Telus files Supreme Court appeal in municipal access decision

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Telus is appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada a decision by a lower court that denied its application asking it to find the CRTC has jurisdiction over wireless access to municipal infrastructure. In arguments filed to the high court Monday, Telus said the Federal Court of Appeal's fixation with the dictionary definition of “transmission line” under section 43 of the Telecommunications Act to include only hard wires made it unappreciative of the fact that those wireless signals have to route back to hard lines that go back to the provider’s network. “By focusing on...