Bell alleges Quebecor refused to negotiate standard MVNO access agreement

By Ahmad Hathout Bell is accusing Quebecor of refusing to discuss issues related to a standard access agreement required to lease capacity from its wireless network, flipping the script on the telecom that filed a Part 1 to the CRTC alleging an undue delay in accessing that network. By the time of the Part 1 application filed last month, the CRTC had already selected on October 10 Bell’s price for access to its network through an arbitration process. But Quebecor alleged in the undue preference complaint that Bell has delayed that access by requiring that it sign a Bell service...