Letter
File No.: 8180-8Ottawa, 29 May 2000
BY FACSIMILE
Ms. Donna L. Robertson
Vice-President & General Counsel
Novus Telecom Inc.
2350 - 1177 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6E 2K3
Dear Ms. Robertson:
RE: Confirmation - Fulfillment of CLEC Requirements – TELUS Communications (BC)
Inc.'s Serving Territory – Novus Telecom Inc.
This is in response to a letter from Novus Telecom Inc. (Novus) dated 11 April 2000 in
which it provided information regarding how it satisfied 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 Novus in its letter, Commission staff considers that
Novus has met the CLEC requirements set out by the Commission in Decision 97-8. Novus can
provide service as a CLEC, 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 Communications (B.C.) Inc.
R. Gauthier, CRTC (819) 953-8608
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