Wilson
Vice President, Regulatory
Persona Communications Inc.
Suite 801, 6080 Young Street,
Halifax, NS B3K 5M3
regulatory.Matters@corp.eastlink.ca
Subject: Intention of Rogers Communications Canada Inc. to enter Persona Communication Inc.’s operating territory as a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in the Coldwater, Ontario, exchange
Dear Marielle Wilson:
On 23 November 2022, the Commission received a letter from Persona Communications Inc. (Persona’s), doing business as Eastlink, following the expression of interest by Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (RCCI) to provide competitive services in the Coldwater, Ontario exchange.
Persona submitted that, under its former name Amtelecom Limited Partnership (Amtelecom), it previously introduced local competition in the Aylmer, Ontario exchange with the Commission’s approval of the implementation plan in Telecom Decision CRTC 2018-393. The Commission approved Tariff Notice 82 to introduce tariff provisions to implement local competition in the serving territory of Persona, under former name Amtelecom, in Telecom Order CRTC 2020-249.
The company further submitted that, as outlined in the Persona General Tariff CRTC 21281, Section 1300, the former Amtelecom exchanges of Aylmer, Cambray, Coldwater, Dyer’s Bay, Lion’s Head, Manitowaning/Wikwemikong, Mindemoya, Port Burwell, Stokes Bay, Straffordville, and Tobermory are served by a single local interconnection region with a point of interconnection in Aylmer, Ontario. As local competition in the Aylmer exchange is already established, Persona confirmed that there are no other implementation issues to address in order to implement local competition in the Coldwater exchange. With respect to an implementation schedule, Persona proposed a deadline of 90 days from the date of its letter.
Staff considers that RCCI can begin offering its services in the Coldwater, Ontario exchange 90-days from receipt of Persona’s letter dated 23 November 2022. Further, staff reminds both companies that a Master Agreement for Local Interconnection (MALI) and an Appendix C must be signed for the Coldwater, Ontario exchange. The notification requirements for CLECs can be found in Telecom Decision CRTC 2012-396.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Michel Murray
Director, Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: Christine Brock, CRTC, 873-353-5852, christine.brock@crtc.gc.ca
Simon-Pierre Olivier, regulatory@rci.rogers.com
Kim Brisson St-Jean, CRTC, kim.brisson-st-jean@crtc.gc.ca
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