Orders 1999

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99-1001 - Bell. TN 6397. APPROVED. Rate revision to Special Facilities Tariff Item D-1016(a)(7), which provides for a 9.6 Kbps multipoint asynchronous digital facility associated with a hybrid packet network. Eff. Date = 22.10.99.

99-1002 - Bell. TN 6398. APPROVED. Establishment of Extended Area Service between the exchanges of Silverwater and Little Current and the exchange of Mindemoya, located in Ontario. Eff. Date = 29.10.99.

99-1003 - Bell. TN 6399. APPROVED. A 128 Kbps digital facility between Lambton and Thetford Mines, Quebec. Eff. Date = 22.10.99.

99-1004 - Northern. TN 108. APPROVED. Replacement of the names of the O.N. Tel residence and business toll discount plans. Eff. Date = 22.10.99.

99-1005 - TCI. TN 143. APPROVED. Digital Channel Service and CityNet 200/300 Service - Amalgamation of the digital channel-based data services of the former TELUS Communications Inc. and TELUS Communications (Edmonton) Inc. under a common tariff, so as to provide standard DCS structures, rates and terms and conditions of service throughout Alberta and grandfathering of the CityNet Service to allow customers with valid contracts to continue receiving CityNet Service until the expiry date of their existing contracts. Eff. Date = 22.10.99.

99-1006 - TCI. TN 144. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Zama Central Office. Eff. Date = 22.10.99.

99-1007 - Bell. TNs 6357/A. APPROVED. Adjustment of rates for Centrex voice locals that terminate on an auxiliary PBX system or on an Automatic Call Distributor. Eff. Date = 20.10.99.

99-1008 - BC TEL. TNs 3939 and 3940. APPROVED with modifications. Introduction of Internet Call Director and additional call forwarding arrangements.

99-1009 - Gateway. File No.: 8340-G13-0347/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Basic Listing Interchange File Agreement.

99-1010 - Gateway. File Nos.: 8340-G13-0352/00 and 8340-G13-0353/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interconnection Agreement for the Provision of 9-1-1 Service to a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier and Message Relay Service Agreement.

99-1011 - Gateway. File Nos.: 8340-G13-0354/00 and 8340-G13-0355/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Master Agreement for Interconnection and Master Agreement for CLEC-IXC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier-Interexchange Carrier) Interconnection.

99-1012 - NBTel. TN 817. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application. Eff. Date = 21.10.99.

99-1013 - NewTel. TN 622. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of the Residence Service Package which provides a package of services for single line residence customers at one flat monthly rate. Eff. Date = 21.10.99.

99-1014 - Northern. TN 111. APPROVED. Grandfathering of the Special Reversed-Charge (Zenith) Service. Eff. Date = 05.11.99.

99-1015 - OTA. TN 49. APPROVED. Addition of the North Renfrew Telephone Company Limited and Roxborough Telephone Company Limited to the list of members offering the 9-1-1 Public Emergency Reporting Service. Eff. Date = 29.10.99.

99-1016 - Bell Canada - Forbearance from Regulation of Single Line Inside Wiring Services. File No.: 8640-B2-01/98. Bell Canada requested forbearance from the regulation of inside wiring activities associated with single line inside wiring on the customer's side of the demarcation point for residence and business subscribers with jacks. In this Order, the Commission has conditionally forborne from the regulation of inside wiring activities. The Commission will continue to use its powers to ensure that competitors have access to customer inside wiring and to ensure the confidentiality of customer information. Bell Canada is required to provide free diagnostic services to customers who do not have the ability to determine the location of inside wiring troubles.

99-1017 - Pay Telephone Compensation per Call for Toll-free Calls. File No.: Bell TN 6285. In this Order the Commission approves, with some changes, Bell Canada's application to introduce a per-call usage fee to Interexchange Carriers for toll-free calling access at the company's pay telephones.

99-1018 - Bell. TN 6400. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application. Eff. Date = 15.11.99.

99-1019 - Warwick. TN 22. APPROVED. Introduction of the Voice Messaging Service. Eff. Date = 01.11.99.

99-1020 - BC TEL. TN 3984. FINAL APPROVAL. Application to extend the conclusion of the ServiceFinder market trial to 15 March 2000, to lower the rates and adjust the volume bands for this service.

99-1021 - Bell. TN 6354. FINAL APPROVAL. Extension of the Winback Promotion for Business Line and Small Centrex Services to 31 December 1999 and make it available to Local Link Package customers.

99-1022 - Bell. TN 6366. FINAL APPROVAL. Small Business Offer - Introduction for small and medium business market customers, of a bundle of services consisting of a Local Link Package local equipped with voice mail, an additional directory listing in the printed Yellow Pages directory, an e-mail link on the electronic Yellow Pages directory, and Internet Service.

99-1023 - Bell. TN 6390. FINAL APPROVAL. Small Business Offer - Introduction of a Winback Promotion whereby customers who return to Bell from an alternate provider of local exchange service will receive a one-time credit of $40.00 per Small Business Offer installed.

99-1024 - Bell. File No.: 8340-B2-0265/00. FINAL APPROVAL. International Telecommunications Services Agreement between itself and Telecom Italia S.p.A.

99-1025 - Bell. File No.: 8340-B2-0293/00. FINAL APPROVAL. New Gateway Services Agreement between Cable and Wireless Communications Services Limited and Bell Canada.

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99-1026 - Bell. File No.: 8340-B2-0294/00. FINAL APPROVAL. New Service Agreement between Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited and Bell Canada.

99-1027 - MTT. TN 748. FINAL APPROVAL. Introduction of a time limited promotion associated the with the residential service packages.

99-1028 - TCI. TN 115. FINAL APPROVAL. TCI Additional Residential Line Promotion, providing customers who subscribe to additional individual residential lines with one of either 200 free AirMiles or a $50.00 HMV gift certificate, from 16 August to 31 December 1999.

99-1029 - TCI. TN 121. FINAL APPROVAL. TCI Residential Local Exchange Service Charge Waiver Promotion, waiving the following service charges applicable to the provision of an additional individual Residence Exchange Service: Data Processing Charge, Office Connection Charge, Field Connection Charge, Service Order Charge, Central Office Charge and Customer Premise Visit Service Order Charge.

