LetterFile No.: 8180-8/00
Ottawa, 9 April 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 a letter from GT Group Telecom Inc., on behalf
of Group Telecom Services Corp. ("Group Telecom") dated 2 April
2001 in which it provided information regarding the company’s intention
to offer local exchange services in the London, ON and Kitchener-Waterloo,
ON exchanges and 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 letter, 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 exchanges in the operating territory of Bell
Canada, 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
Bell Canada
B. Richardson, CRTC (819) 997-4678
Date Modified: 2001-04-09
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