Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to the Distribution List
Gatineau, 1 april 2026
Our reference: 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) – Extension Request by Bell Canada
As part of the proceeding initiated by Notice of hearing – Review of the wholesale high-speed access service framework, Telecom Notice of Consultation 2023-56, dated 8 March 2023 (NoC 2023-56), Bell Aliant and Bell MTS submitted responses to the requests for information (RFI) from Commission staff on 11 February 2026.
On 5 March 2026, Competitive Network Operators of Canada (“CNOC”) and TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (“TekSavvy”) sent a letter requesting that the Commission set out process to invite comments with respect to the supplemental RFI responses of Bell Aliant and Bell MTS.
On 16 March 2026, Commission staff set out such process, with comments from parties due by 30 March 2026, and a reply from Bell Aliant and Bell MTS to any such comments due by no later than 6 April 2026.
On 31 March 2026, Bell Canada, on behalf of Bell Aliant and Bell MTS, sent a letter requesting to extend the deadline for reply to comments to 10 April 2026. The company submitted that the due date for replies to the comments on the RFI responses is a challenge due to a holiday long weekend and that the due date for the replies falls on a holiday Monday for many companies.
Commission staff is of the view that an extension is appropriate with a new deadline of 10 April 2026 for the reply of Bell Aliant and Bell MTS to comments received with respect to its supplemental RFI responses.
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 ActFootnote1 and in Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961Footnote2 , 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
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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