But interim ruling means squabble not over yet
OTTAWA – Noting that the issue of calls not being completed must be addressed in “an expeditious manner”, the CRTC Friday waded into the dispute between Telus and Iristel over failed phones calls to the North.
Specifically, the Commission approved, in part, interim relief request from both companies. Telus was ordered to ensure that calls to Iristel’s users with in the 867 numbering plan area (NPA), or calls that transit through TCI’s network and terminate on Iristel’s network in that NPA, reach Iristel’s network within 10 days of the decision (by Monday, December 3). Telus must also file a report with the Commission confirming compliance and detailing the measures it has taken by the same date.
Friday’s ruling also granted a request by Telus to make the fees Iristel charges to use its network "interim”.
The decision is the latest salvo between the two telcos who have each blamed the other for hundreds of phone calls to northern Canada failing to get through, as Cartt.ca has reported.
However, the CRTC has not yet made a final ruling on the matter, adding that addressing the final relief requested in the dueling Part 1 applications “will require further process and a thorough review of the submissions.” The Commission added that it will mull “the appropriateness of imposing administrative monetary penalties” in its decision.
