Iristel sues Northwestel for alleged failure to provide traffic redundancy points

Northwestel filed its own lawsuit last month alleging Iristel has not paid for telecom services By Ahmad Hathout WHITEHORSE – Iristel has taken Northwestel to the Supreme Court of Yukon over an alleged failure by the Bell subsidiary to provide redundant network connection points in Whitehorse and Yellowknife that it said are required by an agreement the two signed in 2012. The two companies are bound by a master agreement signed in June 2012 that stipulates that they will share their network infrastructure. In that agreement, Iristel alleges Northwestel agreed to have signaling points of interconnection at addresses in Inuvik,...