Telecom Orders 1998

98-1001 - Island Tel TN 493. APPROVED. Short Term Service - Reduction of the minimum service period from three months to one month. Eff. Date = 6.1.99.

98-1002 - MTS TN 339. APPROVED. Tariff revisions to Internet Call Display. Eff. Date = 19.10.98.

98-1003 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0079-01. APPROVAL of new executed Schedule O - Cross Border Broadband Digital Data Services to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and MCI International, Inc.

98-1004 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0076-01. APPROVAL of: a) Amendment 2; b) Schedule E - Cross Border 800 Service; and c) Schedule L - Home Country Direct Service to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and Sprint Communications Company, LP.

98-1005 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0055-01. APPROVAL of revised Schedule B - Canada-Alaska States Message Toll Service, and Schedule C - Alaska International Toll-Free Service, to the Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and AT&T Alascom.

98-1006 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0050-01. APPROVAL of Amendment 1 and revised Schedule D - Canada-United States Message Toll Service, to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and GTE Hawaiian Tel International Incorporated.

98-1007 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0079-02. APPROVAL of: a) Amendment 2; b) Schedule E - Cross Border 800 Service; and c) Schedule L - Home Country Direct Service, to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and MCI International, Inc.

98-1008 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0040-01. APPROVAL of: a) Amendment 2; b) Schedule E - Cross Border 800 Service; c) Schedule G - Virtual Network Services; d) Schedule I - Packet Switched Service; e) Schedule J - Home Country Direct Service; and f) Schedule K - Bandwidth Data Service to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and AT&T Corp.

98-1009 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0040-02. APPROVAL of revised Schedule D - Canada-United States Message Toll Service, to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and AT&T Corp.

98-1010 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0079-03. APPROVAL of revised Schedule D - Canada-United States Message Toll Service, to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and MCI International, Inc.

98-1011 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0076-02. APPROVAL of revised Schedule D - Canada-United States Message Toll Service, to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and Sprint Communications Company, LP.

98-1012 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0050-02. APPROVAL of revised Schedule D - Canada-United States Message Toll Service, to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and GTE Hawaiian Tel.

98-1013 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0055-02. APPROVAL of revised Schedule B - Canada-Alaska Message Toll Service, to the Interconnection and Service Agreement with AT&T Alascom.

98-1014 - Stentor File Nos.: 8340-S1-0040-01; 8340-S1-0079-02 and 8340-S1-0076-01. APPROVAL of Schedules M - Third Country Calling Service, to the Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between Stentor and AT&T Corp., MCI International, Inc. and Sprint Communications Company, LP. Eff. Date = 13.10.98.

98-1015 - BC TEL TN 3851. APPROVED. Internet Service Provider Connection Service, an optional access arrangement which provides for incoming data traffic connections from the Public Switched Telephone Network to Megalink service, and a promotional offer waiving the service installation charges for new and existing customers who migrate to the new service, from 15 October 1998 to 15 April 1999. Eff Date = 15.10.98.

98-1016 - BC TEL TN 3852. APPROVED. A "Paging Outcall 6 Month Free Trial" promotion to individual-line residence and business customers from 15 October 1998 to 30 April 1999. Eff Date = 15.10.98.

98-1017 - NBTel TN 761. APPROVED. Removal of a condition which restricted Interexchange Carriers from providing local pay telephone services. Eff Date = 15.10.98.

98-1018 - Northwestel TN 672. APPROVED. Replacement of the existing 768 kbps LAN Interconnect Service with a Fractional DS-1 Access service. Eff Date = 15.10.98.

98-1019 - Northwestel TN 676. APPROVED. Emergency Digital Radio Facilities - Alascom, providing for emergency use of three DS-3 digital radio facilities from Whitehorse, Yukon to Cardston, Alberta. Eff Date = 15.10.98.

98-1020 - Stentor TN 679. APPROVED. Rate increase for Dataroute Access Arrangements for speeds of 2400, 4800 and 9600 bps to equal the rates for speeds of 19200 to 56000 bps as well as removal of the service charges as this service is no longer available for new installations, changes of address, moves, rearrangements or additions to existing installations. Eff Date = 01.12.98.

98-1022 - Bell TN 6280. APPROVED. Extended-Area Service between the Quebec exchanges of Grand’Mère and St-Tite and Shawinigan and St-Tite (operated by Québec-Téléphone). Eff. Date = 16.11.98.

98-1023 - Bell TN 6282. APPROVED. Customer-specific 56 Kbps digital facility between Rolphton and Pembroke, Ontario. Eff. Date = 19.10.98.

98-1024 - CoopTel TN 31. APPROVED. Revisions to increase local distance charges. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1025 - CoopTel TN 32. APPROVED. Revisions to the Direct Inward Dialing Service rates. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1026 - CoopTel TN 33. APPROVED. Revisions to increase the Non Sufficient Fund charges and various housekeeping revisions. Eff. Date = 17.10.98.

98-1027 - MTS TN 341. APPROVED. Removal of the restriction concerning the provision of pay telephone service by interexchange carriers. Eff. Date = 16.10.98.

98-1028 - NewTel TN 590. APPROVED. Addition to the Non-Basic Services Tariff, to offer service as a Custom Built Equipment and Arrangements. Eff. Date = 16.10.98.

98-1029 - TCI TN 1087. APPROVED. Correction to the Co-location electric power rates. Eff. Date = 19.10.98.

98-1030 - TCI TN 1089. APPROVED. Promotional campaign to waive the service charges, until the discontinuation of the Dataroute Service on 1 September 1999, for customers who are migrating from this service to AltaNet. Eff. Date = 16.10.98.

98-1031 - TCEI TN 96. APPROVED. Correction to the Co-location electric power rates. Eff. Date = 19.10.98.

98-1032 - Thunder Bay Telephone TN 68. APPROVED. Rates for Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Services extension units. Eff. Date = 16.10.98.

98-1033 - MT&T TN 707/A. APPROVED. Use of Company Support Structures, clarifying conflicting terms and charges associated with subscriber drop wire attachments.

98-1034 - Metronet TNs 3 and 4. APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS. Proposed entry in the Manitoba and Edmonton markets and for interconnection with interexchange carriers.

98-1035 - BC TEL TN 3856. APPROVED. Removal of the reference restricting Interexchange Carriers from providing local public pay telephone service. Eff. Date = 23.10.98.

98-1036 - BC TEL TN 3857. APPROVED. Packaged Services - Housekeeping revisions. Eff. Date = 24.10.98.

98-1037 - Island Tel TN 493/A. APPROVED. Short Term Service - Amendment to the effective date of TN 493 to 8 February 1999.

98-1038 - MT&T TNs 716/A. APPROVED. Revisions to Operator Services to: a) remove the Local Operator Assisted Dialing Service, b) discontinue the Busy Line Verification/Interruption Service; c) remove the Directory Assistance Multi-List Service, and d) charge for Long Distance Directory Assistance requests within the 902 NPA only when the number provided appears in one of the company’s telephone directories. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1039 - Northern TN 86. APPROVED. Christmas Bargain Days - One month’s use of any one eligible feature or Smart Package at no charge for new residential and business customers as well as existing residential and business customers on moving and non-moving orders where technically available. Eff. Date = 16.11.98.

98-1040 - BC TEL TN 3854. APPROVED. Two point-to-point DS-1 interexchange digital data transmission facilities. Eff. Date = 21.10.98.

98-1041 - BC TEL TN 3859. APPROVED. Extension of the Public Internet Access market trial to 22 April 1999, revision to the rate structure which will allow the customer a choice of either a $0.30 per minute rate or a pre-paid 30 minute block of time for $4.35 and minor wording and formatting changes for clarification and consistency purposes. Eff. Date = 22.10.98.

98-1042 - Bell TNs 6260/A/B. APPROVED. Administrative revisions to the Integrated Voice Messaging Service, and the addition of two feature attributes to the existing Call Answer PlusTM mailbox, namely, Visual Manager, which provides customers with the ability to visually access, retrieve and manage voice messages using an ADSI-based telephone, and MessageLink, which provides customers with both voice and email notification from their telephone or personal computer. Eff. Date = 22.10.98.

98-1043 - Island Tel TNs 492/A. APPROVED. Removal of the Joint User Service. Eff. Date = 1.11.98.

98-1044 - Island Tel TN 494. APPROVED. Removal of the restriction concerning the provision of pay telephone service by interexchange carriers. Eff. Date = 22.10.98.

98-1045 - MTS TNs 328/A. APPROVED. Introduction of a standard set of Centrex optional features using the same rates across Canada for National Centrex Service (NCS) customers, to eliminate the regional volume requirements for the NCS rates associated with Centrex locals and to offer a new national float option. Eff. Date = 22.11.98.

98-1046 - MT&T TN 719. APPROVED. Removal of the restriction concerning the provision of pay telephone service by interexchange carriers. Eff. Date = 22.10.98.

98-1047 - MT&T TN 720. APPROVED. Revision of the daily rate structure for Hospital Patient Telephone Service from two tiers to the following three tiers: days 1 through 15 - $2.00 per day; days 16 through 30 - $1.25 per day; days 31 and beyond - $0.75 per day. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1048 - Sogetel TN 73. APPROVED. Deletion of references to terminal equipment from its General Tariff, correction of one material error and clarification to Item 6.4.5.2.a) that the directory assistance service is offered in conjunction with the company’s interexchange carriers. Eff. Date = 22.10.98.

98-1049 - Québec-Téléphone TN 226. APPROVED. Two-way Extended-Area Service between the St-Tite exchange and the exchanges of Grand-Mère, Shawinigan and Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac. Eff. Date = 16.11.98.

