Cable / Telecom News

The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: Mirko Bibic, chief, regulatory affairs, Bell Canada

THERE IS SO MUCH on the docket for lawyers working the telecom file in Canada these days, it’s almost hard to keep track. The CRTC begins its hearings into forbearance from regulating the local phone market on September 26th (same week as Cable Week) while at the same time Industry Canada is deep into its Telecom Policy Review. Then there's the Federal Court appeal of the CRTC’s telecom win-back rules and the ILECs’ VOIP decision appeal to cabinet, among other things.So how will a coherent national telecom policy be developed from this muddle of related issues? Well, since the regulatory...