Preparing for Consumer VoIP, Canada's Shaw Registers as CLEC

Shaw Communications has registered with Canada's regulatory authority as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), entitling it to interconnect with incumbent telephone companies and long distance providers on an equal basis. In addition, as a registered CLEC, Shaw will be able to provide E911 service, local number portability, access to new telephone numbers and a variety of other traditional telephone functions such as caller ID, call waiting and call forwarding. http://www.shaw.caIn September 2003, Shaw Cablesystems, Canada's second largest cable and Internet service provider, filed a petition asking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to order a stop to anti-competitive pricing of DSL from Telus.