{"id":15054,"date":"2021-05-05T06:04:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T10:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=15054"},"modified":"2021-05-05T08:01:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T12:01:43","slug":"channels-of-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=15054","title":{"rendered":"Channels of appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data on Tap<\/a>, otherwise known as DOTmobile, says that it has appealed<\/a> the CRTC’s recent Regulatory Policy – Review of Mobile Wireless Services<\/a> to Cabinet. <\/p>\n

Recall that the Telecom Act<\/a> prescribes three channels of appeal for a CRTC decision: to Cabinet (the Governor in Council)<\/a>; to the Federal Court of Appeal<\/a>; or, back to the CRTC<\/a> itself. <\/p>\n

A “petition” to Cabinet must be filed within 90 days of a CRTC Decision. The Commission’s policy was issued on April 15th, less than 3 weeks ago; Cabinet has a year from the date of the decision to respond.<\/p>\n

The press release says:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CRTC decision misinterprets Canada\u2019s wireless policy. Industry analysts, telecom experts, competitive regional providers and even the dominant carriers all recognise that this decision will not have any meaningful, immediate or nation-wide effect on the wireless market,\u201d said Algis Akstinas, CEO of Data on Tap Inc. \u201cIt is not addressing the pain points that kicked off the Review of Mobile Wireless Services and were validated by the Commission and Competition Bureau Canada during the proceeding.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given that the CRTC’s model largely adopted the competitive framework proposed by the Competition Bureau, it is hard to understand the validity of this statement.<\/p>\n

In its Application<\/a>, DOTmobile asks Cabinet to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Make wholesale access to dominant networks available to Full MVNOs by removing the requirements targeting regional MNOs:<\/li>\n