Quebecor and Telus going to arbitration over MVNO access

By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC accepted late last month a request by Quebecor for the regulator to determine a rate for its access to Telus’s wireless network. The carriers had tried to come to a commercial agreement and a commission-staff-assisted mediation on the rate for access through the mobile virtual network operator framework but could not come to amicable terms. The regulator will now choose which rate – Quebecor’s or Telus’s – is most appropriate for that access, which will allow the Montreal-based telecom to further expand into new territory. Telus had opposed going to final offer arbitration (FOA) because...