Court gives Telus go-ahead to appeal CRTC decision

By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) last week gave Telus permission to appeal the CRTC’s April 2021 wireless review decision, Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2021-130. Telus went to court, not to argue against the CRTC’s decision requiring it to introduce a wholesale service that will enable eligible regional wireless carriers (Editor’s note: like Vidéotron) to use national wireless carrier networks to provide competing services while they build out their own networks. No, when the CRTC issued its decision in April 2021, it took the opportunity to rule on other issues raised during the proceeding as well,...