98-1050 - Télébec TN 199. APPROVED. Extended-Area Service between the exchanges of St-Roch-de-Mékinac and St-Tite, as well as the introduction of new services made available following these changes.

98-1051 - Island Tel TN 495. APPROVED. Increase in the maximum period allowable for which customers can suspend their service from seven months to eleven months, increase in the charge associated with suspended service from 25% of the regular monthly recurring charges per month to 50%, as well as a clarification that Exchange Mileage charges do not apply when a service is temporarily suspended. Eff Date = 8.02.99.

98-1052 - New Tel TN 596. APPROVED. A sales promotion from 1 November to 31 December 1998, waiving the subscription fees for a 30 day trial period for business customers who are new subscribers to one or more of the following features: Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Call Forwarding Busy/No Answer, Three-Way Calling, Distinctive Ringing and Speed Calling - 8 codes. Eff Date = 1.11.98.

98-1053 - New Tel TN 597. APPROVED. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Access Service, and ADSL Access Service for Alternate Service Providers - Providing the company or the service provider with the capability of providing high-speed data transmission on an individual line while end-users will simultaneously be able to have individual line exchange service. Eff Date = 4.11.98.

98-1054 - Québec-Téléphone TN 224. APPROVED. Tariff revisions to its Datapac Service. Eff Date = 2.11.98.

98-1055 - Québec-Téléphone TN 227. APPROVED. Removal of the condition prohibiting the bypass of Canadian transmission facilities.

98-1056 - TCI TN 1091. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Marlboro Central Office. Eff Date = 26.10.98.

98-1057 - Island Tel TN 502. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application.

98-1058 - Stentor TN 681. APPROVED WITH CHANGES. Revisions to Advantage 900TM and Article 9.7 of the Advantage 900 Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) Agreement permitting registered charitable organizations to use the Advantage 900 Receipting Option donor information for purposes other than solely for the issuance of tax receipts.

98-1059 - Tuckersmith TN 13. APPROVED. A seasonal service option which offers both business and residential customers the opportunity to suspend service for up to four consecutive months during the year, while still maintaining their existing telephone number. Eff Date = 26.10.98.

98-1060 - St-Éphrem TNs 7/A/B. FINAL APPROVAL. 1998 Carrier Access Tariff.

98-1061 - St-Victor TN 9. FINAL APPROVAL. 1998 Carrier Access Tariff.

98-1062 - Stentor TN 664. APPROVED. Revision to the Megaplan services regarding rate reductions for specific routes and increases and other revisions to the charges for Megaplan Service Extension Features and Megastream equipment.

98-1063 - NBTel TN 748. APPROVED. Discontinuance of BRUNSWICK BCS for new customers, however, the service will continue to be available to existing customers. Eff Date = 27.10.98.

98-1064 - Québec-Téléphone TN 219. APPROVED. Modification of the rates for Megastream connecting equipment (MCE), for loop connections related to MCE/MEFN (multiplex equipment for feeder network) and service extension device, to eliminate basic and enhanced service extension device charges and to withdraw monthly rates (not applicable in Québec-Téléphone territory) payable on loops linking specific rate centres.

98-1065 - Télébec TN 195. APPROVED. Modification of the rates for the Megaplan Service Extension Features and Megastream Service equipments.

98-1066 - Novus Telecom Inc. File No.: 8340-N20-0006/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Message Relay Service Agreement with BC TEL.

98-1067 - Novus Telecom Inc. File No.: 8340-N20-0005/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interconnection Agreement for the Provision of 9-1-1 Service to a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier with BC TEL.

98-1068 - GT Group Telecom Networks Inc. File No.: 8340-G7-0009/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Message Relay Service Agreement with BC TEL.

98-1069 - GT Group Telecom Networks Inc. File No.: 8340-G7-0008/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interconnection Agreement for the Provision of 9-1-1 Service to a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier with BC TEL.

98-1070 - GT Group Telecom Networks Inc. File No.: 8340-G7-0007/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interim Interconnection Agreement for LEC to LEC (Local Exchange Carrier) with BC TEL.

98-1071 - OTA File No.: 8340-B2-0011/00. APPROVED. OTA/Bell Canada Network Control Center Usage and Services Agreement for the Millennium Public Telephone System.

98-1072 - TCI File No.: 8340-T10-0021/00. APPROVED. Canada-United States Telecommunications Interconnection and Service Agreement between TCI and Touch America Inc.

98-1073 - TCI TN 1064. INTERIM APPROVAL. Permission to flow-through the Independent Telephone Company (ITC) Carrier Access Tariff to an Alternate Provider of Long Distance Service (APLDS), when an APLDS toll traffic is routed between an APLDS and ITC via the company’s facilities. Eff Date = 11.11.98.

98-1074 - Bell TN 6283. APPROVED. Reassignment of Special Facilities Tariff Items B-778(a) and B-794(a)(3) from the Utility segment to the Phase III Broad Service Category CT(MD) and removal of Items B-764(a), B-777(a), B-790(a), B-794(a)(1), B-795(a), B-800(a)(1), B-800(a)(2) and B-824(a) as they are no longer in service. Eff. Date = 29.10.98.

98-1075 - TCI TN 1088. APPROVED. Housekeeping revisions to the General Tariff, the Competitive Network Services Tariff and the Competitive Terminal Services Tariff. Eff. Date = 29.10.98.

98-1076 - BC TEL TN 3835. APPROVED subject to changes. Introduction of a new promotional offer called "Complete Choice Promotion" under which customers who use BC TEL as their Local Exchange Carrier will be able to subscribe to any number of SmartTouch services at a fixed monthly rate. Customers who have also chosen BC TEL as their Primary Exchange Carrier can subscribe to those features for the same maximum period at a further reduced rate. Eff. Date = 2.11.98.

98-1048-1 - Sogetel TN 73. ERRATUM. Correction to 98-1048 dated 22 October 1998.

98-1077 - TCEI TN 97. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of two wholesale operator services, namely Directory Information Service and Local Operator Assistance Service, on a contractual basis, for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers and Wireless Service Providers operating in TCEI’s territory. Eff. Date = 16.11.98.

98-1078 - BC TEL TN 3861. APPROVED. Change to the numerical and alphabetical rate group/band references for the Red Rock and Tachie exchanges. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1079 - Bell TN 6288. APPROVED. Additional Residence Line Promotion from 15 November 1998 to 31 January 1999 inclusive, waiving the First Work Activity Charge of $59.00 for customers who subscribe to additional individual residence lines where sufficient and suitable facilities exist.

98-1080 - Island Tel TN 496. APPROVED. Change to its practice from billing in advance to billing in arrears. Eff. Date = 1.11.98.

98-1081 - NewTel TN 594. APPROVED. Removal of the restriction concerning the provision of local pay telephone service by Interexchange Carriers. Eff. Date = 30.10.98.

98-1082 - Northwestel TN 673. APPROVED. Increase of the monthly charge for local channels. Eff. Date = 2.12.98.

98-1083 - Northwestel TN 675. APPROVED. Voice Grade Channels Inter-City Mileage - Unbundling of local channel charges from the inter-exchange mileage charges and re-arranging and enhancing some definitions to more clearly state the application of the rates. Eff. Date = 2.12.98.

98-1084 - Prince Rupert TN 21. APPROVED. Introduction of a Digital Exchange Access service to connect customer premises equipment to the public switched telephone network. Eff. Date = 1.11.98.

98-1085 - Prince Rupert TN 23. APPROVED. Tariff revisions to the terminal attachment program. Eff. Date = 1.11.98.

98-1086 - Prince Rupert TN 24. APPROVED. Change in the rate structure for Internet service and provision of the following: 1) creation of CityLink Hourly, to allow occasional users to access the Internet for an hourly fee of $1.25 subject to a minimum monthly charge of $5.00; 2) creation of CityLink Unlimited, to allow users to have unlimited access to the Internet plus web storage space and an E-mail address for a flat monthly fee of $29.95; 3) elimination of rates for 30, 50 and 100 hours per month Internet use and corresponding web home page; and 4) elimination of dedicated 56 KBPS access with and without rotor. Eff. Date = 1.11.98.

98-1087 - Call-Net File No.: 8626-S2-05/98. APPROVED. Contribution exemption with respect to circuits which are used and provisioned as dedicated Canada-U.S. facilities for five end-customers of Sprint Canada.

98-1088 - Bell TN 6286. APPROVED. Extended-Area Service between the Ontario exchanges of Muskrat Dam and Weagamow and Wunnummin Lake and Summer Beaver. Eff. Date = 4.12.98.

98-1089 - Bell TN 6287. APPROVED. Provision of a 9.6 Kbps multipoint asynchronous digital facility and a 9.6 Kbps synchronous point-to-point digital circuit. Eff. Date = 2.11.98.

98-1090 - NewTel TN 595. APPROVED. Recovery of the Carrier Access Tariff charges associated with an alternate provider of long distance service’s competitive traffic which terminates in or originates from independent telephone company territories. Eff. Date = 2.11.98.

98-1091 - Québec-Téléphone TN 225. APPROVED. Waiving of the service charges for the "Service Hyperpac" from 2 November 1998 to 1 September 1999 in order to facilitate the migration of Dataroute service customers to Hyperpac service.

98-1092 . DENIED. Applications by Gregory John Bezusko, In Trust, AIReach Integrated Network Ltd. and Sprint Canada Inc. requesting interconnection with the telecommunications networks of the federally regulated cellular and personal communications services providers and related issues.

