OTTAWA – The southern Ontario town of Aylmer may soon have some new telco competition courtesy of Iristel Inc.
The CRTC this week determined that a request by Iristel for local competition in the Aylmer exchange is bona fide, despite assertions to the contrary by Eastlink, which owns small incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) Amtelecom, in that territory.
“…the Commission finds that there are no regulatory issues indicating that Iristel’s request for local competition in the Aylmer exchange is not bona fide”, reads Telecom Decision CRTC 2018-82. “In the Commission’s view, it is a genuine or good faith request for facilities-based local competition in Amtelecom’s operating territory.”
The Commission directed Iristel to confirm with it and Eastlink by March 15 that it still intends to compete in the Aylmer exchange as a Type I competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), and directed Eastlink to file a local competition implementation plan with the Commission within 30 days following such confirmation.
