| What's New - May 9, 2000 NEWS RELEASE:
SaskTel
falls under CRTC jurisdiction and
joins Canada's major telephone companies
DECISIONS:
2000-144
Prince George Community FM Stereo Society, Prince George, British
Columbia. APPROVED - Increase in the effective radiated power for CFPG-FM Prince George
from 73 watts to 151 watts.
2000-145
Image Wireless Communications Inc., Saskatoon East and Veregin,
Saskatchewan. APPROVED – Addition of transmitters at Saskatoon East and Veregin.
2000-146
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, St. John’s and Clarenville,
Newfoundland. APPROVED – Addition of an FM transmitter at Clarenville.
2000-147
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Moncton and Campbellton, New
Brunswick. APPROVED – Addition of an FM transmitter at Campbellton.
2000-148
Cole Harbour Community Radio Society, Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. APPROVED
- Broadcasting licence for an English-language FM community radio programming undertaking
at Cole Harbour, expiring 31 August 2006.
2000-149
Radio Nord inc., Val d'Or, Quebec. APPROVED – Reduction of the level
of spoken word programming broadcast from 40% to 20%.
2000-150
SaskTel - Transition to federal regulation. Reference: 8663-S22-01/99. SaskTel
will join Canada's other major incumbent telephone companies under the Commission’s
jurisdiction on 30 June 2000. This decision provides the parameters for an 18-month
transitional regulatory framework to federal regulation that expires 31 December
2001.
ORDERS:
2000-389
MT S TN 401. The Commission approves MTS's request to add a second
lease arrangement of a cable facility entrance and an OC-48 optical fibre cable path
between a customer's premises and the Main/Whitehall central office.
Eff. date = 01.06.2000.
2000-390 Northern
TN 129. The Commission
approves Northern's request to introduce a promotional campaign to waive certain
multi-element service charges associated with the Centrex Value Package service, from
5 June to 17 November 2000. Eff. date = 17.05.2000.
2000-391 TCI TN 219. The Commission approves TCI's request to delete a
reference to Item 235.5.2 that was inadvertently included as a prerequisite service to be
eligible for the $1 discount for Internet Call Director.
Eff. date = 09.05.2000.
2000-392 MetroNet TNs 9 and 10. This order approves on an interim basis revisions to
MetroNet Communications' General Tariff providing for access services in Nova Scotia and
Commission directed changes to definitions, contribution provisions and direct connection
rates.
FORM:
Application to obtain a new broadcasting licence for a
developmental community or campus radio programming undertaking CRTC 73E (2000-05) |
