Cable / Telecom News

Bell Canada seeking leave to appeal CRTC’s wholesale services decision

OTTAWA – Bell Canada is seeking leave to appeal the CRTC’s March 3 wholesale services decision to the Federal Court of Appeal on the grounds that the regulator “erred in law and/or as to its jurisdiction.” The court has no deadline to respond “yes” or “no” to the request made last week by Bell and fellow appellants Bell Aliant, Saskatchewan Telecommunications and Telebec, Societe en commandite to take Telecom Decision 2008-17 through the judicial system to try to have it overturned.The CRTC’s decision is “incorrect and unreasonable” and “didn’t meet legal standards,” Mirko Bibic, Chief of Regulatory Affairs at Bell Canada,...