Traduction de «Telecom Canada Services de radiodiffusion » (Français → Anglais) :

Telecom Canada Broadcast Services

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Industry, pursuant to subsection 12(7) of the Telecommunications Act, varies Telecom Decision CRTC 2005-28, as amended by Telecom Decision CRTC 2005-28-1 and as confirmed in Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-53, so that, in relation to retail local access-independent VoIP services – being a particular class of services – provided by ILECs within their incumbent territories, the Canadian ...[+++] Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission refrain from exercising its powers and performing its duties under section 25, subsections 27(1), (5) and (6) and sections 29 and 31 of that Act to the same extent that it does in relation to retail local telecommunications services provided to end users by CLECs in Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8, Local Competition, and subsequent determinations.

Article 3 of the 1990 Law assigned France Télécom a mandate: (i) to provide all national and international public telecommunications services; (ii) to establish, develop and operate the public networks necessary for supplying these services and to ensure their connection to foreign networks; (iii) to provide all other telecommunications services, installations and networks, and to establish networks distributing radio and television broadcasting services by cable.

The applicant argues, first, that the tax on electronic communications is contrary to Article 110 TFEU; second, that the disputed taxes constitute a restriction on the freedom to provide services and the freedom of establishment in that the accumulation of specific taxes on the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors largely limits the possibility for broadcasting and telecommunications operators to carry on their economic activities in France; and, third, that the disputed measure is contrary to Directive 2002/20 of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services in so far as it places ...[+++] a tax on telecoms operators who do not comply with the conditions laid down by the directive.

In addition there are almost 500 local operators on analogue terrestrial broadcasting and 78 local operators (11) on digital television; (iii) cable, on which Fastweb operates (free-to-air and pay services); and (iv) X-DSL, on which Fastweb and Telecom Italia's Rosso Alice operate (free-to-air and pay services).