TekSavvy sticking to lower internet prices despite wholesale rate stay

telecom | 09/30/2019 12:13 pm EDT

The temporary nature of the decision by the Federal Court of Appeal to freeze a CRTC order forcing the big telecoms to slash how much they charge resellers of their internet...

Telecoms say oral hearing on wholesale rate not necessary

telecom | 09/26/2019 3:21 pm EDT

After an urgent plea by BCE Inc. requesting the Federal Court hold an oral hearing on the deadline of a CRTC order to implement new wholesale internet rates that it is protesting, Bell and other telecoms are saying such a process is not necessary to grant a stay of the decision. Bell said in a letter to the court late Wednesday afternoon that it only asked for an oral hearing due to the fast-approaching CRTC deadline to file significantly lower wholesale rates on the same day. “In our view, an oral hearing is not necessary to determine whether Bell is entitled to the relief sought,”...