99-1030 - TCI. TN 118. FINAL APPROVAL. TCI Business Local Exchange Service Charge Waiver Promotion, waiving the following service charges applicable to the provision of an additional line to existing multi-line and single-line Business Exchange Service customers outside the City of Edmonton, from 13 September 1999 to 13 March 2000: Data Processing Charge, Office Connection Charge, and Field Connection Charge.

99-1031 - BC TEL. TN 3996. APPROVED. Change to the numerical and alphabetical rate group/band references for the Francois Lake exchange. Eff. Date = 27.10.99.

99-1032 - BC TEL. TN 3997. APPROVED. Change to the numerical and alphabetical rate group/band references for the Flatrock and Grassy Plains exchanges. Eff. Date = 01.11.99.

99-1033 - Call-Net. File No.: 8340-C43-0348/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Local Transiting Interconnection Agreement between Local Exchange Carriers between CNCI and Optel Communications Corp.

99-1034 - NewTel. TN 623. APPROVED. Voice Information Service - Introduction of the Extension Mailbox which provides the capability of dividing a Message Manager Mailbox into a maximum of four separate compartments for residence, single line business and Centrex customers. Eff. Date = 27.10.99.

99-1035 - Québec-Téléphone. File No.: 8340-Q1-0198/01. APPROVED. Assignment related to a Switching and Transport Services Agreement.

99-1036 - Telesat. File No.: 8340-T3-0177/01. APPROVED. Modification to an existing service between Telesat and a U.S. satellite operator to provide partial channel space segment service.

99-1037 - BC TEL. TN 3998. APPROVED. Introduction of Centrex MESSAGEMANAGER One Month Free Promotion, from 1 November 1999 to 31 December 1999.

99-1038 - BC TEL. TN 3999. APPROVED. Reduction of the rate for customers in the highest volume band, "National Volumes Over 25,001" and "Provincial Volumes Over 5,001" Centrex MESSAGEMANAGER mailboxes and a reduction of the minimum "Provincial Volumes" to "Over 2,500" mailboxes. Eff. Date = 01.11.99.

99-1039 - Québec-Téléphone. TN 253. APPROVED. Introduction of a promotional campaign with respect to Smart Touch Services, from 8 November 1999 to 1 January 2000, whereby new residential single line customers who subscribe to Call Answer will, with the purchase of four months prepaid, benefit from this offer for $9.95. Eff. Date = 08.11.99.

99-1040 - TCI. TN 146. INTERIM APPROVAL. Extension of the TCI Megalink Service Promotion to 30 April 2000; amendment of the promotion eligibility criteria to include current Megalink Service customers who increase their net Megalink Service requirements and customers who migrate from other TCI services; and deletion of the Condition of Service which stipulates a maximum one-time service charge waiver of $3,000 per customer. Eff. Date = 01.11.99.

99-1041 - BC TEL, TCI, Bell, MTS, MTT, NBTel, Island Tel and NewTel. File No.:  8638-S1-01/98. APPROVED. The Commission forbears from the regulation of the High Capacity and Digital Data Services interexchange private line services of the companies on the routes listed in the Appendix to this Order.

99-1042 - Bell. TN 6392. INTERIM APPROVAL. Waiver of the $55.00 Service Connection charge for the installation of individual residence lines for customers who return to Bell from an alternate provider of local exchange services, from 5 November 1999 to 5 April 2000.

99-1043 - Cochrane. TN 21. APPROVED. Christmas Promotion waiving the multi-element service charges and monthly charges for January, February and March 2000 for Call Management Services, Custom Calling Features and Voice Mail Services to new customers. Eff. Date = 01.12.99.

99-1044 - GT Group. File Nos.: 8340-G7-0349/00, 8340-G7-0350/00 and 8340-G7-0351/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interconnection Agreement for the Provision of 9-1-1 Service to a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier, Message Relay Service Agreement, and Interim Interconnection Agreement for LEC to LEC (Local Exchange Carrier), with Bell Canada.

99-1045 - Sogetel. TN 82. APPROVED. Criteria related to establishing Extended Area Service links.

99-1046 - Island Tel. TN 534. APPROVED with modification. Introduction of Internet Call Manager and Messaging Integration services.

99-1047 - MTT. TN 758. FINAL APPROVAL. Introduction of three new features for Centrex Business Service (CBS) and Small Business Network Service (SBNS): Abbreviated Dial, Network Speed Call, and Call Forward Remote.

99-1048 - NBTel. TN 803. FINAL APPROVAL. Introduction of the Second Line Package which includes local service, and one or more calling features, or a combination of a calling feature(s) and/or Call Answer for all residential customers who already subscribe to Residence Single Line Access service.

99-1049 - NBTel. TN 804. FINAL APPROVAL. Introduction of a new service package that includes local and long distance services and a combination of calling features and/or call answer and/or Internet call waiting.

99-1050 - NBTel. TN 807. FINAL APPROVAL. Introduction of two new services entitled Basic Canada Toll/Internet Package (Usage Based) and Basic Canada Toll/Internet Package (Flat Rated).

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99-1051 - NBTel. TN 813. FINAL APPROVAL. Introduction of a charge for Business Communications Service (BCS) Links which connect BCS to switching, concentrating and multiplexing equipment.

99-1052 - NBTel. TN 815. FINAL APPROVAL. Residential Single Line Access Service - Packages, offering new options for the Basic Canada Toll/Internet Package (Usage Based) and the Basic Canada Toll/Internet Package (Flat Rated) which includes 30 hours of Internet usage per month and unlimited usage in the first month for new Internet customers.

99-1053 - NBTel. TN 818. APPROVED. Introduction of a rate for the Extended Call Management Service for each outbound access. Eff. Date = 03.11.99.

99-1054 - Northwestel. TN 716. FINAL APPROVAL. Reduction of the current base rate area for the Cassiar, British Columbia community.

99-1055 - MTS. TN 363. DENIED. Proposed revisions to offer "Welcome Home" trial as a standard feature and to expand its availability to include multiline customers.

99-1056 - Vidéotron. TNs 1/A. INTERIM APPROVAL, with modifications, of its General Tariff and Basic Listing Interchange File agreement.

99-1057 - Bell. TN 6297. APPROVED with one modification. Monthly Distance Charges for Interexchange Channels.

99-1058 - Télébec. File No.: 8630-T5-03/99. Depreciation life characteristics.

