Cable / Telecom News

Rogers says Bell’s trunk delay is unjustified


GATINEAU — Rogers has asked the CRTC to reverse its decision made in an April procedural letter that allowed Bell to delay deployment of one-way toll-free (TF) trunks between Bell’s network and Rogers’ network to carry TF traffic destined for Bell TF numbers until August 17, 2020. In a review and vary application filed May 20, Rogers says it was given no notice the Commission intended to give Bell a deadline extension for deploying the TF trunks, which originally were to be installed by April 30, 2020. In an abridged copy of the application, Rogers says it will now have...