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Amid CRTC review, Quebecor complains of Bell ‘abuse’ of wholesale rates for fibre

Briefs | 03/10/2023 4:20 pm EST
Quebecor's Montreal headquarters in August 2019./ Photo by Anja Karadeglija.

Days before the CRTC announced that it would open a fresh proceeding on rates for wholesale broadband internet and would expedite a review of wholesale fibre access, Quebecor Inc. complained to the regulator that BCE Inc. is “taking advantage of its dominant or quasi-monopoly position” and abusively raising its rates for access to fibre and transport. 

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