Quebec court rejects Videotron ask to suspend Bell suit for failure to pay interconnection costs

By Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – Quebec’s Superior Court denied last week an application by Videotron to pause a lawsuit that alleges it has not paid dues owed to Bell for connecting to its transport networking facilities. Bell brought the lawsuit to the court in December, alleging Videotron has failed to pay $1.3 million for interconnecting to Bell’s traffic transport points. Videotron brought a complaint to the CRTC two months later claiming Bell is violating the Telecommunications Act by forcing it to accept a long-term contract or higher monthly prices in areas it says is dominated by Bell, which charged that...