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Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Philippe Gauvin (Bell Canada Inc.) and Howard Slawner (Rogers Communications Canada Inc.)

Gatineau, 28 October 2025

Reference: 8661-B2-202503531

BY EMAIL

Philippe Gauvin,
Assistant General Counsel
Bell Canada Inc.
160 Elgin St., 19th Floor
Ottawa, ON K2P 2C4
bell.regulatory@bell.ca

Howard Slawner
Vice-President - Regulatory, Telecom
Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
1 Mount Pleasant Rd.,
Toronto, ON M4Y 2Y5
regulatory@rci.rogers.com

Subject: Bell Canada Inc. (Bell) – Part 1 Application Regarding Rogers Communications Canada Inc.’s (Rogers) Application of its End-User Specification Change Charge

Dear Philippe Gauvin and Howard Slawner:

The Commission is considering the above-referenced Part 1 application (the Application), filed by Bell on 7 July 2025.

Section 37 of the Telecommunications Act (“the Act”) provides that the Commission may require Canadian carriers or any person to file information or documents that the Commission considers necessary for the administration of the Act.

Bell and Rogers are requested to submit their response to the attached question by 12 November 2025. In addition to filing their response with the Commission, Bell and Rogers must also serve a copy on one another, as well as on Tekksavy Solutions Inc. (Teksavvy), and Quebécor Média Inc. (Québecor). Any party to this proceeding or interested person will have until 19 November 2025 to comment on the RFI answers and may file comments limited to only the new information provided in the responses.

Section 39 of the Act and Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961 provide that persons may designate certain information submitted to the Commission as confidential. A detailed explanation of why the designated information is confidential and why its disclosure would not be in the public interest must be provided, including why the specific direct harm that would be likely to result from the disclosure would outweigh the public interest in its disclosure.

If you file a document containing confidential information, an abridged version of the document omitting only the confidential information must also be filed with the Commission; alternatively, reasons why an abridged version cannot be filed must be provided. Only the abridged version of the document will become part of the public record and will be posted on the CRTC website.

Sincerely,

Original signed by

Suneil Kanjeekal
Director, Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector

c.c.: Andy Kaplan-Myrth, Teksavvy Solutions Inc., regulatory@teksavvy.ca
Patrick Désy, Québecor Média inc., regaffairs@quebecor.com
Rudy Rab, CRTC, rudy.rab@crtc.gc.ca

Attach.: (1)

Request for Information (RFI)

To Bell and Rogers

  1. Provide the date that Bell questioned Rogers about the appropriateness of its application of the End-User Specification Change Charge to disconnections of Bell’s end-users from Rogers’ TPIA network. Include all supporting documentation.
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