August 29, 2017 – Ottawa-Gatineau – Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) wants Canadians to have more choice for innovative Internet services at competitive prices by making new wholesale services, including over fibre facilities, available to competitors.

In 2015, the CRTC announced measures to foster competition between companies that offer broadband Internet services. As of today, providers in Ontario and Quebec will have access to services based on a new architecture that will enable greater competition.

An in-depth review to establish final rates for these wholesale services is ongoing, but the CRTC decided to make these services available now with interim rates in the meantime to foster competition in the broadband Internet market in Canada.