CRTC says no to SaskTel's request to dereg Regina

GATINEAU - The CRTC has denied a request from SaskTel to deregulate business telephony in Regina.In its submission, Sasktel argued that Regina’s existing telecommunications service providers, Access and MTS Allstream, were capable of serving the area and that the market was therefore competitive enough for deregulation.However, Access noted in its submission that it does not provide a business service that is capable of serving at least 75% of the number of business local exchange service lines in the exchange. SaskTel claimed that Access meets the competitor presence test, and, in support of this claim, SaskTel conducted a survey of buildings...