Cable / Telecom News

Telus appeals to the Feds, too

OTTAWA – Add Telus to the list of telco’s appealing to the Federal government over CRTC decisions. The B.C.-based telco filed a petition to the Governor in Council late last week over Telecom Decision CRTC 2008-117 and calling for the rescission of Telecom Order CRTC 2009-111, expressing many of the same concerns as BCE. Citing its capital program for 2009 which planned to invest $2.05 billion dollars in its networks, Telus’ petition said that rather than encourage investment risks in the current economy, “the CRTC has declared that we will be required to share this new investment with arbitragers at regulated...