Cable / Telecom News

Québecor vs. Bell: Vidéotron maintains it has a TPIA right to Cablevision’s network

GATINEAU – As Cartt.ca has reported earlier, Bell and Québecor tell a radically different story when it comes to Québecor division Vidéotron’s desire to offer TPIA service via Bell division Cablevision du Nord – and those differences are even more evident in Quebecor’s reply to the CRTC, filed on August 6th. One of the arguments made by Québecor is that competition and its benefits – something the Competition Bureau said in its Broadband Report released this week is a necessity – does not exist in the northwestern quadrant of Québec, seeing as how Abitibi-Témiscamingue is only served by Télébec and...