CRTC denies Ice Wireless/Iristel bid to halt new Northwestel services

OTTAWA - The CRTC has denied a bid by Ice Wireless and Iristel to have the regulator issue a cease and desist order on Northwestel from “using the time required to establish critical components of the competitive environment to get a head start on competition.” In their request to the CRTC sent August 8, 2012, Ice Wireless and Iristel claimed that Northwestel’s modernization plan for its network would only act to subsidize “the monopoly incumbent to provide the same services that are being provided by competitors. This amounts to an undue preference.” It further urged the CRTC to stop “Northwestel...