98-1093 - MT&T TN 723. APPROVED. Promotional campaign for Call Minder services, offering residential customers of either Call Display, Call Answer, or Call Waiting, their choice of one of the following additional features: Select Ring, Call Forwarding, or Three-Way Calling, at no charge for a period of six months. Eff. Date = 3.11.98.

98-1073-1 - TCI TN 1064. ERRATUM. Correction to 98-1073 dated 27 October 1998.

98-1094 - BC TEL TN 3862. APPROVED. Introduction of the Free for 30 Days/Try One Get Another Promotion, for residential and business individual line customers. Eff. Date = 6.11.98.

98-1095 - Bell TN 6290. APPROVED. Provision of one uni-directional Quadrature Amplitude Modulated Intermediate Frequency channel to carry enhanced broadcast services relating to the program and are Microwave Multipoint Distribution System type signals. Eff. Date = 6.11.98.

98-1096 - NBTel TNs 762/A. APPROVED. Housekeeping revisions to Special Services Tariff and the introduction of Internet Call Waiting, a promotional campaign offering Internet Call Waiting for one month free of charge to residence or business single-line customers who subscribe to the Internet, regardless of their service provider. Eff. Date = 6.11.98.

98-1097 - Northwestel TN 679. APPROVED. Revisions to the Private Branch Exchange Service Section of the General Tariff, detariffing older services which are no longer offered by the company as well as grandfathering certain components or vintages of Private Branch Exchange Service while continuing to provide service to current customers and honouring maintenance contracts. Eff. Date = 6.11.98.

98-1098 - Québec-Téléphone TN 228. APPROVED. Introduction of a two-promotion campaign with respect to the "Services Étoiles de Québec-Téléphone" (SmartTouch Services), from 9 November 1998 to 2 January 1999. Promotion 1 offers customers of two of the following three options or less, to subscribe to the offer of three options including Name and Number Display, Call Waiting and Call Answer at a rate of $12.95 monthly for four months. Promotion 2 offers customers of one of the following two options or less to subscribe to the offer of Name and Number Display and Call Answer for $9.95 monthly for four months. Eff. Date = 9.11.98.

98-1099 - Sogetel TN 74. APPROVED. Consolidation of Section 1.3 entitled: "Équipement terminal de l’abonné" (Station Apparatus) and Section 6.3 (at pages 1, 2 and 3) entitled: "Équipements divers" (Miscellaneous Equipment) into one single chapter. Eff. Date = 6.11.98.

98-1100 - Sogetel TN 75. APPROVED. Clarification to the terms of the Semi-Public Telephone Service. Eff. Date = 6.11.98.

98-1101 - BC TEL TNs 3855/A. APPROVED. Extension of the enrollment period for the BC TEL Residential Package promotional offer from three to eight months.

98-1102 - Bell TN 6252. FINAL APPROVAL. Extension of the promotional campaign for the installation of additional business primary exchange services to 30 September 1998, for a total promotion period of almost eight months.

98-1103 - Island Tel TN 498. APPROVED. Revisions to Operator Services, to: (a) remove the Local Operator Assisted Dialing service; (b) discontinue the Busy Line Verification/Interruption service but continue to provide it in emergency situations at no charge; and (c) charge for Long Distance Directory Assistance requests within the 902 NPA only when the number provided appears in one of the telephone company directories serving the 902 NPA. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1104 - NewTel TN 585. FINAL APPROVAL. Short-term sales promotion from 17 August to 30 October 1998, to waive the basic service charge and the line connection charge for customers who switch back to NewTel from an alternate provider of local service.

98-1105 - Québec-Téléphone TN 222. FINAL APPROVAL. Tariffs for the consolidation of the "Afficheur du nom et numéro" (Name and Number Display) and "Appel en attente" (Call Waiting) of the "Services Étoiles" (SmartTouch Services) options under the name "Qui appelle" (Who’s Calling).

98-1106 - Canadian Cable Television Association File No.: 8662-C13-03/98. DENIED. Request to review and vary 98-669, 7 July 1998, on the grounds that there is substantial doubt as to the correctness of the Order.

98-1107 - BC TEL TN 3806A. INTERIM APPROVAL. Revisions to allow the company to flow-through to an Alternate Provider of Long Distance Service the appropriate charges of an Independent Telephone Company (ITC) in situations where an ITC does not have an approved Carrier Access Tariff. Eff. Date = 26.11.98.

98-1108 - Bell TN 6291. APPROVED. Removal of SFT Item B785(e) which provided an extended product support package for Centrex III Perimeter ACD Management Information System software, as it is no longer in service. Eff. Date = 9.11.98.

98-1109 - MT&T TNs 717/A. APPROVED. Seasonal Service - Change to the minimum subscription period for business service from five months to six months in any 12 month period and a clarification that residence rates apply to the access portion of the service only. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1110 - TCEI TN 76. FINAL APPROVAL. Six-month market trial of three new call management features: Advanced Call Forwarding, Do Not DisturbTM, and Call GateTM for its residential and single-line business customers, from 11 May to 11 November 1998.

98-1111 - TCEI TN 100. APPROVED. Extension of the market trial of three new SmartTouch features: Advanced Call Forwarding, Do Not DisturbTM and Call GateTM to 11 February 1999. Eff. Date = 11.11.98.

98-1112 - TCI TN 1026. FINAL APPROVAL. Six-month market trial of three new call management features: Advanced Call Forwarding, Do Not DistrurbTM and Call GateTM for its residential and single-line business customers, from 11 May to 11 November 1998.

98-1113 - TCI TN 1093. APPROVED. Extension of the market trial of three new SmartTouch features: Advanced Call Forwarding, Do Not DisturbTM and Call GateTM, to 11 February 1999. Eff. Date = 11.11.98.

98-1114 - Bruce TN 60. APPROVED. Revisions of various Internet access rates. Eff. Date = 15.11.98.

98-1115 - Cochrane TN 18. APPROVED. Internet Services - Regular Service package at $17.95 per month for 30 hours access with additional time charged at $1.00 per hour.

98-1116 - Island Tel TN 502A. APPROVED. Cellular Mobile Services - Discounts and Promotional Plans - Correction to the price to be charged for optional cellular handsets from $39.95 to $49.95 as intended in the original filing.

98-1117 - Island Tel TN 491; MT&T TN 708; MTS TN 337; NewTel TNs 563/A/B; and NBTel TNs 737/A. Tariffs for Directory File Service. The Commission grants interim approval to the applications and grants final approval to the Licensing Agreements. The Commission establishes a procedure with respect to requests by parties for further information.

98-1118 - Télébec TN 205. APPROVED. Revisions to its Datapac Service. Eff. Date = 23.11.98.

98-1119 - Northwestel TN 643. FINAL APPROVAL. Final rates, terms and conditions for the provision of Directory File Service.

98-1120 - O.N. Tel TN 49. APPROVED. $2.00 rate increases for residence and business primary exchange services. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1121 - Island Tel TN 503. APPROVED. Enhanced Local Services - Discontinuance of Speed Call 8 and Speed Call 30 services which have been rendered obsolete and have very few subscribers and allow existing customers to continue to use the services at no charge until the customer changes his/her telephone number. Eff. Date = 24.11.98.

98-1122 - MT&T TN 722. APPROVED. Restructuring of the large Centrex rate structure and rates for Bands A and B by removing the Analog/Digital and Single-Wire/Multi-Wire distinctions which will leave the Single-Wire Analog rate, with the Multi-Wire Digital service. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1123 - MT&T TN 726. APPROVED. Enhanced Local Services - Discontinuance of Speed Call 8 and Speed Call 30 services which have been rendered obsolete and have very few subscribers, and allow existing residential customers to continue to use the service at no charge until the customer changes his/her telephone number. Existing business customers will be migrated either to Centrex Service or appropriate terminal equipment, both of which offer the same functionality enjoyed today. Eff. Date = 24.11.98.

98-1124 - Northwestel TN 681. APPROVED. Service charge of $2.50 for local collect and third party calls placed from public telephones. Eff. Date = 12.11.98.

98-1125 - Québec-Téléphone TN 229. APPROVED. Provision of two-way Extended-Area Service between the exchanges of Donnacona/Saint-Raymond, Sainte-Claire/Saint-Henri, Sainte-Croix/Saint-Apollinaire and Saint-Jean-Port-Joli/Saint-Pamphile. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1126 - TCI TN 1094. APPROVED. Provision for an initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Ft. McMurray Central Office. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1127 - TCI TN 1096. APPROVED. Provision for an initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Swan Hills Central Office. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1128 - TCI TN 1097. APPROVED. Provision for an initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Leslieville Central Office. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1129 - TCI TN 1098. APPROVED. Provision for an initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Morely Central Office. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1130 - TCI TN 1099. APPROVED. Provision for an initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Langdon Central Office. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1131 - TCI TN 1100. APPROVED. Provision for an initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Ft. McMurray Central Office. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1132 - TCI TN 1102. APPROVED. Provision for an initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Cochrane Central Office. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1133 - TCI TN 1103. APPROVED. Provision for an initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Torrington Central Office. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1134 - TCI TN 1104. APPROVED. Provision for an initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Ft. McMurray Central Office. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1135 - BC TEL TNs 3831/A. FINAL APPROVAL. BC TEL PRIME Loyalty Promotion for loyal single-line residential customers which offers a choice of up to two free SmartTouch services or Integrated Voice Messaging Services features or the option to instead select a choice of non-tariffed alternative long distance calling benefits, per month, for a period of up to 12 months, from 5 October 1998 to 30 September 1999.