99-1059 - AT&T Canada. File No.: 8622-A4-15/98. The Commission directs Bell to cease charging the DC component of its switching and aggregation rate, effective the date of this Order, for traffic which the company carries for IXCs which is also subject to the payment of a DC component through an independent company flowthrough CAT, or other independent company DC payment. The Commission denies AT&T Canada's request for a retroactive refund of the DC component of Bell's switching and aggregation rate.

99-1060 - CNCI. File No.: 8340-C43-0357/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interim Master Agreement for CLEC-IXC Interconnection between Bell Canada and Call-Net Communications Inc. Eff. Date = 09.11.99.

99-1061 - CNCI. File No.: 8340-C43-0359/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Master Agreement for CLEC-IXC Interconnection between Call-Net Communications Inc. and 3362426 Canada Inc. (Primus Telecommunications Canada). Eff. Date = 09.11.99.

99-1062 - OTA. TN 52. APPROVED. Removal of Ontario Independent Services Tariff Item 403, Automated Directory Assistance Call Completion.

99-1063 - OTA. TNs 53/A. APPROVED. Amendment to the list of carriers offering the Busy Line Verification/Interruption service.

99-1064 - TCI. TN 153. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of Residence Service Package, providing individual line Residence Exchange Service customers who have TCI as their Local Exchange Carrier with the opportunity to subscribe to any combination of three Calling Features. Eff. Date = 18.11.99.

99-1065 - TCI. TN 152. APPROVED. Increase to the link charges and the monthly rates associated with the Interexchange Voice Grade Services to more closely align the rates with market pricing. Eff. Date = 10.11.99.

99-1066 - Bell, MTS, TCBC and TCI. File Nos.: Bell TN 6402, MTS TN 376, TCBC TN 4006, and TCI TN 155. APPROVED. Applications to revise the resale and sharing provisions of the companies' tariffs to reflect the Commission's determinations in Order 99-972, regarding an affiliate rule for the companies' primary local exchange services within their service territories, and the elimination of an affiliate rule for interexchange voice services. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

99-1067 - Island Tel, MTT, NBTel and NewTel. File Nos.: Island Tel TN 535, MTT TN 767, NBTel TN 823 and NewTel TN 624. APPROVED. Applications to revise the resale and sharing provisions of the companies' tariffs to reflect the Commission's determinations in Order 99-972, regarding an affiliate rule for the companies' primary local exchange services within their service territories, and the elimination of an affiliate rule for interexchange voice services. Eff. Date = 21.11.99.

99-1068 - Northern. File Nos.: TNs 105/A and 8630-N3-03/98. Request for approval of the 1999 Carrier Access Tariff and proposed changes in depreciation life characteristics for 1999.

99-1069 - Bell. TN 6127. Bell is to file proposed rates for separate destination call forwarding features, specifically for Call Forward Busy, and Call Forward No Answer, that incorporate a 25% mark-up over costs.

99-1070 - Northern. TN 110. APPROVED. Special Assemblies providing Local Area Network connectivity through a Virtual Private Network for a major account customer. Eff. Date = 18.11.99.

99-1071 - Northwestel. TN 724. APPROVED. Introduction of the Upper Halfway Digital Circuit which provides a 56 kbps digital circuit for a customer on the company's Upper Halfway Rural Serving Area radio system. Eff. Date = 01.12.99.

99-1072 - Northwestel. TN 725. APPROVED. Introduction of a Municipal Area Data Network Switch which provides the Government of Yukon with a high speed data network switch connecting various sites in Dawson City via the fractional DS-1 Access. Eff. Date = 01.12.99.

99-1073 - Télébec. TN 230. APPROVED. Correction of a typographical error. Eff. Date = 28.11.99.

99-1074 - Teleglobe. TN 573. INTERIM APPROVAL. Deletion of the International DAMA Service from its Tariff as it is no longer offered. Eff. Date = 26.11.99.

99-1075 - TCI. TN 140. APPROVED. Introduction of the YAK PAK package.

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Telecom Order CRTC  99-1076 - BC TEL. TN 4002. APPROVED. Introduction of the Additional Line Three Free for 30 Days Promotion, providing residential and business individual line customers subscribing to an additional line listed under the same name and service address with the opportunity to subscribe to three SmartTouch or IVMS features.

99-1077 - Sogetel. TN 90. APPROVED. Amendment to the rates of the Busy line verification/interruption service to bring them closer to cost. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

Telecom Order CRTC  99-1078 - Télébec. TN 228. APPROVED. Incorporation of marketing initiatives and promotional campaigns for its LaPuce pre-paid cash card. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

99-1079 - Teleglobe. TN 572. APPROVED. Addition of Peru to the list of destinations for the Globeaccess₈₀₀ Service. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

99-1080 - TCBC. TN 4007. APPROVED. Addition of the Call Answer with Combined Voice Mail feature to the list of optional features currenlty offered under the Business Three Pac Promotion. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

99-1081 - TCBC. TN 4008. APPROVED. Change to the numerical and alphabetical rate group/band references for the exchanges of Granisle and Prespatou. Eff. Date = 29.11.99.

99-1082 - TCBC. TN 4014. APPROVED. Reinstatement of the Call Display feature to its SmartTouch Services and revision of the three month transitional period for the customers who have elected to migrate to Call Display Plus. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

99-1083 - TCI. TN 147. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Drumheller Central Office. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

99-1084 - TCI. TN 148. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Grande Cache Central Office. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

99-1085 - TCI. TN 149. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Hilda Central Office. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

99-1086 - TCI. TN 150. APPROVED. Provide 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 = 22.11.99.

99-1087 - Vidéotron Télécom (1998). TN 5. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of the Billing and Collection Service. Eff. Date = 22.11.99.

99-1088 - BC TEL. TN 4001. APPROVED. Removal of obsolete references to Dataroute Service or Dataroute access services. Eff. Date = 23.11.99.

99-1089 - Bell. File No.: 8340-B2-0293/01. APPROVED. Amending agreement for the supply of international telecommunications services with Cable and Wireless Communications Services Limited.

99-1090 - Bell. File No.: 8340-B2-0294/01. APPROVED. Amending agreement for the supply of international telecommunications services with Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited.

99-1091 - BC TEL. File No.: 8340-B1-0362/00. APPROVED. International telecommunications services agreement between BC TEL and Telstra Corporation Limited.

