GATINEAU – The CRTC will announce its decision on the wholesale fees third party internet access providers must pay incumbents to access their wired networks on Thursday.
The Commission sent out an email Tuesday afternoon saying the announcement, which is actually a decision on a review and vary appeal filed by the incumbent telcos and cablecos over the original decision announced in August 2019, will be this week.
When we asked the CRTC if Thursday is the day – because that’s the day of the week the Regulator normally chooses to make public such contentious decisions – and if there will be a media lockup prior, we were told in an email: “The details will be announced in a media advisory that will be issued tomorrow morning. You can expect a similar rollout as with the wireless decision last month.”
Which means there will be a media advisory tomorrow about the decision coming on Thursday. This is just how the CRTC’s wireless policy (MVNO) decision was done.
More to come.