98-1136 - Cochrane TN 16. APPROVED. $2.00 per month rate increase for residence and business primary exchange services, and a rural rate for centrex and key-line service. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1137 - La Baie TN 10. APPROVED. Extended-Area Service between the exchange of Baie-du-Febvre and the Bell Canada exchange of Saint-Zéphirin. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1138 - NewTel TN 592. APPROVED. Change to the Late Payment Charge from billing monthly recurring rates in advance to billing monthly recurring rates in arrears, and change to the reference to when the late payment charge applies from 30 days after the mailing date to 30 days after the billing date. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1139 - NewTel TN 593. APPROVED. Changes to the wording of the Rates and Charges section to indicate that non-tariffed toll rates and charges will apply with an appropriate discount for long distance calls routed through Message Relay Service. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1140 - Thunder Bay Telephone TN 69. INTERIM APPROVAL. Enhanced 9-1-1 Public Emergency Reporting Service for all residence and business customers as well as a 9-1-1 Emergency Reporting Services Agreement. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1141 - Bell TN 6292. APPROVED. Reduction of rates for the Access Ports component of Managed Internet Protocol Service. Eff. Date = 13.11.98.

98-1142 - iXnet File No.: 8626-J5-01/98. APPROVED. Request for an exemption from contribution charges with respect to services in the 416-498 exchange which are resold solely for the provision of data services.

98-1143 - Call-Net File No.: 8626-S2-02/97. Contribution exemption control procedures for Call-Net on behalf of Sprint Canada Inc. Call-Net is invited to file the control procedures set out within 30 days of this Order.

98-1144 - Island Tel TN 504. APPROVED. Reduction of the rate for Telephone Answering Access Trunks from the existing rate of $72.85 per month to $69.25 per month, the current multi-line rate. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1145 - TCI TN 1095. APPROVED. DS-1 access channel between a customer’s two sites, both of which are located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Ft. McMurray Central Office. Eff. Date = 16.11.98.

98-1146 - TCI TN 1101. APPROVED. DS-1 access channel between a customer’s two sites, both of which are located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Ft. McMurray Central Office. Eff. Date = 16.11.98.

98-1147 - NewTel TN 597A. APPROVED. Combination of the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Access Service and ADSL Access Service for Alternate Service Providers into a single General Tariff Item.

98-1148 - BC TEL TNs 3849/A. APPROVED. Introduction of Network Messaging for Integrated Voice Messaging Service and removal of the Community Voice Messaging Mailbox and Community Voice Messaging Plus Mailbox components and replacement of these with an Unlimited Local Network Messaging option.

98-1149 - BC TEL TNs 3853/A. APPROVED. Introduction of two "Call Answer Network Messaging Launch" promotional offers to individual-line residence and business customers and removal of the Community Voice Messaging Mailbox and Community Voice Messaging Plus Mailbox components and replacement of these with an Unlimited Local Network Messaging option.

98-1150 - Northwestel TN 680. APPROVED. Increase of the monthly rates for residential customers for all Custom Calling Features and Custom Calling Feature Packages as well as an increase to the monthly rate of one of the Call Management Services, Call Return. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1151 - Teleglobe TN 549. APPROVED. Addition of Algeria to the list of destinations for the Globesat service. Eff. Date = 18.11.98.

98-1152 - BC TEL TN 3864. APPROVED. Introduction of a Combined Voice Mail option providing IVMS customers with the capability to have voice messages from two telephone numbers associated with BC Telecom access services combined into a single IVMS BC TEL voice mailbox, including access services offered by BC TEL and BC TEL Mobility. Eff. Date = 19.11.98.

98-1153 - MT&T TN 724. APPROVED. Revisions reflecting the methodology for determining charitable rates. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1154 - MT&T TN 725. APPROVED. Reduction of the minimum service period required for Short Term Service from two months to one month. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1155 - MTS TN 342. APPROVED. Wording changes to Label Service. Eff. Date = 19.11.98.

98-1156 - 1304008 Ontario Inc. File No.: 8626-015-01/98. APPROVED. Exemption from contribution charges with respect to facilities provided by Bell in the 519-376 exchange.

98-1157 - Northern File Nos.: TN 85 and 8630-N3-02/98. APPROVED. 1998 Carrier Access Tariff (CAT) and depreciation life characteristics to be implemented in 1998.

98-1158 - Northern TN 87. APPROVED. Introduction of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Access Service. Eff. Date = 20.11.98

98-1159 - File No.:  8340-S1-AG0049. APPROVED WITH AMENDMENTS. Unanimous Shareholders Agreement for the Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium Inc. dated 15 June 1998.

98-1160 NBTel TN 758. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application. Eff. Date = 23.11.98.

98-1161 NBTel TN 764. APPROVED. Reduction of the service charge for customers who request to relocate their Digital Broadband Service - End to End Frame Relay Service within the same exchange. Eff. Date = 23.11.98.

98-1162 NBTel TN 765. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application. Eff. Date = 23.11.98.

98-1163 NBTel TN 766. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application. Eff. Date = 23.11.98.

98-1164 Télébec TNs 202/A. APPROVED. Removal of the General Tariff pages related to the Asynchronous Transfer Mode technology trial which ended on 30 October 1998.

98-1165 TCI TN 1108. APPROVED. High Speed Digital Service from the customer’s location to the customer’s subscriber’s location, both located in the City of Calgary. Eff. Date = 23.11.98.

98-1166 - Bell TNs 6293/A. APPROVED WITH CHANGES. Introduction of a new promotion called Consumer Solutions.

98-1167 - Hurontario TN 17. APPROVED IN PART with changes. Proposed revisions pertaining to Digital Network Access, Digital Exchange Access, Integrated Service Digital Network and Internet Service Provider Link services. Eff. Date = 24.11.98.

98-1168 - Westport TNs 13/A. APPROVED WITH CHANGES. Introduction of Basic Access Service improvements and restructuring of its local rates in two stages.

98-1169 - Bell TN 6295. APPROVED. Introduction of an Integrated Message Centre option for the Call Answer and MessageManagerTM voice mailbox arrangements which provides convenience and ease of use for customers who use mailbox arrangements for both landline and Bell Mobility cellular communications requirements by integrating the functionalities of the two previous mailbox arrangements into one common mailbox. Eff. Date = 30.11.98.

98-1170 - Island Tel TN 505. APPROVED. Seasonal Rates - Revisions clarifying that residence rates apply to the access portion of the service only. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1171 - MT&T TNs 718/A. APPROVED. Removal of Joint User Service, as there are no subscribers. Eff. Date = 24.11.98.

98-1172 - MTS File No.: 8340-M3-0022/00. APPROVAL of the Interconnection Agreement and Schedule A to the Agreement between MTS and Minnesota Equal Access Network Services Inc.

98-1173 - Télébec TN 207. APPROVED. Continuation, in 1999, of the "la Course aux Étoiles", "Introduction des services Étoiles" and "Offre de Bienvenue" promotional programs, both permanent and flexible. Eff. Date = 3.12.98.

98-1174 - TCEI TN 101. INTERIM APPROVAL. Corrections to the Virtual and Physical Co-location agreements. Eff. Date = 24.11.98.

98-1175 - Thunder Bay Telephone TN 70. APPROVED. Revisions to the Semi-Public Telephone Service - Restructuring the amount to be guaranteed by a customer who subscribes to semi-public telephone service and increasing the rate from $0.77 a day to a monthly rate corresponding to the rate charged for single-line business access (including Touch-Tone and Relay Service), currently $27.53 a month, in order to better reflect the costs associated with providing semi-public telephone service. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1176 - Island Tel TN 501. APPROVED. Introduction of one and two-year minimum service period rates for Centrex Business Service customers and a single set of rates for customers subscribing to the Small Centrex Business Service. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1177 - Stentor (on behalf of BC TEL, Bell, Island Tel, MT&T, MTS, NBTel and NewTel) TN 668A. INTERIM APPROVAL. Correction to the co-location link charges to be consistent with Telecom Decision CRTC 97-15. Eff. Date = 4.12.98.

98-1178 - Stentor (on behalf of TCI) TN 685. APPROVED. Videoroute Full-time Inter-exchange Broadcast-quality Video Transmission Channel Service - Introduction of lower rates for specific routes in Alberta. Eff. Date = 26.11.98.

98-1179 - Télébec TN 204. APPROVED. Revisions to uniform its Megalink services rates with those of Bell Canada. Eff. Date = 30.11.98.

98-1180 - TCEI TN 90A. INTERIM APPROVAL. Correction to the co-location link charges to be consistent with Telecom Decision CRTC 97-15. Eff. Date = 30.11.98.

98-1181 - TCI TN 1061A. INTERIM APPROVAL. Correction to the co-location link charges to be consistent with Telecom Decision CRTC 97-15. Eff. Date = 30.11.98.

98-1182 - TCEI TN 102. APPROVED. Introduction of Call Routing - Location Routing Number (LRN) Absent which provides call processing for calls from an Interconnecting Carrier (IC) in locations where Local Number Portability has been implemented and when the IC does not transmit the LRN of the serving switch to which the call must be routed for termination. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1183 - TCI TN 1109. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Mundare Central Office. Eff. Date = 26.11.98.

98-1184 - BC TEL TN 3868. APPROVED. Upgrade of the Bouchie, Chase, Hazelton, Hixon, Houston, Merritt, 108 Mile House, Sayward, Smithers, Taylor, Telkwa and Vallican exchanges by replacing the base rate area maps with conditions of service relating to the Rural Upgrade Program. Eff. Date = 26.11.98.

