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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 98-7

  Ottawa, 23 March 1998
 

QUÉBEC-TÉLÉPHONE - 1997 CONTRIBUTION

  Reference: 8695-Q1-01/98
  I BACKGROUND
  By letter dated 12 September 1997, the Commission denied the application by Québec-Téléphone dated 20 December 1996 to review and vary part of Regulatory Framework for Québec-Téléphone and Télébec ltée, Telecom Decision CRTC 96-5, 7 August 1996 (Decision 96-5). The part at issue related to the contribution mechanism for Québec-Téléphone. Also, the Commission gave final approval for the 1995 and 1996 Carrier Access Tariffs (CATs). It indicated that it intended to issue a public notice initiating a proceeding to determine the 1997 contribution. The company's interim contributions for 1997 filed under Tariff Notices 157 dated 21 February 1997 and 157A dated 4 April 1997 were approved on an interim basis in Telecom Order CRTC 97-573 dated 29 April 1997.
  The Commission hereby initiates a proceeding to determine Québec-Téléphone's final contribution for 1997.
  II 1997 CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
  A. De-Averaged Per-Minute Contribution Mechanism for Trunk-Side Connections
  As indicated in Decision 96-5, the Commission directed Québec-Téléphone to show cause, when submitting its 1997 contribution filing, why a de-averaged per-minute contribution rate applicable to trunk-side connections, as approved in Revisions to the Mechanism to Recover Contribution Charges, Telecom Decision CRTC 95-23, 4 December 1995, should not apply in its territory.
  B. De-Averaged Per-Minute Contribution Mechanism for Line-Side Connections
  In Per-Minute Contribution Mechanism for Line-Side Connections, Telecom Decision CRTC 96-12, 12 December 1996, the Commission approved the implementation by Stentor members of a de-averaged per-minute contribution mechanism for line-side connections.
  The Commission directs Québec-Téléphone to show cause, when submitting its 1997 contribution filing, why the same contribution mechanism should not also apply in its territory.
  C. Demand Information
  Québec-Téléphone is directed to file, by 4 May 1998, 1997 Phase III forecast results and to explain changes resulting from significant changes to methodology and variances in revenues, investment or expenses over the audited results for 1996.
  By the same date, Québec-Téléphone is to file its proposed 1997 contribution. This is to be based on the company's contribution requirements, reflecting its Phase III forecast results, the budget view, and forecasts of contribution-eligible minutes for 1997 and the local rate increases approved in Telecom Order CRTC 96-1611 dated 31 December 1996. Notwithstanding the company's response to the show cause noted in Sections A and B above, Québec-Téléphone is to provide a breakdown of its proposed 1997 contribution rate by peak and off-peak periods for trunk-side connections and on a per-minute basis by peak and off-peak periods for line-side connections, with all supporting calculations.
  Québec-Téléphone is to provide its 1997 minutes for contribution-eligible services as defined in Decision 96-5.
  The Commission directs AT&T Canada Long Distance Services Company (AT&T Canada LDS), fONOROLA Inc. (fONOROLA) and Sprint Canada Inc. (Sprint), which originate and terminate contribution-eligible traffic in Québec-Téléphone's territory, to file, by 4 May 1998, 1997 contribution-eligible minutes as defined in Decision 96-5.
  On 23 March 1998, the Commission addressed interrogatories to Québec-Téléphone and the interconnecting carriers seeking information regarding issues related to this Public Notice.
  III PROCEDURE
  Québec-Téléphone is made a party to this proceeding. AT&T Canada LDS, fONOROLA and Sprint (the interconnecting carriers) are also made parties to the proceeding.
  Other persons wishing to participate in this proceeding must notify the Commission of their intention to do so by writing to Mrs. Laura M. Talbot-Allan, Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, Fax: 819-953-0795 by 7 April 1998. Parties are to indicate their Internet email address, if available. If parties do not have access to the Internet, they are to indicate whether they wish to receive disk versions of hard copy filings. The Commission will issue a list of parties and their mailing addresses (including Internet email addresses if available), identifying those parties who wish to receive disk versions.
  Québec-Téléphone and the interconnecting carriers are to file the information noted in Part II of this Public Notice, serving copies on all parties, by 4 May 1998.
  Québec-Téléphone is directed to file, by 4 May 1998, tariff pages setting out proposed contribution charges for 1997. Underlying calculations are to be provided by the same date.
  Those parties to whom the Commission addressed interrogatories, as noted in Part II, are directed to file responses, serving copies on all parties, by 4 May 1998.
  Parties may file requests with the Commission for public disclosure of information for which confidentiality has been claimed, setting out the reasons for disclosure, by 11 May 1998, serving the party or parties in question.
  Replies to requests for public disclosure are to be filed with the Commission and served on the party making the request by 14 May 1998.
  The Commission will issue a determination with respect to any requests filed pursuant to paragraph 16 as soon as possible. The Commission intends to direct that any information to be released pursuant to its determination be placed on the public record and served on all parties by 3 June 1998.
  Any party may address interrogatories to any party who files information pursuant to paragraphs 13, 14, or 15 above. Any such interrogatories must be filed with the Commission and served on the party or parties in question by 10 June 1998.
  Responses to interrogatories addressed pursuant to paragraph 19 are to be filed with the Commission and served on all parties by 2 July 1998.
  Requests for further responses to interrogatories, specifying in each case why a further response is both relevant and necessary, and requests for public disclosure of information for which confidentiality has been claimed, setting out the reasons for disclosure, must be filed with the Commission and served on the party or parties in question by 8 July 1998.
  Written responses to requests for further responses to interrogatories and for public disclosure must be filed with the Commission and served on the party making the request by 13 July 1998.
  The Commission will make a determination with respect to requests for disclosure and for further responses as soon as possible. The Commission intends to direct that any information to be provided pursuant to that determination be filed with the Commission and served on all parties by 4 August 1998.
  All parties may file comments with the Commission on any matter raised in this proceeding, serving copies on all other parties, by 12 August 1998.
  Québec-Téléphone may file replies to any comments, serving copies on all parties, by 24 August 1998.
  Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date.
  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.
  This document is available in alternative format upon request.
  Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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