UBF expecting "commitment letters" from telecom execs promising open infrastructure access

Fund announcements could come by spring, documents show By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – It appears the federal government is so serious about opening access to telecom infrastructure to competitors that it is expecting “commitment letters” from executives of companies applying for the Universal Broadband Fund, according to Innovation Canada. A spokesperson for the department told Cartt.ca as “part of the UBF application process, open access to passive infrastructure is a comparative criteria, assessed via commitment letters submitted by the applicant’s executive management, with details on access practices to be undertaken.” That’s part of a broader view of how the federal...