98-1185 - BC TEL TN 3866. APPROVED. Extension of the Additional Line promotion to 30 April 1999. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1186 - File No.: 8638-C12-19/98 - Interested persons were invited to submit comments on the requirement in paragraph 22(a) of 98-626, 26 June 1998, and paragraph 101 (l) of Local Pay Telephone Competition, Telecom Decision CRTC 98-8, 30 June 1998. In the Commission’s view, the ambiguity of paragraph 22 a) could lead to the deployment of keypads that may not necessarily best serve the needs of persons with disabilities. The Commission orders that paragraph 22(a) be deleted from Order 98-626.

98-1187 - O.N. Tel TN 50. APPROVED. Extension of the promotion offering rates of 9.9¢/minute within Canada and 19.9¢/minute to the United States on Tuesday evenings and all day Saturday and Sunday, to 4 March 1999, as well as a limited Holiday Promotion for the three weekends from 19 December 1998 to 3 January 1999, inclusive. Eff. Date = 5.12.98.

98-1188 - Télébec TN 201. APPROVED. Charge of $7.50 for the return of a customer’s cheque, at the customer’s request. Eff. Date = 26.11.98.

98-1189 - TCI TN 1111. APPROVED. TELUS Payphone Card Promotion, providing residential and business customers with an opportunity to use the TELUS Payphone Card at no charge as part of certain campaigns and special events, for a period of one year. Eff. Date = 26.11.98.

98-1190 - Stentor TNs 487/A and TCI TNs 931/A. FINAL APPROVAL. Tariffs pertaining to the termination of calls from competitive local exchange carriers: (1) within the exchange when traffic is not balanced; and (2) outside the exchange but still within the local calling area.

98-1191 - Bell TN 6296. APPROVED. Changes to custom-designed arrangements which provide for various components associated with a hybrid packet network. Eff. Date = 30.11.98.

98-1192 - TCI TN 1000. APPROVED. Local Network Interconnection and Component Unbundling - Provision of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers access to additional information in order to interconnect to TCI’s Provincial Emergency 9-1-1 Service.

98-1193 - BC TEL TNs 3869/A. APPROVED. Microlink Services - Extension of the existing promotional offer which provides either a reduction or a complete waiver of the service charge in the Alternate Voice & Data Plus Optional Packet Service component to 30 June 1999. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1194 - Bell TN 6301. APPROVED. Revisions to Toll Restriction. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1195 - Northwestel TN 683. APPROVED. Introduction of Prepaid Card Promotion, to foster customer loyalty and to increase customer awareness of the Prepaid Card Service. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1196 - Télébec TN 203. APPROVED. Housekeeping revisions and establishment of one-way Extended-Area Service between the exchanges of Mistissini and Chibougamau.

98-1197 - Télébec TN 206. APPROVED. Phasing out of the Dataroute service as of 1 December 1998, change to the rate schedule for loops slower than 19.2 kbps in order to align it with the rate schedule for 19.2 kbps speed loops, effective 1 December 1998, as well as completion of the elimination of the Dataroute Service by 1 September 1999.

98-1198 - Teleglobe TN 550. APPROVED. Introduction of Russia to the list of destinations of the Globeaccess800 service. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1199 - TCI TN 1110. APPROVED. Introduction of Call Screen Service which enables the customer to have unwanted telephone calls which originate from selected telephone numbers (up to a maximum of 12) to be routed to a standard recorded announcement that says that the called party is not accepting these calls. Eff. Date = 1.12.98.

98-1200 - Bell TN 6293/B. APPROVED. Delay of the implementation of the six-month Consumer Solutions Promotion, previously approved by the Commission in 98-1166, to 3 December 1998.

98-1201 - Dryden TNs 16/A. DENIED. Proposed revisions to introduce Extended Area Service (EAS) to three exchanges served by Bell Canada along with a monthly local rate increase of $1.40 to recover the costs of the expanded EAS.

98-1202 - Durham TNs 17/A/B. APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS. Introduction of Basic Access Service improvements and restructuring of its local rates.

98-1203 - Hurontario TNs 14/A. APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS. Introduction of Basic Access Service improvements and restructuring of its local rates.

98-1204 - Otonabee TNs 15/A/B/C. APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS. Introduction of Basic Access Service improvements and restructuring of its local rates.

98-1205 - BC TEL TNs 3860/A. APPROVED. Extension of the Call Answer/Call Director Promotion by one year.

98-1206 - BC TEL TN 3867. APPROVED. Introduction of Directory Assistance Block, an optional service which will allow BC TEL retail local and long distance customers to subscribe to a service which blocks direct access to BC TEL’s Directory Assistance and will prevent the ability to direct dial either "411" or "1+604/250+555-1212" and to bill directory assistance charges to the subscriber’s line. Eff. Date = 11.01.99.

98-1207 - BC TEL TN 3870. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of Reserved Telephone Number Service which allows business customers to pay a monthly charge of $1.00 per number and officially reserve telephone numbers for future use. Eff. Date = 1.02.99.

98-1208 - BC TEL TN 3871. APPROVED. "Call Answer Service Charge Waiver" promotion which allows individual business and residence line customers to try Call Answer or Call Answer Plus without having to incur the service charge, from 7 December 1998 to 28 February 1999.

98-1209 - Island Tel TN 507. APPROVED. Introduction of two new optional features for Centrex subscribers, namely, Music on Hold, which provides music on hold to customers when the customer is waiting for his/her call to be answered while on hold, and Select Ring, which enables a customer to have one primary telephone number and up to three secondary telephone numbers by applying a distinctive or coded ringing when a call is received to allow the customer to identify which number is being called. Eff. Date = 8.02.99.

98-1210 - MT&T TN 730. APPROVED. Revisions to recognize Inmate Telephone Service as a tariffed item. Eff. Date = 2.12.98.

98-1211 - Télébec TN 200. APPROVED. $3.00 monthly rate increase for local residence primary exchange service as well as a monthly rate increase for business primary exchange service in certain exchanges. Eff. Date = 1.01.99.

98-1212 - Northern TNs 88/A. APPROVED. Internet High Speed Market Trial for residential and business customers of the Timmins and New Liskeard exchanges. Eff. Date = 2.12.98.

98-1213 - Island Tel TNs 487/A. APPROVED. Introduction of, in conjunction with other Stentor members, a standard set of Centrex optional features using the same rates across Canada for National Centrex Service (NCS) customers, to eliminate the regional volume requirements for the NCS rates associated with Centrex locals and to offer a new national float option. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1214 - MT&T TNs 700/A. APPROVED. Introduction of, in conjunction with other Stentor members, a standard set of Centrex optional features using the same rates across Canada for National Centrex Service (NCS) customers to eliminate the regional volume requirements for the NCS rates associated with Centrex locals and to offer a new national float option. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1215 - SATAT (on behalf of Guèvremont) File No.: 8340-S10-0025/00. APPROVED. Toll revenue settlement agreement between Guèvremont and Bell for the period between 1 January 1985 and 31 December 1994.

98-1216 - Westport File No.: 8630-W3-01/98. Approval of 1998 depreciation life characteristics.

98-1217 - MetroNet TN 5. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of charges for: (1) terminating traffic from within the local calling area; and (2) processing calls from an interconnecting carrier, when that carrier does not transmit the location routing number of the switch to which the call must be routed for termination.

98-1218 - Bell TN 6299. APPROVED. Withdrawal of the pay-per-use Name That Number Service. Eff. Date = 31.12.98.

98-1219 - Island Tel TN 509. APPROVED. Elimination of the price distinction by rate group for Microlink Service and offering the service for one combined rate. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1220 - Island Tel TN 510. APPROVED. Publication of the Table of Contents, Index and Check Pages as supplements to the General Tariff, without having them approved by the Commission. Eff. Date = 9.12.98.

98-1221 - Teleglobe TN 551. APPROVED. New access option for Globeinternet service which provides Internet service providers a dedicated OC-3 (155 Mbps) access to the Internet network on a contractual basis, and inclusion of a new point of presence located in Ottawa to access the Globeinternet services. Eff. Date = 4.12.98.

98-1222 - TCI TN 1116. APPROVED. Withdrawal of Local Number Portability - Updates to the Stentor Service Control Point from the Carrier Access Tariff. Eff. Date = 7.12.98.

98-1223 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0027/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Agreement between Stentor Canadian Network Management, as agent for each of BC TEL, Bell, Island Tel, MT&T, MTS, NBTel, NewTel, Sask Tel and TCI, and British Telecommunications plc.

98-1224 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0028/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Agreement between Stentor Canadian Network Management, as agent for each of BC TEL, Bell, Island Tel, MT&T, MTS, NBTel, NewTel, Sask Tel and TCI, and Cable and Wireless Communications Services Limited.

98-1225 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0029/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Agreement for the Supply of International Telecommunications Services between Stentor Canadian Network Management, as agent for each of BC TEL, Bell, Island Tel, MT&T, MTS, NBTel, NewTel, Sask Tel and TCI, and France Telecom.

98-1226 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0030/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Agreement between Stentor Canadian Network Management, as agent for each of BC TEL, Bell, Island Tel, MT&T, MTS, NBTel, NewTel, Sask Tel and TCI, and Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd.

98-1227 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0031/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Agreement between Stentor Canadian Network Management, as agent for each of BC TEL, Bell, Island Tel, MT&T, MTS, NBTel, NewTel, Sask Tel and TCI, and Telstra Corporation Limited.

98-1228 - BC TEL TN 3877. APPROVED. Expansion of the NewsRoute Service network to include Williams Lake as a new serving location. Eff. Date = 14.12.98.

