BCE Inc. has asked the Trudeau cabinet to prevent the industry’s federal regulator from slashing the wholesale rates that Canada’s large telecommunications networks can charge smaller rivals for access to their networks.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued its decision on wholesale rates in August after several years of detailed study and prolonged lobbying by the rival companies and industry groups.That decision is being challenged at the Federal Court of Appeal by most of the country’s large cable network operators including Rogers, Videotron and Shaw, as well as BCE, which is the owner of Bell Canada, Bell MTS and Bell Aliant.
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