OTTAWA – The CRTC’s decision to deny an appeal from Telus to reconsider two earlier rulings could have an unexpected and wide ranging impact on the Canadian enterprise market, the telco warned.
The Commission said Tuesday that it was turning down Telus’ request to review and vary Telecom Decisions 2009-85 and 2010-11 because “it is incumbent upon a party making a review and vary application to raise all of the grounds in support of their application that are, or should be, apparent to the applicant at the time the application is made.”
The request is part of a process that started a few years ago after Telus outbid Bell on a contract to provide a number of telecom-related services for the Department of National Defense (DND), as Cartt.ca has reported here and here.
“We will continue with Cabinet”, said Michael Hennessy, SVP of regulatory and government affairs, in an email to Cartt.ca. “The additional costs imposed for services not rendered by Bell amounts to an exit fee and can only put a chill on enterprise market. We’re disappointed but not surprised.”
– Lesley Hunter