98-1229 - Island Tel TN 506. APPROVED. Reduction of rates for both the Basic Message Manager Mailbox and the Telephone Answering/Voice Mail Mailbox. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1230 - Island Tel TN 511. APPROVED. Revisions to Enhanced Local Services, to: a) limit the availability of the Call Screen and Call Answer services to residential customers; b) remove Outcall Notification, Family Extension and Extended Call Answer services from the General Tariff; c) discontinue Speed Call 8 and Speed Call 30 services; and d) restructure the manner in which multiple feature discounts are offered. Existing business customers for these features can continue to use the services as they will be migrated to Message Manager Service. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1231 - MT&T TN 727. APPROVED. Temporary Discontinuance of Service - Increase of maximum period allowable for which customers can suspend their service from seven months to eleven months and increase of the charge associated with suspended service from 25% of the regular monthly Network Exchange Service to 50%, as well as clarifying that Exchange Mileage charges do not apply when a service is temporarily suspended. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1232 - MT&T TN 732. APPROVED. Enhanced Local Services, increasing the rate of Call Answer service for business customers to $9.95, bringing the rate in line with the existing base rate for Message Manager service. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1233 - Prince Rupert TN 25. APPROVED. Increase of its Base Rate Area exchange rates by $2.00. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1234 - Québec-Téléphone TN 230. APPROVED. $3.00 rate increase for local residence primary exchange service. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1235 - BC TEL TN 3872. APPROVED. Introduction of a combined Voice Mail option which provides Centrex MESSAGEMANAGER customers with the capability to have voice messages from two telephone numbers which are associated with BC TEL Centrex and BC TEL Mobility access services, combined into a single voice mailbox, as well as waiver of the service charges associated with the Combined Voice Mail option for a six-month promotional period.

98-1236 - Cochrane TN 19. APPROVED. Christmas promotion waiving the multi-element service charges and monthly charges for January, February and March 1999 for Call Management Services, Custom Calling Features and Voice Mail Service to new customers.

98-1237 - Island Tel TN 508. APPROVED. Replacement of the existing Call Management Services on Centrex variable rate structure with a simplified single rate. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1238 - Québec-Téléphone TN 231. APPROVED. Tariff revisions reflecting the 1999 interim contribution charges. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1239 - Stentor TN 686. APPROVED. Withdrawal of VideoRoute for Occasional Use - Business Broadcast. Eff. Date = 9.12.98.

98-1240 - Vidéotron File No.: 8340-V2-0024/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interim Transiting Agreement with Pronto Long Distance Inc.

98-1241 - Cochrane TN 17. FINAL APPROVAL. 1998 Carrier Access Tariff.

98-1242 - Bell TN 6298. APPROVED. A 56 Kbps digital facility between St-Albert and Wotton, Quebec. Eff. Date = 10.12.98.

98-1243 - Island Tel TN 512. APPROVED. Introduction of a new service that packages three discrete services into a single package. The service will include Call Answer Service, Sympatico Internet service and Internet Call Manager. Eff. Date = 10.12.98.

98-1244 - TCI TN 1112. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Tomahawk Central Office. Eff. Date = 10.12.98.

98-1245 - Teleglobe TN 553. APPROVED. Correction to a reference in the cancellation charges table on page 21A of the International Television Service Tariff. Eff. Date = 19.12.98.

98-1246 - MT&T TN 721. DENIED. Revisions to the company’s Centrex Business Service tariff that would restructure the rates for large Centrex service in Rate Band C.

98-1247 - BC TEL TN 3843. APPROVED. Introduction of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Access to Business Line Service at rates that are the same as the current ADSL Access to Residence Line Service rates.

98-1248 - Stentor File No.: 8340-S1-0026/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. International Telecommunications Services Agreement between Stentor Canadian Network Management, as agent for each of BC TEL, Bell Canada, Island Telecom Inc., Maritime Tel & Tel Limited, MTS Communications Inc., NBTel Inc., NewTel Communications Inc., Saskatchewan Telecommunications and TELUS Communications Inc., and Iridium U.S. L.P.

98-1249 - Island Tel TN 515. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application. Eff. Date = 10.1.99.

98-1250 - NBTel TN 767. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application. Eff. Date = 14.12.98.

98-1251 - Island Tel TN 514. APPROVED. Promotional Plan Discounts - Extension of two promotional plans for cellular mobile telephone services, to 20 August 1999.

98-1252 - TCEI TN 103. APPROVED. Introduction of Centrex/PHONEFLEXTM Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) Management Information System Service Bureau and Centrex/PHONEFLEXTM ACD Management Information System Service Bureau - Remote Terminal Access as standard tariff items. Eff. Date = 15.12.98.

98-1253 - BC TEL TN 3875. APPROVED. Extension of the "Welcome Home" promotional offer to 31 December 1999 as well as addition of Combined Voice Mail to the list of Call Answer service options eligible for the free trial. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1254 - MT&T TNs 733/A. APPROVED. Revisions to Enhanced Local Services, to: a) limit the availability of Call Screen service to residential customers; b) remove Outcall Notification, Family Extension and Extended Call Answer services from the General Tariff as stand-alone services; c) restructure the way in which multiple feature discounts are offered; and d) revise the method of capping pay-per-use services by introducing a $6.00 per month cap applicable to each feature. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1255 - Télébec TN 209. APPROVED. Introduction of a "Services Étoiles en fête" (SmartTouch Services - Holidays) promotional campaign offered to residential customers subscribing for the first time to the « TarifUniQ » long distance service. These subscribers will choose, for a one-month free trial, one service from a range of SmartTouch Services available.

98-1190-1 - Stentor TN 487 and TCI TN 931. ERRATUM. Corrections to the Appendix in 98-1190, 30 November 1998.

98-1256 - Telephone Savings Network Ltd. File No.: 8626-T35-01/98. APPROVED. Request for exemption from contribution charges with respect to Megalink services provided by Bell Canada in the 519-254 exchange.

98-1257 - TELUS Advanced Communications Inc. (TAC) File No.: 8626-T34-01/98. APPROVED. Re: Application for a contribution exemption dated 20 August 1998 and TCI and TCEI letter dated 7 May 1998. TAC’s application with respect to administrative circuits (configurations 4, 5, 6 and 7) is approved effective the date of installation and the application with respect to the remainder of the circuits (configurations 1, 2 and 3) is approved effective 7 May 1998. TAC is directed to remit forthwith any unpaid balance of the contribution payments (including late payment charges) to TCI and TCEI for the years 1995 to 1998.

98-1258 - BC TEL TNs 3809/A/B/C. FINAL APPROVAL. Tariff revisions to General Tariff Item 275, Business Access Plus Promotion.

98-1259 - Island Tel TN 474. FINAL APPROVAL. Introduction of Community Unlimited, a new toll service plan which provides residential and single line business customers, who select Island Tel as their Primary Interexchange Carrier for message toll services, with unlimited calling on a per line basis to any exchange within a 30 mile radius of their home exchange for a flat rate of $7.95 per month.

98-1260 - Island Tel TN 485. FINAL APPROVAL. Addition of two new cellular rate packages, Mobility Talk and Mobility Manager, to the Mobility line of cellular packages for those customers who prefer packages that can be used at any time of day - not dictated by the peak/off-peak criteria.

98-1261 - MT&T TN 686. FINAL APPROVAL. Establishment of an automated local collect calling rate of $1.25 per message.

98-1262 - NBTel TN 736. FINAL APPROVAL. Introduction of a nine month market trial - High Speed Digital Broadband Service 45 Mbps Virtual Circuit.

98-1263 - Northwestel TN 644. FINAL APPROVAL. Message Toll Service - Elimination of the distinction between Toll-free and Toll-free Entry Service.

98-1264 - Stentor TN 441 and Northwestel TN 615 and proposed EDDA Service Agreements. APPROVED with modifications. Electronic Directory Database Access (EDDA) service providing for real-time electronic access to a company’s non-confidential directory assistance listings database.

98-1265 - Bell TN 6303. APPROVED. Destandardization of Extension Call Answer service. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1266 - NewTel TN 560. FINAL APPROVAL. Elimination of the current requirement that customers have a monthly minimum of $15.00 in billed message toll charges in order to receive discounts under the Real Plus Extra Savings Plan.

98-1267 - Local Number Portability Roll-Out Sub-Group. File No.: 96-2376. The Commission orders that the roll-out schedule for priority 2 exchanges determined in Order 98-60 be revised according to the criteria specified in the consensus report of the Local Number Portability Sub-Group of the CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee.

98-1268 - BC TEL TN 3873. APPROVED. Increase to the Direct-In-Dial Service seven-digit number monthly rate by $0.30, from $2.55 to $2.85. Eff. Date = 4.1.99.

98-1269 - BC TEL TN 3874. APPROVED. Introduction of a Customer Specific Business Local Access Service, which provides a business local exchange service tailored to meet the specific requirements of a customer in the education sector, and subject to the condition that the customer select BC TEL as the Primary Interexchange Carrier of long distance services for the access lines provided over the duration of the contract period. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1270 - BC TEL TN 3878. APPROVED. Upgrade of the Bridge Lake, Decker Lake, Enderby, Fruitvale, Puntzi, Quesnel, Red Rock, South Kamloops and Williams Lake exchanges by replacing the base rate area maps with conditions of service relating to the Rural Upgrade Program. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1271 - BC TEL TN 3879. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of a promotion to waive the service charge applicable to the provision of multi-line or individual business lines when: (1) a customer who has an existing residential line subscribes to a new business line at the same address; or (2) a customer upgrades from a residence to business line.

