CRTC approves limited competitor access to last mile fibre

By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – The CRTC approved Monday a limited and temporary regime in which competitors can force negotiations for access the last mile fibre services under the current aggregated regime. The regime will be narrowed to the incumbent telephone companies, who will be required within six months to provide wholesale access to their fibre-to-the-premises networks in Ontario and Quebec, noting there is increasing demand there for faster speeds that are provided by a direct fibre line to homes and businesses. The CRTC reasoned that the fibre builds of the cable companies, which have largely relied on hybrid fibre-coax...