Videotron accusing Bell of pricing it out of areas on transport network access

By Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – Quebecor’s Videotron has a new beef with Bell, and it relates to prices charged by the latter for wholesale access to its fibre and transport services. Videotron is alleging in a Part 1 application filed to the CRTC Friday that Bell is forcing the company to accept a long term contract for access to the services that serve to deliver traffic to the last mile or face “abusive monthly price increases” that are in areas where Bell allegedly has a “dominant position or a quasi-monopoly.” The charges are redacted from the application. The company is...