Fact sheet
Registration as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC)
What is a CLEC?
A Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) is a company that offers a local
residential or business service in competition with the telephone companies that
provided service prior to the introduction of competition in local service. In
Local Competition, Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8, 1 May 1997 (Decision
97-8), the Commission
required all CLECs wishing to enter the market to file specified information with
the Commission. CLECs are identified with file number CRTC 8180-C12-08/00.
How to register as a CLEC
As required under the Entry Procedures in Decision
97-8 and the
Canadian Telecommunications Common Carrier Ownership
and Control Regulations:
- the CLEC must attest in writing that it understands and will conform to the
obligations set out in Telecom Decision
97-8, and that it is
Canadian owned and controlled within the meaning of section 16 of the
Canadian Telecommunications Common Carrier Ownership and Control Regulations;
- the CLEC must provide a map of its proposed serving area to the Commission;
- the application filed with the Commission shall be served on all other
Canadian carriers providing service in exchanges where the CLEC is proposing to
provide service, and all other persons or companies who have proposed to
provide service in compliance with these entry procedures;
- the CLEC shall file its proposed interconnection agreements and tariffs for
Commission approval; and
- the CLEC must provide the Commission with all of the customer information
identified in Part XIV (starting at paragraph 291), of Decision 97-81.
See "CLEC Obligations" available on our web
site at www.crtc.gc.ca under Industries at a
Glance.
Please send the documentation referred to above to the Commission, addressed
as follows: Diane Rhéaume, Secretary General, Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2, or electronically by using our electronic form.
Include the company’s name, address, the name and title of a contact person
and that person’s telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address in the cover
letter.
How do I file a tariff with the CRTC?
Please refer to our web site at www.crtc.gc.ca
under CISC for the
Competitive
Local Exchange Carrier Model Tariff and the
User’s Guide for the CLEC Model Tariff.
For instructions on how to file a tariff, please refer
to our web site at www.crtc.gc.ca under File, Register
and Epass.
How will I know I have been registered with the CRTC?
The Monday or Thursday following the receipt of your request to register, you
should be able to view your name on our Proposed
CLEC list posted on our web site at
www.crtc.gc.ca under Industries at a Glance.
After Commission staff has processed your request to register, you will
receive a letter from the Commission stating that you have met the Commission’s
current CLEC requirements, and may go ahead to make any further arrangements
necessary to allow you to provide local switched services.
Contribution
In Changes to the contribution regime, Telecom Decision CRTC
2000-745,
30 November 2000, the Commission concluded that all telecommunications service
providers, such as incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), alternate providers
of long distance services (APLDS), competitive local
exchange carriers (CLECs), resellers, wireless service providers (WSPs),
international licensees, satellite service providers, Internet service providers
(if a telecommunications service is provided), payphone providers, data and
private line service providers were required to contribute to a national
contribution fund to subsidize local residential telephone service in rural and
remote areas. Their contributions are based upon their total Canadian
Telecommunications Service Revenues (CTSR), less certain deductions. CTSR are
revenues from Canadian telecommunications services.
For reporting instructions and the
annual revenue form, please
refer to our web site at www.crtc.gc.ca.
What if I need to make any changes to my registration information?
The registration information is to be kept current at all times. You must
notify the Commission of any changes to the registration information including a
change to the company’s name, address, the name and title of a contact person and
that person’s telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address in the cover letter.
Need help?
If you have any questions concerning CLEC issues, please contact us at telinfo.list@crtc.gc.ca or at 1-877-249-2782
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1 local calling area boundaries; details of all
service options, with applicable prices; details of all potentially applicable
service charges; policy on access to enhanced service providers;
available special needs services; information respecting privacy, including
the company’s responsibilities with regard to protecting the confidentiality of
customer records; billing frequency and payment policy; disconnection
policy; security deposit policy; policy on directories; the
name and address of the company providing service to the customer; a
toll-free telephone number from which the customer can obtain further information
or lodge a complaint; billing date; due date for payment;
interest rate applicable to late payments; the information contained in
section 3 of Part XIV of Decision 97-8 with respect to access to 9-1-1 service
and MRS, including customer charges, if any; and the information contained
in section 4 of Part XIV of Decision 97-8 with respect to safety and privacy
protection.
Date Modified: 2006-05-29 |
