Letter

Ottawa, 17 May 2000

BY FACSIMILE

Mr. William A. Mason
Director, Regulatory and Intercarrier Affairs
Norigen Communications Inc.
180 Dundas Street West
Suite 2500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1Z8

Dear Mr. Mason:

RE: Confirmation - Fulfillment of CLEC Requirements – Bell Canada's Serving Territory – Norigen Communications Inc.

This is in response to a letter from Norigen Communications Inc. ("Norigen") dated 3 May 2000 in which it provided information regarding how it satisfied the requirements imposed on Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) in Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8, Local Competition, 1 May 1997 (Decision 97-8).

Based on the statements made by Norigen in its letter, Commission staff considers that Norigen has met the CLEC requirements set out by the Commission in Decision 97-8. Norigen can provide service as a CLEC, provided it continues to meet those requirements and complies on an ongoing basis with the Canadian ownership and control regime set out in section 16 of the Telecommunications Act and in the associated regulations.

Yours sincerely,

Campbell Laidlaw
Director, Competition Implementation
Telecommunications

c.c.: A. De Caigny, Central Fund Administrator
Bell Canada
R. Gauthier, CRTC (819) 953-8608