99-1092 - TCI. TN 4005. APPROVED. Confirmation of the location of the rate center for Beaver Cove, British Columbia. Eff. Date = 23.11.99.

99-1093 - Tuckersmith. TN 15. APPROVED. Removal of the Late Payment Charge and Toll Restriction Service which are now contained in the Ontario Independent Services Tariff. Eff. Date = 23.11.99.

99-1094 - NBTel. TN 824. APPROVED. Message-Net Service – Introduction of a reduced rate for customers with over 10,000 Integrated or Non-Integrated Voice Mailboxes with no allowance for minutes of mailbox access. Eff. Date = 27.11.99.

99-1095 - NBTel. TN 825. APPROVED. Introduction of a Message-Net Service Promotion for customers having over 10,000 Integrated or Non-Integrated Voice Mailboxes with no allowance for minutes of mailbox access, from 28 November 1999 to 28 May 2000.

99-1096 - NewTel. TN 626. APPROVED. Introduction of a Consolidated Mailbox as a optional feature which will provide a Voice Information Service customer with the capability to have voice messages from two telephone numbers directed to a single Message Manager voice mailbox. Eff. Date = 02.12.99.

99-1097 - Northern. TN 112. APPROVED. Special Assembly establishing the maintenance rate for a Metropolitan Area Network for a major account customer. Eff. Date = 09.12.99.

99-1098 - Northern. TN 113. APPROVED. Extension of the current promotion for additional residence and business lines from 25 December 1999 to 31 March 2000.

99-1099 - TCBC. TN 4009. APPROVED with modification. Extension of the Service Charge Waiver Promotion. Eff. Date = 01.12.99.

99-1100 - TCBC. TN 4011. APPROVED. Change to the numerical and alphabetical rate group/band references for the Field and Grasmere exchanges. Eff. Date = 08.12.99.

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99-1101 - TCI. TN 156. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Crossfield Central Office. Eff. Date = 29.11.99.

99-1102 - TCI . TN 157. 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 = 02.12.99.

99-1103 - TCI. TN 158. APPROVED. Extension of the TCI Centrex Small Business Promotion to 31 March 2000, for customers who do not subscribe to Centrex or PHONEFLEX Service on either a monthly rental or contract basis as of 1 December 1999, and who sign a minimum one year contract for at least two Centrex or PHONEFLEX Service access lines. Eff. Date = 01.12.99.

99-1104 - TCI. TN 159. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of a new volume band category and related rates for large customers with more than 25,001 National Centrex Service MESSAGEMANAGER mailboxes. Eff. Date = 29.11.99.

99-1105 - TCI. TN 160. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Grassland Central Office. Eff. Date = 02.12.99.

99-1106 - AT&T Global Network Services Canada Co. File No.: 8626-A50-01/99. APPROVED. Exemption from contribution charges for Canada-U.S. circuits used solely to provide data services to its customers.

99-1107 - AT&T Canada. File No.:  8622-A4-12/98. Connecting to a telephone company via a co-located third party. The Commission has concluded that carriers with facilities co-located in a telephone company's central office may offer access to other parties. This order allows co-located third-party competitors to provide the access for other carriers, resellers or end-users seeking connection to the telephone companies' facilities.

99-1108 - NBTel. TN 826. CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. Introduction of a Basic Business Single Line Access Bundle Promotion which will end on 17 May 2000.

99-1109 - NBTel. TN 827. CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. Introduction of a Basic Business Communications Service Bundle Promotion which will end on 17 May 2000.

99-1110 - Norigen Communications Inc. TNs 1/A. INTERIM APPROVAL with amendments and with the exception of Tariff Items 402.2 and 402.3. General tariff terms and conditions, as well as terms and conditions for the provision of access services for interconnection with local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers and wireless service providers.

99-1111 - SATAT (on behalf of its members). TN 2. APPROVED Final 1997 and 1998 company-specific CATs.

99-1112 - Thunder Bay. TN 85. DENIED in part. Revisions to directory assistance and automated directory assistance call completion services.

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99-1113 - Vidéotron Télécom ltée and AT&T Canada Corp. File No.: 8662-V2-01/99. Request that the Commission a) review and vary and, b) stay that part of 99-434, 12 May 1999 (the order) that required competitors to serve on the relevant companies the list of specific routes that met the forbearance criterion established in the order. The Commission denies the review and vary application and directs those competitors that filed information in confidence on or about 10 August 1999 and 1 October 1999 to serve it within three business days on the relevant companies as directed in the order and file such information with the Commission on the public record, within the same time frame. It is not necessary to dispose of the stay application as it is moot.

99-1114 - Vidéotron Télécom ltée and AT&T Canada Corp. File No.: 8662-V2-02/99. DENIED. Application requesting that the Commission a) review and vary, and b) stay that part of 99-905 dated 17 September 1999 that required them to serve on the relevant companies the list of specific routes that meet the forbearance criterion established in the order. It is not necessary to dispose of the stay application as it is moot.

99-1115 - BC TEL. TN 3942. APPROVED on a de novo basis. Restructuring of rates for digital exchange access service from rate groups to rate bands.

99-1116 - BC TEL. TN 3964. APPROVED on a de novo basis subject to a change. Extension of the enrolment period for the One Free Month Local Winback Promotion.

99-1117 - BC TEL. TN 3970. APPROVED on a de novo basis subject to a change. Extension of the enrolment period for the One Free Month Centrex Winback Promotion.

99-1118 - TCI. TNs 145/A. APPROVED with modification. Introduction of wireless payphone service for the provision of pay telephone service in remote areas where it would be uneconomical to provide standard pay telephone service.

99-1119 - Bell. TN 6404. APPROVED. Withdrawal of Multicom Service. Eff. Date = 6.12.99.

99-1120 - TCI. TN 154. APPROVED with exceptions. Terms, conditions and rates of an arrangement which provides for national operator services with the service features that meet the specific requirements of two large customer applications.

99-1121 - TCEI. TN 44. APPROVED. Additions, deletions, and changes to Support Structure Service.

99-1122 - TCI. File No.: 8340-T42-0364/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Billing and collection services agreement with Call-Net Communications Inc.

99-1123 - Bell. TNs 6403/A. APPROVED. Custom-designed DS-1 facility between the customer's premises in Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil and the company's Drummondville, Quebec central office. Eff. Date = 7.12.99.

