November 13, 2015

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Re: Part I Applications regarding Videotrons mobile wireless Unlimited Music service Further
process and procedural request

Dear Madam, Sir:

This letter establishes the remaining process related to the Part 1 applications referenced above,1 and
disposes of an additional procedural request, dated 19 October 2015, by Qubecor Mdia inc. (QMI), on
behalf of its affiliated company, Vidotron s.e.n.c. (Vidotron).
Further process
The remaining process with respect to the Part 1 applications is set out below:

The Commission will issue requests for information, in the form of interrogatories, to QMI.
Responses to the requests for information are to be filed with the Commission by
16 December 2015.

All parties may file supplemental submissions with the Commission, serving a copy on all other
parties, by 13 January 2016.

All parties may file replies with the Commission, serving a copy on all other parties, by
27 January 2016

By providing for a round of supplemental submissions, the process will allow parties to supplement their
initial filing based on QMIs responses to the interrogatories. Parties supplemental submissions should
not repeat submissions already made.

On 1 September 2015, the Commission received an application from the Consumers Association of Canada, the Council of
Senior Citizens Organizations of British Columbia, and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre claiming that Vidotrons billing
practices in respect of its Unlimited Music service are in violation of the Telecommunications Act. On 4 September 2015, the
Commission received a Part 1 application from Vaxination Informatique also making similar allegations regarding Vidotrons
billing practices in respect of its Unlimited Music service. By letter dated 28 September 2015, the Commission stated that it
would consider these applications in a single proceeding and set out the remaining phases of the process at a later date.

-2Procedural request
In its letter dated 19 October 2015, QMI submitted that certain interventions were filed late while
others failed to comply with the rules for interventions set out in subsection 26(2) of the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure (the Rules). In
addition, QMI argued that OpenMedias intention to include the contents of a petition in its final
comment would violate section 27 of the Rules applicable to reply submissions. QMI requested that the
Commission confirm by letter to all parties that reply submissions that do not comply with section 27 of
the Rules as well as late submissions will not be accepted on the record of this proceeding.
By letter dated 19 October 2015, the Consumers Association of Canada, the Council of Senior Citizens
Organizations of British Columbia, and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (collectively, the Consumer
Groups) supported QMIs submission. By letter dated 22 October 2015, the Canadian Internet Policy &
Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) disputed QMIs assertions.
Section 26 of the Rules requires that an intervention to a Part 1 application state, among other things,
the interveners position. Commission staff notes that interveners who file their submissions late could
review other parties submissions prior to filing their own, and thus could gain an advantage in the
process and possibly prejudice parties who comply with the submission deadline. In the circumstances
of this proceeding, however, in which all parties are afforded the opportunity to file supplemental
comments and replies Commission staff considers that acceptance of the late interventions would be
appropriate and would not prejudice the rights of other parties to participate fully in the process.
Likewise, Commission staff considers that it would be appropriate to allow individuals who did not set
out their position by the intervention date to participate in the remainder of this process. These
interveners must, however, set out their positions in the supplemental round of comments.
Commission staff notes that the acceptance of the late submissions at this stage of the process does not
mean that late submissions will be accepted at a later phase of this process. Late submissions in any
proceeding are only accepted where it is appropriate in light of the particular circumstances. For
example, the Commission rejected CIPPICs late submission in the process that led to Telecom
Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-177.2
Finally, Commission staff confirms that the restrictions with regard to the content of replies set out in
section 27 of the Rules apply to replies to be filed in this proceeding.
Sincerely,

Original signed by John Macri

for
Andrew Falcone
Senior Manager
Strategic Planning & Research
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: Adam Mills, CRTC, adam.mills@crtc.gc.ca

Regulatory framework for wholesale mobile wireless services, Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-177, 5 May 2015.

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Benjamin Klass, benjiklass@hotmail.com
Vaxination Informatique, jfmezei@vaxination.ca
Consumers Association of Canada, the Council of Senior Citizens Organization of British Columbia, and
the Public Advocacy Centre, gwhite@piac.ca
Bell Canada bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Bell Aliant, regulatory@bell.aliant.ca
Rogers, rci.regulatory@rci.rogers.com
TELUS regulatory.affairs@telus.com
SaskTel, document.control@sasktel.com
MTS Allstream, iworkstation@mtsallstream.com
Eastlink, regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
Tbaytel, rob.olenick@tbaytel.com
Independent Telephone Providers Association, jonathan.holmes@itpa.ca
Vidotron, dennis.beland@quebecor.com
Globalive Wireless Management Corp., eantecol@windmobile.ca
Data & Audio Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc., gary.wong@mobilicity.ca
Canadian Network Operators Consortium, regulatory@cnoc.ca
Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, cedwards@ccsa.cable.ca
Cogeco Cable, telecom.regulatory@cogeco.com
Shaw Cable, Regulatory@sjrb.ca
Fenwick McKelvey, Concordia University, fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca
Steven James May, Ryerson University, steven.may@ryerson.ca
SamuelsonGlushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest
Clinic, tisrael@cippic.ca and cippic@uottawa.ca
David Ellis, david@davidellis.ca
Teresa Murphy, resa1983@hotmail.com
Marc Nanni, m_nanni@hushmail.com