Cable / Telecom News

Iristel calls Rogers’ traffic pumping allegations “vexatious fiction”

MARKHAM, ON – Iristel has not only denied Rogers’ allegations of traffic pumping, it says that the claims are “at best a result of recklessly poor due diligence and at worst, a vexatious fiction intended to injure Iristel’s business reputation”.Rogers’ November 18 application accused Iristel of “being unjustly enriched by gaming the regulatory framework for local competition” by profiting from the higher local termination charges applicable in the Northwest Territories.  In its December 2 response, Iristel said that excessive calling by a group of customers leading to correspondingly high call termination charges stem from Rogers’ own business decision to provide...