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Letter
Ottawa, 3 December 2007
BY E-MAIL
Our File No.: 8622-B2-200602773
APPLICANT
Mr. Mirko Bibic
Chief, Regulatory Matters
Bell Canada
110 O'Connor Street, 4 th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1H1
bell.regulatory@bell.ca
RESPONDENT
Mr. Dennis Béland
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Telecommunications
Vidéotron ltée
465 McGill Street, 5th Floor
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 4A6
beland.dennis@quebecor.com
regaffairs@quebecor.com
Re: Part VII application by Bell Canada regarding Vidéotron ltée's practices of disconnecting Bell Canada 's network from residential inside wire.
This is to confirm, pursuant to Telecom Decision 2007-105, that the Commission will hold an oral public hearing on Friday, 18 January 2008 to adjudicate, in accordance with the expedited process established in Expedited procedure for resolving competitive issues , Telecom Circular CRTC 2004-2, dated 10 February 2004, the bilateral dispute between Bell Canada (the Applicant) and Vidéotron ltée (the Respondent) regarding the Respondent's practices of disconnecting the Applicant's network from residential inside wire. This matter will be referred to a panel of three Commissioners.
This letter also provides information to the parties on a variety of matters relating to the organization and conduct of the hearing.
Order of the Proceeding
The attached agenda outlines the expected timing for the proceeding.
Responsibilities of the Parties
The parties are required to bring with them all relevant documentation and knowledgeable personnel. An adverse inference may be drawn, if appropriate, from the failure of a party to bring all relevant documentation and knowledgeable personnel to the oral hearing.
For ease of translation and transcription, parties are requested to bring two copies of any written opening and closing remarks.
The parties are also required to provide to Ms. Marielle Giroux-Girard , at marielle.giroux-girard@crtc.gc.ca , and serve on each other, at least 10 days prior to the panel hearing, the name(s) of the person(s) who will be attending the hearing and their area of expertise.
Filing of Documents
As indicated in Telecom Decision 2007-105, the parties should have filed a copy of all written material upon which they rely, except material already filed by the parties, Commission determinations, tariffs, tariff filings and any other similar documentation usually before the Commission in the normal course of business. Therefore, the Commission is not inclined to accept the filing of additional documents at the hearing.
Please note that to the extent possible all documents should be filed with the Commission using the Procedure electronic form specifying the Commission file number indicated on this letter. Parties can access the electronic form on the Commission's website http://support.crtc.gc.ca/crtcsubmissionmu/forms/main.aspx?lang=e .
Where a party designates information filed with the Commission as confidential, it must provide the reasons for its claim for confidentiality at the time it files the information with the Commission. If it chooses to do so, the other party (the requesting party) has two days to make representations to the Commission, clearly stating why it considers that the disclosure of the information filed in confidence is in the public interest, serving a copy on the party claiming confidentiality. The party claiming confidentiality will have two days to file a reply, serving a copy on the requesting party.
The hearing will be held in Salon Réal Therrien, 7 th floor of the Central Building, Terrasses de la Chaudière, 1 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec.
Parties may contact Mr. Regan Morris at (819) 953-5204, or at regan.morris@crtc.gc.ca , if they require additional information regarding the organization and conduct of the hearing.
Verbatim transcripts of the hearing will be kept and posted on the Commission's web site.
Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, and not merely sent, by that date.
Yours sincerely,
"Original signed by Mario Bertrand"
Mario Bertrand
Acting Director
Competition Implementation and Technology
Telecommunication
Agenda
Hearing to be held:
Friday, 18 January 2008
Salon Réal Therrien
7th floor of the Central Building
Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec
Additional logistics:
An audio link will be available throughout the hearing via the Commission's web sit at www.crtc.gc.ca
A participant's meeting room, adjacent to Salon Réal Therrien, will be available in:
Room 708
7th floor of the Central Building
Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec
9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. Opening Remarks by the Hearing Chairperson
9:05 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Applicant: Bell Canada
Respondent: Vidéotron ltée
Regarding: Vidéotron ltée's practices of disconnecting Bell Canada 's network from residential inside wire.
Our file: 8622-B2-200602773Opening Remarks
Bell Canada 10 minutes
Vidéotron ltée 10 minutes
Date Modified: 2007-12-03Questioning
By the Commission
By Bell Canada 20 minutes
By Vidéotron ltée 20 minutes
By the CommissionClosing Remarks
Bell Canada 10 minutes
Vidéotron ltée 10 minutesHearing adjourn