98-1272 - BC TEL TN 3883. APPROVED. Provision of one point-to-point DS-0 interexchange digital data transmission facility. Eff. Date = 29.12.98.

98-1273 - BC TEL TN 3881. APPROVED. Revisions to SmartTouch Services - Increase of the Pay-Per-Use activation charge for the Call Return, Call Again, and Three Way Calling features, from $0.50 to $0.75 with a reduction in the maximum charge per billing period from $7.00 (Residence) and $11.00 (Business) to $6.00 for both Residence and Business and to make the monthly subscription rates for these features no longer available. Customers who currently have monthly subscriptions will be permitted to retain their monthly rates for these features while their lines remain in place at the existing service address. Eff. Date = 23.2.99.

98-1274 - Bell TN 6300. APPROVED. Extension of the availability of the Hybrid Packet Network arrangement into the years 1999, 2000 and 2001. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1275 - Bell TN 6302. APPROVED. Withdrawal of pay-per-use Message Monitor (*95) service and Call Messenger service.

98-1276 - Bell TN 6304. APPROVED. Destandardization of the Repertory Dialer Service. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1277 - Bell TN 6306. APPROVED. Provision for the overflow of calls from a Megalink access to an analogue Direct-Inward-Dialing trunk group. Eff. Date = 23.12.98.

98-1278 - Bell TN 6311. INTERIM APPROVAL. Terms and conditions and rates of a private communications network service with service features that meet the specific requirements of a single customer application. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1279 - Island Tel TN 513. APPROVED. A change in the wording for the Cellular Access Service tariff to Wireless Access Service. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1280 - MT&T TN 731. APPROVED. Alignment of the access rates for Digital Exchange Access with the DS-1 access rates for Digital Network Exchange Access Service. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

98-1281 - MTS TN 343. APPROVED. Common rates for the calling features for individual line business, individual line residence, and multiline service in order to simplify the rate structure for this tariff, as well as discontinuance of the Transfer, Hold, Intercom Service and Speed Calling (8 and 30 codes) since modern terminal equipment can provide these functions. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1282 - MTS TN 344. APPROVED. Revisions to Voice Messaging Integration and Voice Messaging Service, to set common rates for the voice messaging components for individual line business and individual line residence in order to simplify the rate structure for these tariffs. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1283 - NewTel TN 598. APPROVED. Introduction of Internet Call Waiting (ICW) enabling customers who are using their telephone line for an Internet session to see an incoming telephone call’s originating name and number on their computer screen for a monthly rate of $5.95 for Basic ICW (name and number delivery) and $6.95 for Enhanced ICW (all disposition options). Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1284 - NewTel TN 599. APPROVED. Amendment to the Rates and Charges section of the Voice Information Access Service to include a separate Call Forward Busy feature at a monthly rate of $1.50, in addition to the existing Call Forward Busy/No Answer feature, that may be required by third party providers of certain answering services. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1285 - NewTel TN 600. APPROVED. Sales promotion from 31 December 1998 to 31 January 1999, waiving the charges for activations of pay-per-use Three-Way Calling.

98-1286 - Northwestel TN 684. APPROVED. Voice Grade Channels for Yukon Territorial Government. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1287 - Northwestel TN 685. APPROVED. High speed dedicated 56 kbps and 32 kbps ADPCM channels on a point-to-point basis between the company’s operating area locations and Edmonton and North Bay, for a specific customer under month to month contract. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1288 - Northwestel TNs 686/A. APPROVED. Increase of all residential non-recurring service charges to bring rates closer to cost. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1289 - Sogetel TN 76. APPROVED. Deletion of references to terminal equipment from its General Tariff. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1290 - TCI TN 1113. APPROVED. Two DS-1 access channels from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Lethbridge Central Office. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1291 - TCI TN 1114. APPROVED. Introduction of the Unlimited YAK PAK Promotion providing residential customers with the opportunity to subscribe, at a single monthly rate, to a package of services consisting of residential basic exchange service, including Message Relay Service, and a choice of the following SmartTouchTM Services: Call Display, Name Display, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, 3 Way Calling, Call Answer, Call Return, Call Again and Call Screen, from 4 January to 4 May 1999.

98-1292 - TCI TN 1115. APPROVED. Introduction of the Unlimited YAK PAK PLAnet Promotion providing residential customers with the opportunity to subscribe, at a single monthly rate, to a package of services consisting of: (1) residential basic exchange service, including Message Relay Service; (2) a choice of the following SmartTouchTM Services: Call Display, Name Display, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, 3 Way Calling, Call Answer, Call Return, Call Again, and Call Screen; and (3) 100 hours of TELUS PLAnet Internet Service, from 4 January to 4 May 1999.

98-1293 - TCI TN 1117. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Peace River Central Office. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1294 - TCI TN 1118. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Gleichen Central Office. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1295 - TCI TN 1119. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Red Deer Central Office. Eff. Date = 21.12.98.

98-1296 - TCEI TN 104. APPROVED. Introduction of the Unlimited YAK PAK Promotion providing residential customers with the opportunity to subscribe, at a single monthly rate, to a package of services consisting of: 1) residential basic exchange service, including Message Relay Service; and 2) a choice of any or all of the following services: Call Display, Call Return, Call Screen, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, 3 Way Calling, Message Waiting Indication and Call Answer, from 4 January to 4 May 1999.

98-1297 - TCEI TN 105. APPROVED. Introduction of the Unlimited YAK PAK PLAnet Promotion providing residential customers with the opportunity to subscribe, at a single monthly rate, to a package of services consisting of : 1) residential basic exchange service, including Message Relay Service; 2) a choice of any or all of the following services: Call Display, Call Return, Call Screen, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, 3 Way Calling, Message Waiting Indication, Call Answer; and 3) 100 hours of TELUS PLAnet Internet Service, from 4 January to 4 May 1999.

98-1298 - Thunder Bay Telephone TN 71. APPROVED. Withdrawal of the Name That Number Service from the General Tariff. Eff. Date = 31.12.98.

98-1299 - BC TEL TN 3882. APPROVED. Introduction of an Upgrade to Business Promotion, from 21 January to 21 April 1999, waiving the monthly telephone directory advertising charge for a nine-month period for customers who upgrade their residential access line to a business access line, or add a business access line at the location of their residential service during the promotional period.

98-1300 - Shaw FiberLink Limited File No.: 8626-S14-04/98. APPROVED. Request for an exemption from contribution charges for services used for administrative purposes and to provide Internet services.

98-1190-2 - Stentor TN 487 et TCI TN 931. ERRATUM. Corrections to Page 3 of the Appendix to 98-1190, 30 November 1998.

98-1301 BC TEL TN 3876. APPROVED. Introduction of a "Service Charge Waiver" promotion for Centrex service, from 4 January to 30 June 1999, waiving the service charges for new Centrex customers who subscribe to Centrex Station Lines under a one, three, or five year contract for installations of less than 100 Centrex Station Lines.

98-1302 BC TEL TN 3884. APPROVED. One point-to-point DS-0 interexchange digital data transmission facility. Eff. Date = 30.12.98.

98-1303 Bell TN 6307. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of the Advantage Business Offer Service. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1304 Bell TN 6308. APPROVED. Revision to tariff items to include the wording "No longer available for new installations", as the equipment is discontinued by the manufacturer. Eff. Date = 31.12.98.

98-1305 Bell TN 6309. APPROVED. Provision of private line digital access services at speeds of 112/128 or 56/64 Kbps for inter-exchange or intra-exchange applications and 112/128 or 56/64 Kbps loop extensions. Eff. Date = 30.12.98.

98-1306 Bell TN 6310. APPROVED. Provision of 56 Kbps digital facilities between the exchanges of Warwick and Sherbrooke, Quebec; Shawinigan and Charette, Quebec; Sherbrooke and Valcourt, Quebec; and Otterville and Woodstock, Ontario, respectively, and Item D-47(m) providing for a local 56 Kbps facility in Warwick, Quebec. Eff. Date = 31.12.98.

98-1307 BC TEL TN 3888. APPROVED. Addition of the Combined Voice Mail feature to the options available in the Free for 30 Days/Try One Get Another (Free for 30) Promotion. Eff. Date = 4.1.99.

98-1308 Stentor TN 688. APPROVED. Three additional service options for Full-Time Local Broadcast-Quality Video Transmission Channel Service: 1) an analogue NTSC/low speed Data Telemetry; 2) an analogue NTSC/10 Mbps Data Telemetry; and 3) an analogue NTSC/100 Mbps Data Telemetry. Eff. Date = 23.12.98.

98-1309 Télébec TN 208. APPROVED. Merging of the exchanges of Beaudry, Bellecombe, Évain and Rollet into one exchange (Rouyn-Noranda). Eff. Date = 1.3.99.

98-1310 TCEI TN 108. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of Answer Supervision Service. Eff. Date = 22.12.98.

98-1311 TCI TN 1106/A. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of the terms, conditions and the rates of an arrangement for National Operator Services with service features that meet the specific requirements of a single large customer application. Eff. Date = 22.12.98.

98-1312 TCI TN 1107/A. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of the terms, conditions and the rates of an arrangement for National Directory Assistance Service with service features that meet the specific requirements of a single large customer application. Eff. Date = 22.12.98.

98-1313 TCI TN 1120. APPROVED. Provision of a Two-way local exchange television (audio/video) transmission channel from the Television Operating Centre at the Main Central Office in Calgary to the customer’s Television Studio located in Calgary. Eff. Date = 23.12.98.

