Indie telecom association wants CRTC to raise contribution fee threshold

By Ahmad Hathout An independent telecommunications association is asking that the CRTC to raise the revenue threshold for companies required to contribute annual fees to the commission, after the regulator ruled similarly for broadcasters last month. The Independent Telecommunications Providers Association filed a Part 1 application made public this week imploring the regulator to this year increase the revenue threshold from $10 million to $25 million of previous year’s financial results – money that goes toward CRTC operations and a regime that funds telecommunications services. “Today, the application of the $10 million mandates contribution payments by an ever-increasing number of...