Telecom - Secretary General Letter addressed to Pierre Guynot de Boismenu (Bragg Communications Inc)
Gatineau, 22 September 2025
Reference: 1011-NOC2023-0092
BY EMAIL
Pierre Guynot de Boismenu
Director, Mobile Core & VAS, Telephone
Bragg Communications Inc
6080 Young Street, Suite 801
Halifax, NS, B3K 5M3
Regulatory.Matters@corp.eastlink.ca
Subject: Eastlink Communications central office code request
Dear Pierre Guynot de Boismenu,
We are writing to inform you of the Commission’s decision regarding your 11 June 2025 request for the approval of additional central office (CO) codes to be assigned to Bragg Communications Inc., carrying on business as Eastlink (Eastlink). This request was made on the basis that the numbers are required to allow Eastlink to provide wireline telephone services and to offer new services for business customers across Canada.
On 30 October 2023, the Commission imposed an interim measure requiring Canadian carriers who require additional CO codes beyond planned levels to apply to both the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA) and the Commission, justifying their need for additional resources. This measure is designed to conserve and maximize the use of available telephone numbers.
Having considered your request for additional numbering resources against factors outlined in the interim measure, the Commission is satisfied that it is justified, on the basis that:
- Eastlink intends to employ the requested CO codes to provide wireline telephone services and to offer new services for business customers across Canada, which will help promote access to affordable telecommunications services for the Canadian population;
- Eastlink is not in possession of unused numbering resources from previous assignments which can be used instead; and
- The request will not significantly advance phone number exhaust.
Based on the above, the Commission grants Eastlink access to the additional CO codes requested in your 11 June 2025 letter.
Further, the Commission notes the Canadian Steering Committee on Numbering’s recommendation that carriers promptly return unused thousands-blocks in a thousand-block pooling environment. All carriers are strongly encouraged to return any blocks that are not placed in service to the CNA once thousand-block pooling has been implemented.
If you have any questions, please contact Étienne Robelin, Manager, Numbering Resource Administration, Telecommunications Sector, at etienne.robelin@crtc.gc.ca or 873-354-4325.
Sincerely,
Marc Morin
Secretary General
cc:
Kelly T. Walsh, Program Manager, Canadian Numbering Administrator, kelly.walsh@cnac.ca
Suneil Kanjeekal, Director, Telecommunications, CRTC, suneil.kanjeekal@crtc.gc.ca
Étienne Robelin, Manager, Telecommunications, CRTC, Etienne.Robelin@crtc.gc.ca
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