The CRTC has been approving applications for forbearance for Bell and TELUS and other ILECs offering local services. A number of decisions have been issued as the Commission deals with the applications in an expedited fashion.
But today, the CRTC said no to 56 out of 58 areas for which Bell had applied for forbearance.
information provided by Bell Canada and confirmed by competitors indicates that none of the competitors is capable of serving at least 75 percent of the number of residential local exchange service lines that Bell Canada is capable of serving in each of these exchanges.
The competitive presence test is critical to assure the Commission a residential local exchange services will be subject to a level of competition sufficient to protect the interests of users.
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