Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Peggy Tabet (Québecor Media Inc.) and Stephen Schmidt (TELUS)
Ottawa, 15 April 2024
Reference : 8622-V3-202306381
BY E-MAIL
Peggy Tabet
Vice President, Regulatory and Environmental Affairs
Québecor Media Inc.
612 Saint-Jacques Street
Montréal, QC H3C 4M8
tabet.peggy@quebecor.com
Stephen Schmidt
Vice-President - Telecom Policy and Chief Regulatory Legal Counsel
Telecom Policy and Regulatory Affairs
TELUS
Floor 5, 215 Slater St.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1P 0A6
regulatory.affairs@telus.com
Subject: Disclosure of information regarding Quebecor Media Inc. and TELUS Communications Inc. final offer arbitration on mobile virtual network operator rates
Dear Peggy Tabet and Stephen Schmidt,
Consistent with the 29 January 2024 conduct letter in this proceeding and Information Bulletin 2022-337, the Commission aims to ensure that both parties involved in a final offer arbitration (FOA), other carriers, and the public can adequately understand the Commission’s rationale and decisions.
To that effect, Commission staff wishes to advise parties that it intends that the nature of the rate being decided in the current FOA be clearly identified in the upcoming decision as the “data rate per GB”, even though this information has been designated as confidential pursuant to section 39 of the Telecommunications Act.
The publication of such information is consistent with the content of the previous Commission decisions on MVNO Access rates Telecom Decision CRTC 2023-217 and Telecom Decision CRTC 2023-335).
Commission staff believes that the publication of this information will ensure greater transparency and clarity in an upcoming decision. Though this information has been designated as confidential by both parties, Commission staff is of the view that making public such important context information involving the FOA process is in the public interest.
Should parties wish to file representations concerning Commission staff’s intention to publish this information that has been designated as confidential, please file them with the Commission within 24 hours of reception of this letter.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Michel Murray
Director, Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c. Philippe Nadeau, CRTC, philippe.nadeau@crtc.gc.ca
Joël Beaupré, CRTC, joel.beaupre@crtc.gc.ca
Yanick Boily, QMI, yanick.boily@quebecor.com
Melanie Cardin, QMI, melanie.Cardin@quebecor.com
Kim Miller, TELUS, kim.miller@telus.com
Eric Edora, TELUS, eric.edora@telus.com
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