The CRTC said in a letter last Friday it is temporarily suspending the Nov. 4 implementation deadline for its new telecom service outage reporting requirements as it considers an Oct. 7 review-and-vary application jointly filed by major telecoms Rogers, Bell, Telus, Eastlink, Cogeco, Quebecor and SaskTel.
The group has requested changes be made to the new outage reporting requirements to address operational challenges and to reduce the administrative burden on them, while also asking the CRTC to extend the implementation deadline.
The CRTC is granting an extension, saying it will set a new implementation deadline as part of its decision on the telecoms’ review-and-vary application.
“The existing interim outage reporting requirements, set in Telecom Notice of Consultation 2023-39, will remain in place to ensure that appropriate authorities are still notified of major outages, until a new implementation deadline for the final requirements is established,” the CRTC said in its letter.
