The CRTC has added a dozen additional routes to its list of interexchange private line (IXPL) services that it is forbearing from regulation.
In a decision released Friday,...
The Competition Bureau said Wednesday that Bell Aliant Inc. has responded to the bureau's concerns surrounding its purchase of an Ontario-government-owned telecommunications provider. The bureau said in a press release Bell Aliant has agreed to lease a "significant portion" of Ontera's fibre network in northern Ontario to Eastlink. The bureau said it was concerned the proposed acquisition of Ontera by Bell Aliant would "substantially lessen and/or prevent competition in the sale of wireline telecommunications services in up to 16 northern Ontario communities ... "...