Cable / Telecom News

Commission launches price cap review


OTTAWA – The CRTC today announced a public proceeding which will establish the new price cap regime for 2007. The new price cap framework covers telecom pricing in all ILEC territories – Aliant, Bell Canada, Telus, MTS, and Sasktel. The Commission designed the price cap regime to achieve the following objectives * To render reliable and affordable services of high quality, accessible to both urban and rural area customers * To balance the interests of the three main stakeholders in telecommunications markets, i.e., customers, competitors and incumbent telephone companies * To foster facilities-based competition in Canadian telecommunications markets * To...