OTTAWA – The CRTC plans to issue a number of decisions this week that include a bid to launch a new AM station in St. Catharines, and a request by Canadian Network Operators Consortium to force Rogers to increase the service speeds it offers its third party Internet access customers.
The Commission will also decide on an application from Ice Wireless and Iristel seeking to have Northwestel cease and desist from launching new competitive services and reducing prices for existing competitive services until the Commission has completed all proceedings related to the establishment of the competitive environment in Northwestel’s serving area.
Northwestel in its modernization plan has proposed to:
- extend wireless services to all 96 communities in Northwestel’s serving territory;
- upgrade and expand high-speed Internet services across its serving territory;
- install new switches that will support enhanced calling features and high-speed Internet services, as well as support local number portability and local network interconnection;
- support transport upgrades (both terrestrial and satellite), and increase backbone diversity; and
- replace its aging satellite voice network with an Internet Protocol based network.
The commission will also release its plan to develop a cost-recovery regime for the Commission’s investigation and enforcement activities under the National DNCL.
Broadcasting decision this week:
Broadcasting licence to operate an English-language commercial AM radio programming undertaking in St. Catharines and the Niagara Region. Application 2012-0369-5
Telecom decisions this week:
Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc. Application requesting
enforcement of matching speed requirements with respect to third-party
Internet access services provided by Rogers Communications Partnership.
File number: 8661-C182-201214270.
Ice Wireless Inc. and Iristel Inc. Request for a cease and desist order
in Northwestel Inc.’s serving territory. File number: 8695-J64-201209578.
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. Request to delay date that rate
approval would no longer apply to certain wholesale services
File number: 8661-P11-201214098.
Unsolicited Telecommunications Fees Regulations, National DNCL. File number: 8665-C12-201213123.
