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Quebecor alleges Bell delaying access to its wireless network

Bell calls application an 'attempt to abuse the CRTC process' By Ahmad Hathout Quebecor is alleging that Bell is delaying access to its national wireless network despite the CRTC already determining the rate for that access. In a Part 1 application posted Wednesday, Quebecor said it had prepared to launch services using Bell’s network on October 11 in areas where it doesn’t have a wireless network. But since the CRTC selected Bell’s rate for that access after arbitration on October 10, Quebecor alleges Bell has delayed its cooperation, which it says amounts to an anticompetitive practice. Part of that delay,...