Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Philippe Gauvin (Bell Canada)

Ottawa, 1 March 2024

Reference(s): 8740-B20-202306894

BY EMAIL

Philippe Gauvin
Assistant General Counsel
Bell Canada
160 Elgin St., Floor 19
Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 2C4
bell.regulatory@bell.ca

Subject: Bell Canada Tariff Notice (TN) 982 – Destandardize DNA Low Speed Access and DS-0 Inter-exchange Channels

Dear Philippe Gauvin:

On 20 December 2023, the Commission received an application from Bell Canada proposing changes to its National Services Tariff CRTC 7400, Item 301 – Digital Network Access (DNA) and Item 307 – Inter-Office Digital Channels. In this application, Bell Canada proposed to destandardize the Low Speed Access option, including speeds at DS-0 and112.0 / 128.0 Kbps, for DNA service and the DS-0 Inter-exchange Channels option for Inter-Office Digital Channels.

Commission staff is analyzing the application.

Consequently, this application will not be disposed of by the 45th business day following receipt. However, the Commission intends to issue a final decision within 120 calendar days of the date of the initial application.

Sincerely,

Original signed by

Michel Murray
Director, Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector

c.c.: Julie Boisvert, CRTC, 819-953-2421, julie.boisvert@crtc.gc.ca

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