Feds reject Bell’s appeal of fibre decision

OTTAWA - The Governor in Council has denied Bell Canada's petition to appeal the CRTC’s wholesale wireline decision granting third party broadband resellers access to newly built fibre-to-the-home or premises (FTTH/FTTP) infrastructure.In a statement Wednesday, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains stressed the government’s commitment to competition, choice, and increasing higher-speed broadband coverage, calling wholesale broadband “a proven regulatory tool for enabling retail competition in the Internet service market.”"The CRTC's decision to extend wholesale broadband regulation to fibre to the home means the CRTC has updated its regulatory approach to keep pace with changing technology and consumer...