LetterFile No.: 8180-8/00
Ottawa, 28 March 2001
BY FACSIMILE
Ms. Laureen Krumshyn
Regulatory Affairs
GT Group Telecom Inc.
270 Albert Street
Suite 1210
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5G8
Dear Ms. Krumshyn:
RE: Confirmation - Fulfillment of CLEC Requirements – GT Group
Telecom Inc. Entry into Additional Markets
This is in response to letters from GT Group Telecom Inc., on behalf of
Group Telecom Services Corp. ("Group Telecom") dated 22
September 2000 and 5 March 2001 in which it provided information regarding
the company’s intention to offer local exchange services in Alberta,
British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec and stated that it
continues to satisfy the requirements imposed on Competitive Local
Exchange Carriers (CLECs) in Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8, Local
Competition, 1 May 1997 (Decision 97-8).
Based on the statements made by Group Telecom in its letters,
Commission staff considers that Group Telecom meets the CLEC requirements
set out by the Commission in Decision 97-8 and can provide local exchange
services as a CLEC in the above-noted operating territories of Bell
Canada, MTS Communications and TELUS Communications, provided it continues
to meet those requirements and complies on an ongoing basis with the
Canadian ownership and control regime set out in section 16 of the
Telecommunications Act and in the associated regulations.
Yours sincerely,
Campbell Laidlaw
Director, Competition Implementation
Telecommunications
c.c.: A. De Caigny, Central Fund Administrator
Telus, MTS Communications, Bell
Canada
B. Richardson, CRTC (819)
997-4678
Date Modified: 2001-03-28
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