The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected BCE Inc.’s request for a stay of a regulatory decision that will allow independent companies to sell internet services to their customers using its fibre network in Ontario and Quebec.
The court’s decision on Friday came a day after Bell Canada announced it was slashing 4,800 jobs and could further cut network spending based in part on the CRTC’s direction.
It granted Bell’s request for permission to appeal the CRTC’s temporary ruling, but dismissed the company’s motion for a stay of that decision pending the outcome of the court process, saying it did not demonstrate