Telecom Trends: Stoking the fire at the CRTC

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Stoking the fire at the CRTC

Last November, I wrote about the CRTC's wholesale services proceeding, Public Notice 2006-14. The Commission received the first wave of evidence on Thursday and on Friday, it issued an amended schedule, pulling up the hearings by almost 3 weeks. The new schedule gets rid of a round of reply argument and cuts 30 days off its own review.

The net change is that a decision is now expected around the first week of April (2008), a full three months ahead of the original schedule.

Aggresive timeframes for the Commission and for the industry's regulatory departments. Is this a sign of things to come?

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