TekSavvy, Bell propose changes to government policy direction impacting wholesale services

By Amanda OYE

OTTAWA – TekSavvy and Bell have both proposed changes to the federal government’s proposed policy direction to the CRTC, which would impact how the government directs the Commission to handle its regulated wholesale Internet regime in very different ways. TekSavvy argues the government’s proposed policy direction “emphasizes the importance of a healthy wholesale regime” and yet “does nothing concrete to address any of the basic problems that have destabilized the regime over the past 7 years.” The independent Internet and voice service provider points out the policy direction was issued as the government also rejected petitions to overrule the CRTC’s...