Wednesday, November 15, 2006
The Cabinet VoIP order
Although today's press release said that the Cabinet Order will be published in the Canada Gazette at the end of November, thanks to e-Government, we could actually see Order-in-Council PC2006-1314 this afternoon.The Order runs for a number of pages [and I'll have more tomorrow]. It boils down to:
in relation to retail local access-independent VoIP services ... provided by ILECs within their ... territories, the [CRTC] refrain from exercising its powers and ... duties ... to the same extent that it does in relation to ... CLECs in Telecom Decision CRTC 97‑8 ... and subsequent determinations.Interestingly then, the CRTC has been directed to treat access-independent VoIP regulation for ILECs the same way it regulates CLECs, in accordance with Decision 97-8. While this provides pricing deregulation, the order appears to reaffirm the CLEC obligations on all over-the-top VoIP providers.
Decision 97-8 requires all service providers to offer equal access, number portability, 911, Message Relay Services, and a number of consumer protections including privacy issues and disclosure.
More tomorrow.
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Posted by Mark Goldberg @ 11/15/2006 03:40:00 PM 
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