99-1124 - CNCI. TN 10. INTERIM APPROVAL. Billing and Collection Service. Eff. Date = 7.12.99.

99-1125 - NewTel. TN 625. APPROVED. Introduction of a 155 megabit per second access service which will allow customers to either connect, via local OC-3 digital network access to a network-based service, or allow point-to-point connections between two locations. Eff. Date = 7.12.99.

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99-1126 - Telesat. TN 1151. APPROVED. Substitution of tariff pages which incorporate changes to the Special Assembly Earth Station Service and the rates and operating term therefor.

99-1127 - Microcell's tariff application to provide local services. TN 1. The Commission denies a tariff application by wireless service provider Microcell Connexions Inc. (Microcell) because it fails to comply with existing local competition rules. On 1 May 1997, the CRTC released a decision to open the door to local competition that is technology-neutral. Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8 determined that wireless competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) would be subject to the same terms and conditions as wireline CLECs. However, in its attempt to qualify as a CLEC, Microcell filed a tariff that is significantly different from the tariffs of the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and CLECs. This order notes specific areas of concern in the tariff application that Microcell may wish to address if it chooses to file a subsequent tariff. For instance, the Commission wants to know how local contribution charges payable will be determined when wireless customers are roaming and making calls from outside their home calling area. This order also specifies that Microcell will be prohibited from selling wholesale local services to an affiliate, unless that affiliate provides end-users with a choice of long distance service providers. The Commission continues to support the notion of wireless local service providers becoming CLECs, but finds that Microcell's tariff application is inconsistent with the interconnection framework that underpins local competition in Canada.

99-1128 - BC TEL. TN 3985. DENIED. Extension of the "Additional Line" promotion.

99-1129 - Futureway. TN 3. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of the Billing and Collection Service. Eff. Date = 13.12.99.

99-1130 - MTS. TN 377. APPROVED. Promotional "Welcome Home" trial offer from 10 December 1999 to 10 November 2000, whereby new individual line customers, existing individual line customers who move, new multiline customers, and existing multiline customers who move may choose three eligible features from among Calling Features, Voice Messaging Integration, Voice Messaging Service, and Internet Call Display in any combination for a period of one month free of charge.

99-1131 - NewTel. TN 627. APPROVED. Addition to the Non-Basic Services Tariff to offer service as a custom-built equipment and arrangement. Eff. Date = 09.12.99.

99-1132 - CityTel. TN 40. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interim Carrier Access Tariff for the year 1999.

99-1133 - TCBC. TN 4013. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of a market trial for two new call management features, namely Advanced Call Forwarding and Do Not Disturb from 10 January 2000 to 10 January 2001.

99-1134 - TCBC. TN 4004. APPROVED. Creation of a common local calling area for all residents and businesses in the Greater Vancouver Region (GVR) of British Columbia by converting three existing one-way extended area service (EAS) routes into two-way routes, adding 81 new two-way EAS routes to the existing 87 two-way EAS routes in the GVR, and introducing surcharges for the specific exchanges such that the surcharges apply only to those customers receiving expanded local calling. Eff. Date = 01.05.2000.

99-1135 - Stentor (on behalf of BC TEL, Bell, Island Tel, MTT, MTS, NBTel, NewTel and TCI). Tariff filing guidelines for customer specific applications. File No.:  8622-S1-04/98. In this order, the Commission denies Stentor's proposed options related to filings for the approval of tariffs for customer specific applications. The Commission considers that 1) the lack of binding terms and conditions in the tariff would render the imputation test meaningless; 2) there is a significant potential for undue preference and unjust discrimination; and 3) the proposal could restrict the requirement that the service be available for resale.

99-1136 - TCI. TNs 100/A. APPROVED. Merger of the Centrex Service tariffs of the former TELUS Communications Inc. and TELUS Communications (Edmonton) Inc. and rationalization of the treatment of the Centrex multiline/high usage rates. Eff. Date = 01.02.2000.

99-1137 - TCBC. TN 4012. APPROVED. Extension of the Megalink Service Charge Waiver Promotion to 30 April 2000 and a change to the promotion eligibility criteria to include only existing customers adding additional Megalink services and customers who are migrating from another TCBC service to the Megalink service.

99-1138 - MTT. TN 768. APPROVED. Extension of Package #1 of the Residential Service Packages promotion to 9 May 2000 for customers who are not currently subscribing to any eligible feature. Eff. Date = 10.12.99.

99-1139 - TCI. TN 151. INTERIM APPROVAL. TCI Centrex Contract Signing Bonus Promotion - Centrex customers are offered credits on their bill when they sign either a new three-year or five-year Centrex contract, as well as have commitments of a minimum of 10,001 Centrex access lines. Eff. Date = 10.12.99.

99-1140 - TCI. TN 163. APPROVED. Amendment to the TCI Megalink Service Promotion to offer a full service charge waiver to those eligible customers signing a three or five-year contract and a 50 percent service charge waiver to those customers signing a one-year contract. Eff. Date = 16.12.99.

99-1141 - SAIC Canada – Request for approval of NPA 416 relief plan. File No.:  8698-C12-05/99. In this order, the Commission approves the numbering plan area (NPA) 416 relief plan as submitted. However, it requires the Canadian Numbering Administrator and the service providers operating in the 416 area code to establish the monitoring and reporting mechanisms set out in this order.

99-1142 - Bell TN 714. APPROVED. Promotional waiver of the Advantage 900 program charges for Premises-Based Service, for customers who migrate their programs from the company's 976 service. Eff. Date = 13.12.99.

99-1143 - Bruce TN 69. APPROVED. Addition of Family mailbox to its Call Answer Service, an extension mailbox which allows multiple subscribers, each with a personal mailbox, to share a single extension number. Eff. Date = 13.12.99.

99-1144 - Bruce TN 71. APPROVED. Deletion of "Name that Number Service" from its General Tariff, as it is no longer available from Bell Canada. Eff. Date = 13.12.99.

99-1145 - GT Group Telecom Inc. INTERIM APPROVAL. File No.: 8340-G7-0358/00. Master CLEC-IXC agreement with RSL COM Canada.

99-1146 - North Renfrew File No.: 8340-B2-0002/04. APPROVAL of Appendix 8, 9-1-1 Public Emergency Reporting Service, to the Interconnection agreement between North Renfrew and Bell Canada.

