Northwestel granted ‘disaster waiver’ for Northern services
telecom | 02/23/2023 5:11 pm EST
The CRTC has granted BCE Inc.'s Northwestel a "disaster waiver" that would allow the company to suspend services, waive charges, provide services at a reduced rate or free of charge, or "provide other such relief as may be appropriate to residential and/or small business customers affected by a qualifying disaster event."
The company had applied for the waiver from its usual tariff obligations in July, 2022, and noted that in recent years communities in the North have been affected by events
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