Telecom Public Notice

 Ottawa, 22 April 1997

 Telecom Public Notice CRTC 97-12

 BELL CANADA AND ONTARIO TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION - TARIFF REVISIONS PROVIDING FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LOCAL DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE CHARGE TO REQUESTS FOR NEW AND OUT-OF-BOOK LISTINGS

 File Numbers: Bell Tariff Notice 5941
OTA Tariff Notice 30

1.  The Commission has received applications under Bell Canada (Bell) Tariff Notice 5941, dated 14 February 1997, and from the Ontario Telephone Association (OTA) under Tariff Notice 30 dated 7 April 1997, for approval of tariff revisions providing for the application of the Local Directory Assistance charge to requests for new and out-of-book listings, effective 20 May 1997.

 Procedure

2.  Bell's and OTA's applications may be examined at any of the company's business offices, the association's office or at the offices of the CRTC in the following locations:

 Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
Room 201
Hull, Quebec

 Place Montréal Trust
1800 McGill College Avenue
Suite 1920
Montréal, Quebec

3.  A copy of Bell's and OTA's applications can be obtained by any interested person upon request directed to the company and the association at the addresses shown below.

4.  If you wish to comment on the applications, please write to Mr. Allan J. Darling, Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, by 12 May 1997 (fax: 819-953-0795). A copy of your comments should be sent to Mr. B.A. Courtois, Group Vice-President, Law & Regulatory Matters, Bell Canada, 105 Hôtel-de-ville Street, 6th Floor, Hull, Quebec, J8X 4H7, (fax: 819-778-3437) and to Mr. Glen O'Brien, Executive Director, Suite 107, 2442 St. Joseph Boulevard, Orléans, Ontario, K1C 1G1, (fax: 613-834-8806).

5.  Bell and OTA may file any reply comments by 2 June 1997.

6.  In addition to hard copy filings, parties are encouraged to file with the Commission electronic versions of their submissions in accordance with the Commission's Interim Telecom Guidelines for the Handling of Machine-Readable Files, dated 30 November 1995. The Commission's Internet email address for electronically filed documents is public.telecom@crtc.gc.ca. Electronically filed documents can be accessed at the Commission's Internet site at http://www.crtc.gc.ca.

7.  Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely mailed, by that date.

8.  The Commission expects to issue a ruling with respect to this application in the third quarter of 1997.

 Allan J. Darling
Secretary General

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