99-1147 - OTA. File No.: 8340-B2-0002/05. APPROVED. Amending agreement for Appendix 7, Appendix 7A - Intercept Service and Appendix 11 - Operator Services, of the Interconnection agreement between Bell Canada and OTA members.

99-1148 - Bell. TN 6408. APPROVED. Provision of 128 Kbps digital facilities between Warwick and Drummondville and St-Ludger and Sherbrooke, Quebec. Eff. Date = 14.12.99.

99-1149 - Sogetel. TNs 89/A. APPROVED. Amendment of the rates for Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line to bring them closer to costs and change of terms "single-line" and "multi-line" to "single station" and "multi-station". Eff. Date = 19.12.99.

99-1150 - TCI. TN 161. APPROVED. Channelized OC-3 access channel between the customer's site and TCI's Calgary central office. Eff. Date = 15.12.99.

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99-1151 - TCI. TN 162. APPROVED. Channelized OC-3 access channel between the customer's site and the Edmonton central office. Eff. Date = 15.12.99.

99-1152 - Thunder Bay. TN 87. APPROVED. Removal of the Automated Directory Assistance Call Completion service and the related $0.35 rate from its General Tariff Item 7. Eff. Date = 14.12.99.

99-1153 - MTT. TNs 760 and 761. FINAL APPROVAL. Introduction of the Small Business/LD Promotion and the Small Business Second Line Promotion.

99-1154 - MTT. TN 766. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of the 100 Block Routing service to wireless service providers and application of rates and charges for 100 Block Routing to 1000 Block Routing.

99-1155 - Directory information service and local operator assistance service.
File Nos.: Bell TNs 5908 and 6190; BC TEL TNs 3761 and 3823; TCI TNs 1024 and 1105; and TCEI TN 97. In this order the Commission grants final approval, with some modifications, to the applications of the companies for the provision of wholesale directory assistance and local operator assistance service to wireless service providers and competitive local exchange carriers.

99-1156 - MTS. TN 378. APPROVED. Calling Features - Increase of the rate per activation from $0.35 to $0.50 for Call Again, Call Return and Three Way Calling. Eff. Date = 01.02.2000.

99-1157 - O.N. Tel. TN 70. APPROVED. Application to waive the one-time service charge for subscribing to the Call Answer service feature, from 1 January to 31 January 2000. Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1158 - Québec-Téléphone. TN 254. APPROVED. Amendment to the service charges for High Speed Access Service by modem. Eff. Date = 17.12.99.

99-1159 - Thunder Bay. TN 86. APPROVED. Modification to the rates for the Sale of Directory Files service. Eff. Date = 18.12.99.

99-1160 - TCI. TN 164. APPROVED. Provision of two DS-1 access channels from a specific customer location located outside the base rate area served by the Sherwood Park central office. Eff. Date = 20.12.99.

99-1161 - TCI. TN 168. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction of the Extended TCI Smart Business Savings Pac Promotion from 1 January to 7 April 2000. Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1110-1 - Norigen TN 1. Correction to 99-1110 dated 26 November 1999.

99-1162 - Bell File Nos.: 8340-B2-365/01 and Bell TN 6405. Agreement for the Provision of Operator Services.

99-1163 - Bell TN 6405 Directory Information Service and Local Operator Assistance Service offered to both the competitive local exchange carriers and wireless service providers.

99-1164 - GT Group TN 9. Introduction of rates for Manitoba, removal of references to the Stentor operating companies and correction of certain cross-references. Eff. Date = 22.12.99.

99-1165 - NBTel TNs 828/A. Extension of the Introductory Promotion for Internet Call Waiting to 15 February 2000 due to constraints on system modifications implemented with regard to the Year 2000. Eff. Date = 20.12.99.

99-1166 - Bell. TN 6409. APPROVED. High quality video service between the customer's two locations. Eff. Date = 23.12.99.

99-1167 - Bell. TN 6410. APPROVED. Intermediate Frequency Channels for Television Transmission - Installation, supply and service of a single Quadrature Amplitude Modulated channel from a transmission tower site located in Fort Erie, Ontario to the customer's communications headend located in Milton, Ontario. Eff. Date = 24.12.99.

99-1168 - Bell. TN 6419. INTERIM APPROVAL. Diverse EEWD (enhanced exchange wide dial) access facility to an emergency response centre to operate in the event of a national emergency. Eff. Date = 22.12.99.

99-1169 - NewTel. TN 628. APPROVED. Revisions to the Non-Basic Services Tariff to offer service as a custom-built equipment and arrangement. Eff. Date = 26.12.99.

99-1170 - TCBC. TN 4015. INTERIM APPROVAL. Extension of the Residential Additional Line Service Charge Waiver Promotion to 30 April 2000 and amendment to the promotion to remove the restriction that the additional residence individual line subscribed to as a result of this promotion must be an additional residence access line under the same customer name as the subscribing customer's primary access line. Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1171 - TCBC. TN 4016. INTERIM APPROVAL. Introduction from 1 January to 31 December 2000 of the Payphone Card Promotion which provides residential and business customers with an opportunity to use the payphone card at no charge. Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1172 - TCBC. TN 4017. INTERIM APPROVAL. Extension of the Centrex MESSAGEMANAGER One Month Free Promotion to 31 March 2000, waiver of the monthly rate during the first two months of service, and change of the name of the promotion to Centrex MESSAGEMANAGER Two Months Free Promotion.
Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1173 - TCI. TN 165. INTERIM APPROVAL. Extension of the TCI Residential Local Exchange Service Charge Waiver Promotion to 30 April 2000 and amendment to the promotion to remove the restriction that the additional residential exchange service line subscribed to as a result of the promotion must be an additional residence exchange service line under the same customer name. Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1174 - TCI. TN 166. INTERIM APPROVAL. TCI Additional Residential Line Promotion - Extension of the provision of the 200 free AirMiles to 30 April 2000 and amendment to the promotion to remove the restriction that the additional residential exchange service line subscribed to as a result of the promotion must be an additional residence exchange service line under the same customer name. Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1175 - Telesat. TN 1152. APPROVED. Substitution of tariff pages which incorporate changes to the Special Assembly Earth Station Service and the rates and terms therefor. Eff. Date = 23.12.99.

