Telecom - Secretary General Letter addressed to Jordan Deng (CIK Telecom INC.)
Ottawa, 5 March 2024
Reference(s): 8633-C146-202400365
BY EMAIL
Jordan Deng, CEO
CIK Telecom INC.
241 Whitehall Drive
Markham, ON L3R 5G5
jordan.d@ciktel.com
Subject: Part 1 Application to review and vary Telecom Decision 2023-358 to prohibit Bell, Rogers, Videotron and TELUS from subscribing to the interim FTTP high-speed access services and to lower the associated interim rates
Dear Jordan Deng,
We are following up on your application dated 1 February 2024 on behalf of CIK Telecom INC. (CIK Telecom) regarding Telecom Decision 2023-358 (the decision). As you know, the decision directs large incumbent telephone companies to provide temporary aggregated access to their fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks in Ontario and Quebec within six months.
We are writing to inform you of the Commission’s decision on this matter. You have asked the Commission to clarify whether the temporary aggregated FTTP access service mandated in the decision is available for use by Bell Canada, Rogers Communications Inc., Québecor Média Inc., and TELUS Communications Inc., or their affiliates. If so, you requested that the Commission review and vary its decision to prohibit such access. Moreover, you indicated that the interim and final rates for the service should be lowered.
The Commission recognizes the importance of the matters you have raised in your application. These matters are being considered as part of a major and ongoing public proceeding launched in March 2023 to improve internet services competition in Canada.
With respect to the availability of the mandated temporary aggregated FTTP access, the decision did not contain any condition that limits eligibility for use of the service. As part of the Commission’s ongoing review, initiated by Telecom Notice of Consultation 2023-56, the issues of who should be eligible to use wholesale high-speed access services, and what the associated final rates should be, are being considered.
The Commission considers that the matters raised by CIK Telecom are currently before it as part of the ongoing public proceeding. As a result, CIK Telecom’s application is dismissed.
If you have any questions regarding the ongoing proceeding, please do not hesitate to contact us at infotelecom@crtc.gc.ca or at 1-877-793-8444.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Marc Morin
Secretary General
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