Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to the Distribution List
Gatineau, 16 March 2026
Reference(s): 1011-NOC2023-0056, 8740-A53-202302256, 8740-M59-202302264
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Distribution List
Subject: Follow-up to Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2023-56 – Notice of Hearing – Review of the wholesale high-speed access service framework – Supplemental Requests for Information – CNOC and TekSavvy Procedural Request
As a follow up to the cost study submissions from Bell Aliant and Bell MTS dated 15 May 2025Footnote 1, Commission staff requested supplementary information to further the review of these companies’ cost studies for fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) facilities over aggregated wholesale HSA services in its letter dated 21 January 2026.
As directed, Bell Aliant and Bell MTS submitted responses to the requests for information (RFI) on 11 February 2026. Further, no request for public disclosure of information that has been designated confidential in the RFI responses were received by the deadline of 18 February 2026.
The Commission is in receipt of a letter dated 5 March 2026 from Competitive Network Operators of Canada (“CNOC”) and TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (“TekSavvy”) requesting that it set out the process to invite comments with respect to the supplemental RFI responses of Bell Aliant and Bell MTS. It submitted that the responses contained details which required substantive comments in order to build a complete factual record of the tariff proceeding.
Commission staff has reviewed the responses to the RFIs and considers that follow-up comments would be appropriate and beneficial in developing a more comprehensive record of the proceeding.
Parties may submit comments with respect to the additional information by 30 March 2026, serving a copy to Bell Aliant and Bell MTS. Bell Aliant and Bell MTS may reply to any such comments by no later than 6 April 2026.
All documents filed and served must be received, not merely sent, by the date provided. Parties are to send an electronic copy of all documents to Commission staff copied on this letter.
As set out in section 39 of the Telecommunications ActFootnote 2 and in Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961Footnote 3, Procedures for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure in Commission proceedings, persons may designate certain information as confidential. A person designating information as confidential must provide a detailed explanation on why the designated information is confidential and why its disclosure would not be in the public interest, including why the specific direct harm that would be likely to result from the disclosure would outweigh the public interest in disclosure. Furthermore, a person designating information as confidential must either file an abridged version of the document omitting only the information designated as confidential or provide reasons why an abridged version cannot be filed.
The Commission requires the responses or other documents to be submitted electronically by using the secured service “My CRTC Account” (Partner Log In or GCKey) and filling the “Telecom Cover Page” located on the Commission’s website.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Chris Noonan
Director, Competitor Services & Costing Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: Abderrahman El Fatihi, CRTC 819-953-3662 AbderRahman.ElFatihi@crtc.gc.ca
Stais Armstrong, CRTC 819-775-0401, Stacey.Armstrong@crtc.gc.ca
Distribution List
Bell Canada; 7664, 7664/A, 7664/B, 7664/C; 8740-B2-202302248; Philippe Gauvin; bell.regulatory@bell.ca ;
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership; 569, 569/A, 569/B, 569/C, 569/D;
8740-A53-202302256; Philippe Gauvin; bell.regulatory@bell.ca ;
Bell MTS Inc.; 852, 852/A, 852/B, 852/C, 852/D; 8740-M59-202302264; Philippe
Gauvin; bell.regulatory@bell.ca ;
TELUS Communications Inc.; 583, 583/A; 583/B, 583/C, 601, 657, 657/A, 657/B, 657/C, 672;
8740-T66-202303494, 8740-T69-202303502; Carol Ho; regulatory.affairs@telus.com ;
Saskatchewan Telecommunications; 378, 378/A, 378/B, 378/C, 378/D; 8740-S22-202302230;
Kevin Spelay; document.control@sasktel.com ;
Cogeco; telecom.regulatory@cogeco.com ;
Eastlink; regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca ;
Rogers Communications Canada Inc.; regulatory@rci.rogers.com ;
Shaw Communications; Regulatory@sjrb.ca ;
Videotron; regaffairs@quebecor.com ;
CNOC, regulatory@cnoc.ca ;
Community Fibre, ben@communityfibre.ca ;
Comwave, legal@comwave.net ;
Public Interest Advocacy Centre, jlawford@piac.ca ;
TekSavvy, regulatory@teksavvy.ca ;
Vaxination Informatique, jfmezei@vaxination.ca ;
John Roman, johnphiliproman@gmail.com ;
WaveDirect Telecommunications Limited, ryan@wavedirect.org ;
Vaxxine Computer Systems Inc., president@vaxxine.com ;
Truespeed Internet Services Inc., adam@truespeed.ca ;
SkyChoice Communications, serge@skychoice.ca ;
Securenet, info@securenet.net ;
Secure by Design, kirk@secure-by-design.com ;
OpenMedia, erin@openmedia.org ;
Netrevolution inc., drouleau@gtvr.com ;
National Capital FreeNet, execdir@ncf.ca ;
IGS Hawkesbury Inc., jbogue@hawkmail.ca ;
First Mile Connectivity Consortium, info@firstmile.ca ;
Devtel Communications Inc., devin@devtelcommunications.ca ;
CPC, campbell@campbellpatterson.com ;
Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP), keldon@antimonopoly.ca ;
Beanfield, todd@beanfield.com ;
Marc Nanni, mn_crtc@proton.me ;
Competition Bureau, Conor.Parson@cb-bc.gc ;
Competition Bureau, crtc2023-56@cb-bc.gc.ca ;
Coextro, skhandor@coextro.com ;
Carry Telecom, frankw@carrytel.ca ;
Execulink, regulatory@execulinktelecom.ca ;
Frontier Networks, cgooey@frontiernetworks.ca ;
Citywide, david@yourcitywide.com ;
CIK Telecom, jordan.d@ciktel.com ;
British Columbia Broadband Association (BCBA), admin@bcba.ca ;
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