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99-1176 - Bell. TN 6411. APPROVED. Deletion of Special Facilities Tariff Items D-20(bb), (jj), (kk), (mm) and D-22(a) as they are no longer in service. Eff. Date = 03.01.2000.

99-1177 - Bell. TN 6412. APPROVED. A 9.6 Kbps digital facility developed for a specific cross-section between a Bell exchange and an exchange within an independent telephone company's operating territory. Eff. Date = 03.01.2000.

99-1178 - Bell. TNs 6414/A. APPROVED. Elimination of multiple item numbers associated with various services and multiple Tariff item numbers for the same service, removal of a service trial and promotion campaign that have ended, and other service item alignments of an administrative nature. Eff. Date = 03.01.2000.

99-1179 - Teleglobe. TN 574. APPROVED. Deletion of several items from the Special Facilities Tariff which are no longer in effect. Eff. Date = 05.01.2000.

99-1180 - TCI. TN 153. FINAL APPROVAL. Residence Service Package, providing individual line Residence Exchange Service customers who have TCI as their Local Exchange Carrier with the opportunity to subscribe to any combination of three calling features.

99-1181 - TCI. TN 172. INTERIM APPROVAL. Calling Features – Increase in the monthly rates for business customers who do not have TCI as their primary interexchange carrier (PIC) at the time of billing. Existing customers that subscribe to any of the calling features in question and do not have TCI as their PIC will be grandfathered. Eff. Date = 01.02.2000.

99-1182 - TCI. TN 176. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Cochrane central office. Eff. Date = 05.01.2000.

99-1183 - TCI. TN 177. APPROVED. Initial DS-1 access channel from a specific customer location located outside the Base Rate Area served by the Conklin central office. Eff. Date = 05.01.2000.

99-1184 - Nexicom Telephones. TN 18. APPROVED. $2.00 residential local rate increase effective 1 January 2000.

99-1185 - Nexicom Telephones. TN 19. APPROVED. Introduction of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) business services. DENIED. Introduction of an ISDN residential service.

99-1186 - Nexicom Telecom. TN 20. APPROVED. $2.00 residential local rate increase effective 1 January 2000.

99-1187 - Nexicom Telecom. TN 21. APPROVED. Modification of its Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) business service. DENIED. Introduction of an ISDN residential service.

99-1188 - File No.: 8695-C12-09/99 - Abitibi-Consolidated and Cochrane Public Utilities Commission interim 2000 carrier access tariffs and local access service rates. The Commission orders that Abitibi's and Cochrane's CATs and local access service rates be made interim, effective 1 January 2000.

99-1189 - BC TEL TN 3863 - BC TEL and competitive pay telephone service providers – Restriction on length of local payphone calls. TN 3863. The Commission has concluded it will not allow BC TEL or competitive pay telephone service providers to limit the length of local calls from public pay telephones.

99-1190 - CoopTel. TN 38. APPROVED. Removal of the Internet access service section from its General Tariff. Eff. Date = 22.12.99.

99-1191 - Maskatel. File No.: 8340-M22-0316/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interim Transiting Agreement between Maskatel and La Compagnie de Téléphone Upton Inc.

99-1192 - Maskatel. File No.: 8340-M22-0317/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interim Transiting Agreement between Maskatel and Le Téléphone de St-Liboire de Bagot Inc.

99-1193 - Maskatel. File No.: 8340-M22-0319/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Network Operations Procedures for Shared Cost Facilities Interconnection between Bell Canada and Maskatel.

99-1194 - Maskatel. File No.: 8340-M22-0377/00. INTERIM APPROVAL. Basic Listing Interchange File Agreement.

99-1195 - Maskatel. TNs 1/A/B/C/D. INTERIM APPROVAL with modifications. General tariff and general terms and conditions.

99-1196 - Maskatel. File No.: 8340-M22-0332/01. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interim Transiting agreement with Télébec ltée.

99-1197 - North Renfrew. File No.: 8630-N10-01/99. APPROVED. Changes to its depreciation life characteristics for 1999.

99-1198 - TCBC. TN 4010. APPROVED with modifications. Introduction of the Three-Feature Value Package.

99-1199 - TCBC. TN 4010/A. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application.

99-1200 - Telephone Savings Network Ltd. File No.: 8626-T35-02/99. APPROVED. Contribution exemption with respect to local circuits.

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99-1201 - Interconnection tariffs for carriers and telephone companies at a central office. File Nos.: Stentor TN 668; TCI TN 1061; and TCEI TN 90. Stentor Resource Centre Inc., TELUS Communications Inc. and TELUS Communications (Edmonton) Inc. proposed co-location central office link tariffs to provide facilities to connect an interconnecting carrier's co-located equipment to the companies' facilities at a central office. This order gives final approval with changes to those tariffs.

99-1202 - Forbearance for agreements between domestic and foreign common carriers. File No.: 8640-B2-01/99. The Commission declares that section 29 of the Telecommunications Act does not apply to: (a) agreements between foreign telecommunications common carriers and TELUS, Bell, Island Tel, MTT, MTS, NBTel or NewTel; and (b) agreements that TELUS, Bell, Island Tel., MTT, MTS, NBTel or NewTel enters into with another Canadian carrier providing exclusively for the carriage of traffic into or out of Canada by one of the parties to the agreement.

99-1203 - Bundling terminal equipment with network service elements. File Nos.: 8638-C12-15/98 and
8638-C12-16/98. This order removes the restriction on bundling terminal equipment with remaining tariffed network service elements, and extends the current bundling provisions, as outlined in Telecom Decision CRTC 98-4

99-1204 - EDS Systemhouse Inc. File No.: 8626-S29-02/99. APPROVED. Exemption from contribution charges for circuits used to provide dedicated and local service configurations to an EDS client, as well as certain circuits used by EDS for its own internal use.

99-1205 - Kenora. File No.: 8340-B2-0023/01. APPROVAL of Appendix 1, Inter-Exchange Network Services, of the Interconnection Agreement between Kenora and Bell.

99-1206 - Keewatin. TN 12. APPROVAL of the sale of directory files and the directory file service License Agreement. Eff. Date = 23.12.99.

99-1207 - Québec-Téléphone. File Nos.: 8340-Q1-0366/00 and 8340-Q1-0367/00. APPROVED. Agreement specifying the procedures of the inter-exchange carrier group and Non-disclosure Agreement between Québec-Téléphone and Call-Net Technology Services Inc.

