CRTC imposes $7.5 million in penalties on Bell Canada

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OTTAWA, ON and GATINEAU, QC, June 15, 2022 /CNW/ – Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

Today, the CRTC announced that it has imposed a total of $7.5 million in penalties on Bell Canada for three violations of the Telecommunications Act.

The CRTC found that Bell Canada denied permit applications for access to its telephone poles from Videotron, its main competitor in Quebec. As a result, Videotron was not able to access Bell Canada’s poles, which delayed its network deployment and created a competitive advantage for Bell Canada.

The CRTC’s decision issued today sets the penalties for these three violations of the Telecommunications Act at $2.5 million each.

 

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