Bell Aliant Enters Into 20 Year IRU Agreement to Satisfy Vertical Foreclosure Concerns Regarding its Purchase of Ontera

On October 1, 2014, the Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) announced that Bell Aliant Regional Communications Inc. (“Bell Aliant”) had addressed the Bureau’s vertical foreclosure concerns regarding its proposed acquisition of O.N. Tel Inc. (“Ontera”).  It did so by granting to Bragg Communications Inc. (“Eastlink”) a 20-year indefeasible right of use (IRU) of between two and...… Continue Reading