99-1208 - Télébec. File No.: 8340-T5-0053/00. APPROVED. Agreement specifying the procedures of the interexchange carrier group between Télébec and Maskatel.

99-1209 - Télébec. File No.: 8340-T5-0187/00. APPROVED. Standard sharing group agreement.

99-1210 - TCI. TN 179. APPROVED. Calling Features - Increase to the Pay-Per-Use Call Return and Three Way Calling activation charge from $0.50 to $0.75 and reduction in the maximum charge from $6.00 to $5.25 for residential and business customers. Eff. Date = 09.02.2000.

99-1211 - CAPTS. File No.: 8340-C30-0368/00. APPROVED. Network control center usage and services agreement for the millennium public telephone system between CAPTS and Bell.

99-1212 - OTA. TN 54. APPROVED. Revised final 1997 Carrier Access Tariffs.

99-1213 - OTA. TN 55. APPROVED. Revised final 1998 Carrier Access Tariffs.

99-1214 - OTA. TN 56. INTERIM APPROVAL. Revised interim 1999 Carrier Access Tariffs.

99-1215 - OTA. TN 57. APPROVED. Final 1998 Network Access Tariffs.

99-1216 - OTA. TN 58. INTERIM APPROVAL. Interim 1999 Network Access Tariffs.

99-1217 - Bell. TN 6240. FINAL APPROVAL. Modification of the Centrex tariffs with regard to the rates for Centrex digital tie-trunk terminations.

99-1218 - Northern. TN 109. Billing and collection service for interexchange carriers - Tariff Notice 109 is approved on a final basis effective 1 January 2000 with the following modifications: the monthly recurring charge per customer account prepared is to be set at $1.10 for the billing and collection service period; the initial service period termination charge is to be set at $28,500; and the monthly recurring charge per customer account prepared after the initial service period is to be set at $2.81. The Commission denies Northern's proposed billing and collection service agreement and orders that all mention of the proposed agreement be removed from the tariff.

99-1219 - Northwestel. TNs 710/A. APPROVED. Introduction of the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Access Service.

99-1220 - Northwestel. TN 723. APPROVED. Continuation of the company's 1999 Savings Promotion throughout the year 2000.

99-1221 - CAPTS. TNs 4/A. APPROVED. Introduction of a billing and collection service for interexchange carriers. Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1222 - CAPTS. TN 5. CAT - FINAL APPROVAL of the contribution and direct toll rates. DENIAL of revised final 1997 contribution rates.

99-1223 - CAPTS. TN 6. CAT - FINAL APPROVAL of the contribution and direct toll rates. DENIAL of revised final 1998 contribution rates.

99-1224 - CAPTS. TNs 7/A. CAT - INTERIM APPROVAL of the contribution and direct toll rates. DENIAL of the interim 1999 contribution rates.

99-1225 - OTA. TNs 44/A. APPROVED. Introduction of a billing and collection service for interexchange carriers.

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99-1226 - SATAT. TN 6. APPROVED. Introduction of a billing and collection service for interexchange carriers.

99-1227 - St-Éphrem. TN 10. APPROVED. Introduction of a billing and collection service for interexchange carriers. Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1228 - St-Victor. TN 12. APPROVED. Introduction of a billing and collection service for interexchange carriers. Eff. Date = 01.01.2000.

99-1229 - Denial of Call-Net request for new network access rates. File No.: 8662-C25-02/99. The CRTC denies an application from Call-Net Communications Inc. to overturn its decision to charge interexchange carriers (IXCs) for network access services at rates different from those charged to retail customers. The Commission disagrees that there are grounds to review and vary 99-340 that was released on 12 April 99. Call-Net contends that since alternative long distance carriers are themselves customers of the incumbent telephone companies, they should not be required to pay more than retail customers. The Commission believes that IXCs have a substantially different relationship with the telephone companies compared with retail customers. Furthermore, IXCs' rates could be different for services identical to those purchased by end-users. This is not unusual, given that business rates are higher than residential rates for essentially the same services.

99-1230 - BC TEL. File No.: 8340-B1-0339/00. DENIED. Interconnection agreement between BC TEL and Northwestel.

99-1231 - TCI. File No.: 8340-T42-0241/00. DENIED. Interconnection agreement between TCI and Northwestel.

99-1232 - Bell. File No.: 8340-B2-0010/00. DENIED. Interconnection agreement between Bell and Northwestel.

99-1233 - Bell Canada withdrawal from Partial System Offering and introduction of an option to purchase leased plant. File Nos.: Tariff Notice 5928 and 96-2184. The CRTC approves the withdrawal and destandardization of the Partial System Offering (PSO), a service whereby Bell Canada leases distribution plant to cable companies. In addition, the cable companies that currently use this service will have the option to purchase this plant. Many cable companies in Ontario and Quebec lease plant consisting mainly of cabling attached to Bell's support structures in order to transport their distribution signals. On 18 December 1996, the Canadian Cable Television Association requested that the Commission require Bell to offer its PSO clients the option to purchase this PSO plant. In January 1997, Bell agreed to this request and at the same time, proposed to withdraw from the provision of the PSO. Until withdrawal takes place, Bell proposed not to accept any requests for extensions to existing systems or applications for new systems. In doing so, the telephone company would destandardize the provision of the PSO. The Commission approves the destandardization as well as the withdrawal of Bell's PSO. The withdrawal will generally take place three years from the date of this order. Exceptions will be made in cases where, at such time, the initial 10-year lease terms of PSO agreements have not expired. This order provides details of the terms and conditions for the withdrawal and destandardization of the PSO. It also includes the Commission's preliminary view on the terms and conditions of the option to purchase Bell Canada's PSO plant.

Telecom Order CRTC 99-1234 - Northern. TN 116. APPROVED. Final 1999 carrier access tariff rate.

Telecom Order CRTC 99-1235 - Northern. TN 117. INTERIM APPROVAL. 2000 interim carrier access tariff rate.

Telecom Order CRTC 99-1236 - TCI. TN 170. APPROVED. Migration of the YAK PAK LEC and YAK PAK LEC and PIC packages to Item 690, YAK PAK Packages. Eff. Date = 24.12.99.

Telecom Order CRTC 99-1237 - Bell. TN 6407. INTERIM APPROVAL. Ex parte application. Eff. Date = 17.01.2000.