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Ottawa, 11 September 2009

File No.: 8621-B54-200911025 

By email

Mr. Dennis E. Henry

Vice-President

Regulatory and Government Affairs and Chief of Privacy

160 Elgin Street, 19th Floor

Ottawa, Ontario  K2P 2C4

regulatory@bell.aliant.ca 

Dear Mr. Henry:

Re:   Part VII application regarding Telecom Decision CRTC 2005-14, Competitive local exchange carrier access to incumbent local exchange carrier operational support systems (Decision 2005-14)

On 31 July 2009, the Commission received the above-mentioned application by Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership (Bell Aliant).  In a letter dated 7 August 2009, the Commission notified Bell Aliant that it would treat this application as a Part VII application under the CRTC Telecommunications Rules of Procedure.

In Service standards for the disposition of telecommunications applications, Telecom Circular CRTC 2006-11, 7 December 2006, the Commission stated that it would categorize Part VII applications into two types: Type 1 applications that generally do not involve multiple parties or raise significant policy issues and Type 2 applications that do involve multiple parties and/or raise significant policy issues.

The Commission also adopted the following service standards for Part VII applications:

The Commission stated that it would inform applicants, by letter, within 10 days of the end of the comment period for applications, whether the application is considered to be a Type 1 or Type 2 application, and the applicable service standard.

Commission staff has assessed the above application and considers it to be a Type 1 application.  Accordingly, the Commission expects to issue an interim or final determination within four months of the close-of-record.

Yours sincerely,

Original signed by

Mario Bertrand

Director, Competition Implementation and Technology

Telecommunications

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