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Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Distribution List

Ottawa, 15 February 2023

Our reference: 1011-NOC2020-0366

BY EMAIL

Distribution List

Subject: Issuance of Telecom Regulatory Policy 2023-31 and the introduction of new data reporting requirements

On 30 October 2020, the Commission initiated a proceeding through Notice of Consultation 2020-366, which sought to identify and implement regulatory measures that would make access to poles more efficient. This proceeding resulted in the Commission publishing Telecom Regulatory Policy 2023-31 (TRP 2023-31) on 15 February 2023.

In TRP 2023-31, the Commission put in place new data reporting requirements for the Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs). The Commission identified key data points it will collect from these parties to monitor the changes in the pole attachment environment, including but not limited to: the number of pole attachment requests received, the number of requests approved, the number of requests denied, the reasons for denials, and the number of days in which permits are processed. For additional details on the data to be collected, see Appendix A.

The Commission determined that this information will be collected on an ongoing basis. Parties will be required to begin collecting data on 1 April 2023 (i.e. Q2 2023). This data must be submitted through the CRTC’s data collection system starting in July of 2023 as part of the CRTC’s quarterly survey.

Yours sincerely,

Original signed by

Lisanne Legros
Director, Telecommunications Networks Policy Telecommunications Sector

c.c:      Phillip Arnott, CRTC, 873-353-4057, phillip.arnott@crtc.gc.ca
Matthew Tosaj, CRTC, 613-878-6887, matthew.tosaj@crtc.gc.ca

Attach:(2)

Table 1: Number of pole access permit applications for poles which you own and/or manage, organized by province and/or territory, and on aggregate*:
Applications to access
20 poles or less Between 21 and 50 poles Between 51 and 200 poles Over 200 poles
  1. Number of requests granted
  1. Number of instances where a pole was upgraded in order to create additional capacity to accommodate a new attacher
  1. Number of requests denied
  1. Number of requests denied due to capacity being reserved for future-use
  1. Number of instances where, following good-faith negotiations, a pole was not upgraded in order to create additional capacity to accommodate a new attacher
  1. Number of other requests denied due to lack of spare capacity (excluding 2i and 2ii)
  1. Number of requests denied for other reasons
  1. Number of ongoing applications
  1. Number of applications cancelled by the requesting attacher
  1. Total number of permit applications received

If there are requests denied for “other reasons” in the table above, provide a detailed explanation of what these reasons are:

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*Note: data collection will use sub-forms for the aggregate reporting (all of Canada), and for each province and territory.

Table 2: Number of requests granted to access 20 poles or less:
Make-ready work: Completed in:
Up to 15 days Up to 40 days Up to 60 days Over 60 days
No make-ready work
Simple make-ready work
Complex make-ready work
Table 3: Number of requests granted` to access between 21 and 50 poles:
Make-ready work: Completed in:
Up to 30 days Up to 75 days Up to 90 days Over 90 days
No make-ready work
Simple make-ready work
Complex make-ready work
Table 4: Number of requests granted to access between 51 and 200 poles:
Make-ready work: Completed in:
Up to 60 days Up to 120 days Up to 150 days Over 150 days
No make-ready work
Simple make-ready work
Complex make-ready work
Table 5: Number of requests granted to access more than 200 poles:
Make-ready work: Completed in:
Up to 100 days Up to 180 days Over 180 days
No make-ready work
Simple make-ready work
Complex make-ready work

Distribution List:

Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership, bell.regulatory@bell.ca

Bell Canada, bell.regulatory@bell.ca

Bell MTS Inc., bell.regulatory@bell.ca

Northwestel Inc., regulatoryaffairs@nwtel.ca 

Saskatchewan Telecommunications, document.control@sasktel.com

Télébec, Société en commandite, bell.regulatory@bell.ca

TELUS Communications Inc., regulatory.affairs@telus.com

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