Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to the Distribution list
Ottawa, 5 April 2024
Our reference: 1011-NOC2023-0056
BY EMAIL
Distribution list
Subject: Notice of hearing – Review of the wholesale high-speed access service framework, Telecom Notice of Consultation 2023-56 – Procedural request for expedited ruling and alternative request for interim relief
Bell Canada, Bragg Communications Inc. carrying on business as Eastlink, Cogeco Communications Inc., on behalf of its subsidiary Cogeco Connexion Inc., Competitive Network Operators of Canada, and TekSavvy Solutions Inc., collectively the Signatories, filed a request on 28 March 2024 (the Request) regarding the Commission’s ongoing review of its wholesale high-speed access (HSA) service framework.
The Request seeks an expedited ruling from the Commission, prior to 7 May 2024, to make Bell Canada, Rogers Communications Canada Inc., TELUS Communications Inc., and their affiliates (collectively the National Carriers) ineligible to access mandated aggregated wholesale HSA services over fibre-to-the-premises facilities (aggregated FTTP services).
More specifically, the Signatories request that the Commission expedite the process to close the record of Telecom Notice of Consultation 2023-56 (NoC 2023-56) only on the issue of the National Carriers’ access to aggregated FTTP services and issue a decision on this matter before the temporary aggregated FTTP services mandate comes into effect on 7 May 2024, pursuant to Telecom Decision 2023-358. That single-issue decision would apply to both the existing temporary aggregated FTTP services and to any future final aggregated FTTP services that may be ordered when the Commission issues its decision related to NoC 2023-56.
In the alternative, the Signatories requested that, should the Commission be unable to provide a final ruling on this issue before 7 May 2024, it issue a ruling granting interim relief to prevent the National Carriers from being able to access temporary aggregated FTTP services on 7 May 2024. In this regard, the Signatories argued that they meet all of the elements of the three-part test set out in RJR-MacDonald v Canada (Attorney General).
Procedural steps
In the Request, the Signatories proposed process specific to the consideration of their interim relief request but did not suggest process for consideration of their primary procedural request. This letter sets out process for consideration of both matters.
Parties are invited to file their comments on the Signatories’ requests by 12 April 2024.
Given the importance of limiting delays to the conduct and conclusion of the proceeding and having regard to the Signatories’ request to waive any right of reply on the interim relief request, no reply phase will be established.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Philippe Kent
Director, Telecommunications Services Policy
Telecommunications Sector
C.C. Marianne Blais, CRTC, marianne.blais@crtc.gc.ca
Greg Lang, CRTC, greg.lang@crtc.gc.ca
Dan Mackwood, CRTC, daniel.mackwood@crtc.gc.ca
Adam Mills, CRTC, adam.mills@crtc.gc.ca
Mahmoud Obeid, CRTC, mahmoud.obeid@crtc.gc.ca
Chris Roy, CRTC, christopher.roy@crtc.gc.ca
Attach (1) Distribution list
Distribution List
Bell Canada, bell.regulatory@bell.ca;
CNOC, regulatory@cnoc.ca;
Cogeco, telecom.regulatory@cogeco.com;
Eastlink, regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca;
RCCI, regulatory@rci.rogers.com;
SaskTel, document.control@sasktel.com;
Shaw, Regulatory@sjrb.ca;
TCI, regulatory.affairs@telus.com;
TekSavvy, regulatory@teksavvy.ca;
Videotron, regaffairs@quebecor.com;
Xplore, cindy.wallace@xplore.ca;
Airnet Wireless Inc., jeptha@airnet.ca;
Allo Telecom, sac@allotelecom.ca;
Ampush, julian.reiche@gmail.com;
André’s Electronics, andre@andres1.com;
Beanfield, todd@beanfield.com;
Bravo Telecom, legal@bravotelecom.com;
British Columbia Broadband Association (BCBA), regulatory@bcba.ca;
Build Nova Scotia, david.finlayson@novascotia.ca;
Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP), keldon@antimonopoly.ca;
Canadian Telecommunications Association, esmith@canadatelecoms.ca;
Carry Telecom, frankw@carrytel.ca;
CEDEC, john.buck@cedec.ca;
CIK Telecom Inc, jordan.d@ciktel.com;
Cinéma Péninsule Ltd, 397martin@gmail.com;
City Wide Communications, david@yourcitywide.com;
Coextro, skhandor@coextro.com;
Community Fibre Company, ben@communityfibre.ca;
Competition Bureau, conor.parson@cb-bc.gc.ca;
Competition Bureau, crtc2023-56@cb-bc.gc.ca;
CPC, campbell@campbellpatterson.com;
Cronomagic Canada Inc, bokhari@cronomagic.com;
Custom Communications, kelly.boyd@custom.ab.ca;
Devtel Communications Inc., devin@devtelcommunications.ca;
Eeyou Communications Network, trishtoso@gmail.com;
Execulink, regulatory@execulinktelecom.ca ;
Fédération des Coopératives de Câblodistribution et de télécommunication du Québéc (FCCTQ), fallaire@ressources.coop;
Federation of Canadian Municipalities, rrizzuto@fcm.ca;
Fibernetics Corporation, regulatory@fibernetics.ca;
First Mile Connectivity Consortium, info@firstmile.ca;
Frontier Networks, cgooey@frontiernetworks.ca;
IGS Hawkesbury Inc., jbogue@hawkmail.ca;
Intelligence Papineau Inc, odenis@ipapineau.tech;
John Roman, johnphiliproman@gmail.com;
Leepfrog Telecom, gchriss@leepfrogtelecom.com;
Lime Telenet, Ryan@limetelenet.com;
Manitoba Coalition, cacmb@mts.net;
Manitoba Coalition, chkla@legalaid.mb.ca;
Manitoba Coalition, kadil@legalaid.mb.ca;
Marc Nanni, mn_crtc@proton.me;
Mazagan Telecom, mazagantelecom@gmail.com;
Michel Mersereau, m.mersereau@utoronto.ca;
National Capital FreeNet, execdir@ncf.ca;
Netrevolution inc., drouleau@gtvr.com;
OpenMedia, erin@openmedia.org;
Public Interest Advocacy Centre, jlawford@piac.ca;
Secure by Design, kirk@secure-by-design.com;
Securenet, info@securenet.net;
SkyChoice Communications, serge@skychoice.ca;
Spectrum Telecom Group Ltd., ghatton@spectrumtelecom.ca;
Tbaytel, stephen.scofich@tbaytel.com;
Transat Telecom, aboulil@transattelecom.ca;
Truespeed Internet Services Inc., adam@truespeed.ca;
Vaxination Informatique, jfmezei@vaxination.ca;
Vaxxine Computer Systems Inc., president@vaxxine.com;
WaveDirect Telecommunications Limited, regulatory@wavedirect.org
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