Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Peggy Tabet (Quebecor Media Inc.) and Stephen Schmidt (TELUS)
Ottawa, 16 November 2023
Our reference: 8622-V3-202306381
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Peggy Tabet
Vice President, Regulatory and Environmental Affairs
Quebecor Media Inc.
612 Saint-Jacques Street
Montréal, Québec
H3C 4M8
Stephen Schmidt
Vice-President - Telecom Policy & Chief Regulatory Legal Counsel
Telecom Policy & Regulatory Affairs
TELUS
Floor 5, 215 Slater St.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1P 0A6
Subject: Request for final offer arbitration regarding mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access rates
Dear Peggy Tabet and Stephen Schmidt,
On 9 November 2023, the Commission received a letter from Québecor Média Inc. (QMI), on behalf of Vidéotron ltée. (Videotron) and Freedom Mobile Inc. (Freedom), requesting final offer arbitration (FOA) for the purpose of establishing rates for the provision of MVNO access service between Videotron and TELUS Communications Inc. (TCI).
In order to ensure that the Commission has sufficient information to determine the appropriate scope of the MVNO FOA process, both parties are to provide answers to the information requested below by no later than 17 November 2023, serving a copy to the other party.
Firstly, please provide:
- The proposed format and rate structure for this FOA process along with justification;
- The duration of the proposed MVNO access agreement and, if necessary, the terms of renegotiation, along with justification; and,
- Any other elements deemed appropriate by the parties and relevant to the Commission such as the geographical areas covered by the MVNO access rate agreement along with justification.
It should be noted that as indicated in Telecom Decision 2022-288Footnote1, the Commission has determined that tariff terms must include support for one-way seamless handoff. Commission staff therefore expects the proposed tariff format and structure to include one-way seamless handoff.
Further, staff requests that QMI comment on TCI’s proposal that parties engage in Staff Assisted Mediation (SAM) and indicate whether it would accept to participate in SAM?
In accordance with paragraph 59 of Information Bulletin 2019-184Footnote2, existing Commission confidentiality rules and practices apply to FOA proceedings. The applicable rules and practices are set out in the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure (the Rules) and described in Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin 2010-961Footnote3
Commission staff advises that documents relating to this request, including the present letter, may be made public.
Any documents filed with the Commission should be filed via the secure service “My CRTC Account” (GCKey or Partner Log In) using the Telecom Cover Page and quoting the application number 8622-V3-202306381.
Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Michel Murray
Director, Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
cc. Philippe Nadeau, CRTC, philippe.nadeau@crtc.gc.ca
Joël Beaupré, CRTC, joel.beaupre@crtc.gc.ca
Yanick Boily, QMI,yanick.boily@quebecor.com
Mélanie Cardin, QMI, melanie.cardin@quebecor.com Kim Miller, TELUS,kim.miller@telus.com
Eric Edora, TELUS, eric.edora@telus.com
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