Responsibilities and Regulatory Obligations
Facilities-Based Providers
Facilities-based providers own or operate transmission facilities. The facilities are used to provide telecommunications services to the public for compensation.
Responsibilities for all facilities-based providers…
- You must register with the CRTC
- You must comply with 9-1-1 obligations
- You must obtain a BITS license if you carry telecommunications traffic between Canada and another country
- You must comply with the Canadian ownership requirements of the Telecommunications Act and the Canadian Telecommunications Common Carrier Ownership and Control Regulations
- You must file this ownership information:
- prior to obtaining carrier status
- annually thereafter as part of the carrier's annual filing, and
- at any other time the CRTC deems a review necessary
- You are required to file data with the Data Collection System (DCS)
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs), Small Incumbent Exchange Carriers (SILECs), and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) also have additional regulatory obligations, including (but not limited to):
- The consumer safeguard obligations that are included in, but not limited to, the following regulatory policies:
- Application of the 9-1-1 regulatory obligations directly to non-carriers offering and providing telecommunications services (Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-12)
- Review of the structure and mandate of the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services Inc. (Broadcasting and Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-102)
- Application of certain consumer safeguards for payphones directly to competitive payphone service providers (Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-295)
- Application of regulatory obligations directly to non-carriers offering and providing telecommunications services (Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2017-11)
- Local competition (Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8)
- Review of the basic international telecommunications services licensing regime (Decision CRTC 2008-70)
- Basic international telecommunications services (BITS) licensing regime - amendments (Telecom Circular CRTC 2005-8)
- Regulatory regime for the provision of international telecommunications services (Decision CRTC 98-17)
- Forbearance – Services provided by non-dominant Canadian carriers (Telecom Decision CRTC 95-19)
- Changes to Ownership data collection for Canadian carriers (Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-115)
Administrative obligations
Central office code obligations for competitive local exchange carriers (Telecom Decision CRTC 2007-49) Administrative changes to telecommunications industry data collection (Telecom Circular CRTC 2007-17) Cable Telecommunications Association – Part VII application regarding the application of some CLEC obligations to certain CLECs (Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-58) Telecommunications industry data collection (Telecom Circular CRTC 2005-4) Telecommunications industry data collection (Telecom Circular CRTC 2003-1)
| Types of Facilities-Based Providers | List of Providers |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) and Small Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (SILECs): ILECs and SILECs are facilities-based incumbent provider of local voice services. These are your traditional telephone companies. | |
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs): A CLEC is a telecommunications entity that owns and/or operates transmission facilities, as per the Telecommunications Act, and is in competition with the traditional telephone companies (i.e., the incumbent local exchange carrier). |
List of CLECs |
Proposed Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (PCLECs): A PCLEC is an entity that intends to provide competitive local telephone services and be recognized as a CLEC. |
List of PCLECs |
| Non-dominant Carriers: These are carriers, other than an Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers that provide services subject to Forbearance - Services Provided by Non-dominant Canadian Carriers, Telecom Decision CRTC 95-19, 8 September 1995 (Decision 95-19). | List of Non-dominant Carriers |
| Wireless Carriers: Wireless carriers are entities that own a spectrum licences that are used to provide mobile telecommunications services in Canada. | List of Wireless Carriers |
| Other Carriers: Other Carriers are any provider not classified as one of the above. | List of Other Carriers |
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