Vidéotron accuses Bell of “abusive price increases” in new CRTC application

Source: https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/videotron-accuses-bell-of-abusive-price-increases-in-new-crtc-application/531480

Ashee Pamma IT World Canada

 

In a Part 1 Application filed with the CRTC on Friday, Vidéotron is accusing Bell of excessively increasing the prices of its last-mile services and fibre transport rates in areas where it has a “dominant position or a quasi-monopoly.”

In doing so, Bell contravenes Section 27 (2) of the Telecommunications Act by giving itself undue preference, Vidéotron alleged. In turn, this harms Vidéotron, which will be unable to honour the contractual commitments to its own customers, hence reducing competition in the wireless market. This, it said, affects customers in urban and rural parts of Ontario and Quebec.

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