98-1314 TCI TN 1121. APPROVED. Provision of one Two-way local exchange television (audio/video) transmission channel from the Central Office in Lethbridge to the customer’s Television studio in Lethbridge and one One-way local exchange television (audio/video) transmission channel from the customer’s Television studio in Lethbridge to its Television Transmitter site also in Lethbridge. Eff. Date = 23.12.98.

98-1315 TCI TN 1122. APPROVED. Provision of a One-way local exchange television (audio/video) transmission channel from the Main Central Office in Redcliff to the customer’s Television Studio located in Redcliff. Eff. Date = 23.12.98.

98-1316 Stentor TN 690. APPROVED. VideoRoute for Occasional Use - Domestic and Cross-border - Modification of the application of the cancellation charges with additional financial penalties in order to reduce the level of inappropriate and costly cancelled bookings for occasional service. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

98-1317 - Bell TNs 6264/A. Bell filed an application proposing to destandardize and withdraw PrimeLine Executive service completely by the end of 1999. On 8 December 1998, Bell applied to withdraw its proposal. The Commission approves the company’s request to withdraw its tariff filing.

1998/12/23

- 98-1318 - BC TEL TN 3891. APPROVED. Introduction of a promotional offer to waive service charges for the provision of Centrex MESSAGEMANAGER to subscribers of Centrex Service who sign up for Centrex MESSAGEMANAGER under a one, three or five-year contract between 15 January and 30 June 1999.

- 98-1319 - BC TEL TN 3887. APPROVED. Extension of the "Call Answer Service Charge Waiver" promotional offer to 30 April 1999. Eff. Date = 4.1.99.

- 98-1320 - Bell TN 6305. APPROVED. Addition of a foreign exchange configuration for the Centrex Microlink service extension feature and transfer of the existing wording applicable to Centrex Microlink configurations from Item 5210 to Item 670. Eff. Date = 23.12.98.

- 98-1321 - Bell TN 6312. INTERIM APPROVAL. Revisions to Enhanced Exchange-Wide Dial Service to: a) reduce the rates for voice locals as well as a reduction in the number of rate thresholds from 5 to 3; b) reduce the rate for MessageManager mailboxes for quantities of 10,000 or more; c) eliminate the monthly rate for speed call short list to be consistent with the regular Centrex III offering; and d) reduce the rates for Multiple Appearance Directory Numbers and other Direct Access Features which are provided using the Inward Dialing arrangement. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

- 98-1322 - Island Tel TN 516. APPROVED. Reduction in the number of mileage bands for both Inter-Exchange Private Line Service and Foreign Exchange Service to simplify the banding structure and to be consistent with other telephone companies. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

- 98-1323 - MT&T TN 734. APPROVED. Elimination of the price distinction by rate group and offer of the Microlink service at the current Rate Group 6 rates. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

- 98-1324 - MTS TN 345. APPROVED. Removal of the recovery of regulatory proceeding costs as these costs have been fully recovered. Eff. Date = 4.1.99.

- 98-1325 - NBTel TN 768. APPROVED. Addition of a paragraph under its Answer Supervision Service tariff to reference that Answer Supervision Service is available with Payphone Access Line Service. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

- 98-1326 - NBTel TN 772. APPROVED. Housekeeping revisions to Special Services Tariff Item 3875, Digital Broadband Service - End to End Frame Relay. Eff. Date = 7.1.99.

98-1327- NBTel TN 775. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application. Eff. Date = 7.1.99.

- 98-1328 - NewTel TN 601. APPROVED. Introduction of a short term sales promotion for 10/100 Megabit per second Access Service, from 4 January to 3 April 1999, waiving the service charges for each new Access Service ordered or installed during the promotional period, as well as waiving the service charges for each Access Service upgrade from 10 Mbps Access Service to 100 Mbps which is ordered or installed during the same promotional period.

- 98-1329 - BC TEL TNs 3885/A. APPROVED SUBJECT TO CHANGES. Promotional offer called "Individual Business Line Bundle Promotion" for business customers. Eff. Date = 8.1.99.

- 98-1330 - Northwestel TNs 678/A/B. APPROVED. Introduction of Charge-A-Call Telephone Service which enables owners of small businesses in the service industry, particularly those in the hospitality sector (hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts) to provide in-room telephones to their customers. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

- 98-1331 - Northwestel TN 688. APPROVED. Revision to the charges for Megaplan Service Extension Features and Megastream Equipment. Eff. Date = 2.1.99.

- 98-1332 - Northwestel TN 689. APPROVED. Revisions relating to the billing of Installation, Maintenance, Move, Rearrangement and Repair Services and Inside Wire and Jacks. Eff. Date = 1.2.99.

- 98-1333 - Northwestel TN 690. APPROVED. Provide Indian and Northern Affairs Canada with high speed connectivity between four local offices in Whitehorse, YT. Eff. Date = 15.1.99.

- 98-1334 - Québec-Téléphone TN 233. APPROVED. Introduction of a promotional campaign with respect to "Services Étoiles" (SmartTouch Services) for residence and business single line customers, allowing the new subscriber the benefit, for the first two months, of a rate of $2.50 when subscribing to Call Waiting and a rate of $1.50 when subscribing to Ident-A-Call, Call Forwarding, Call Return, Intercom Service, Three-Way Calling and Call Screen, from 11 January to 6 February 1999.

- 98-1335 - Stentor (on behalf of Island Tel, MT&T, NBTel, NewTel) TNs 687/A. APPROVED. Terms, conditions and rates of an arrangement which provides data transmission via a point-of-sale multi-point network and via the access services terminating on a large customer’s premises. Eff. Date = 24.12.98.

- 98-1336 - Télébec TN 210. APPROVED. Discount on the monthly connection charge to customers signing up for a 1, 3, or 5-year Multipac contract. Eff. Date = 11.1.99.

- 98-1337 - Télébec TN 211. APPROVED. Tariff revisions reflecting the 1999 interim contribution charges. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

- 98-1338 - Teleglobe TN 554. APPROVED. Administrative revisions to the International Leased Services Tariff and the introduction of a promotion for the Globestream service by which every order placed to Bermuda between 8 January and 22 January 1999 for a 512 kbit/s circuit will be priced at $4,500 per month for a one-year period. Eff. Date = 2.1.99.

- 98-1339 - Teleglobe TN 555. APPROVED. Expansion of the International Country Direct Service to Lithuania. Eff. Date = 9.1.99.

- 98-1340 - Telesat TN 1141. APPROVED. Substitution of tariff pages which incorporate changes to the service(s). Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

- 98-1341 - TCI TN 1123. APPROVED. Extension of the Market Power Call Accounting - Market Trial to 30 June 1999.

- 98-1342 - Stentor TN 684. APPROVED. Rate reductions for DS-3 access service.

- 98-1343 - CI File No.: 8640-T10-01/98. Part VII application dated 2 December 1998 in contemplation of a legal amalgamation of TCI, TCEI, TELUS Edmonton Holdings Inc., TELUS Mobility Inc. (TMI), Canadian Mobility Products and TELUS Cable Holdings Inc., effective 1 January 1999 seeking a declaration that the forbearance order which currently applies to TMI’s mobile wireless operations in Alberta will continue to apply to the amalgamated entity. Alternatively, the application sought an order, pursuant to section 34 of the Act, forbearing from regulating the amalgamated entity’s mobile wireless services. The Commission directs that pursuant to subsection 34(4) of the Act, effective 1 January 1999, sections 24 (in part), 25, 29 and 31 as well as subsections 27(1), 27(3) (in part), 27(5) and 27(6) of the Act do not apply to the amalgamated entity’s mobile wireless services, to the extent that they are inconsistent with the Commission’s determinations in this Order.

- 98-1344 - PacificTel Communications Inc. File No.: 8626-P14-01/98. APPROVED. Exemption from contribution charges with respect to certain business lines used for administrative purposes.

- 98-1345 - Call-Net on behalf of Sprint Canada File No.: 8626-S2-09/98. APPROVED. Exemption from contribution with respect to circuits which are used and provisioned as dedicated Canada-U.S. facilities for eight end-customers of Sprint Canada.

- 98-1346 - TCEI TN 94. APPROVED (Dissent). Increase of its local calling rate for public pay telephones from the current $0.25 to $0.35 for the cash payment option, which includes the use of the company’s Quickchange Prepaid Cash Card.

- 98-1347 - NBTel TNs 770/A. DENIED. Market trial providing residential customers with a "Basic User Package" including local services, long distance services, and a combination of calling features and/or Call Answer.

- 98-1348 - McCarthy Tétrault on behalf of HongKong Telecom File No.: 8626-H7-02/98. APPROVED. Contribution exemption with respect to circuits used for administrative purposes and circuits used to provide access to the Internet.

- 98-1349 - BC TEL TNs 3886/A. APPROVED SUBJECT TO CHANGES. Promotional offer called "Multi-line Plus Bundle Promotion" for business customers. Eff. Date = 8.1.99.

- 98-1350 - Island Tel TN 517. APPROVED. Operator Services - Amendment to the provisions for Busy Line Verification/Interruption Service. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

- 98-1351 - MT&T TN 735. APPROVED. Operator Services - Amendment to the provisions for Busy Line Verification/Interruption Service. Eff. Date = 8.2.99.

- 98-1352 - MetroNet TN 5. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of charges for: (1) terminating traffic from within the local calling area; and (2) processing calls from an interconnecting carrier, when that carrier does not transmit the location routing number of the switch to which the call must be routed for termination. Eff. Date = 1.1.99.

Date Modified: 2003-02-02

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