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(iii) suspend the rights of a holder of voting shares to vote at a meeting of its shareholders;
and
(iv) sell, repurchase or redeem any voting shares.
To ensure that TELUS remains Canadian and that any subsidiary of TELUS including TCC is
and continues to be eligible to operate as a telecommunications common carrier under the
Telecommunications Act, to be issued radio authorizations or radio licences as a
radiocommunications carrier under the Radiocommunication Act, or to be issued broadcasting
licences under the Broadcasting Act, provisions substantially similar to the foregoing have been
incorporated into TELUS’ Articles permitting the directors to make determinations to effect any
of the foregoing actions.
REGULATION
General
The provision of telecommunications services and broadcasting services in Canada is regulated
by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the “CRTC”) pursuant
to the Telecommunications Act and the Broadcasting Act, respectively. In addition, the
provision of cellular and other wireless services using radio spectrum is subject to regulation
and licensing by Industry Canada pursuant to the Radiocommunication Act.
The Telecommunications Act gives the CRTC the power to regulate the provision of
telecommunications services, and to forbear from regulating certain services or classes of
services (i.e. not subject them to rate regulation) if they are subject to a degree of competition
which is sufficient to protect the interests of customers. However, even when the CRTC
forbears from price regulation of certain services, it can continue to regulate these services for
certain other matters such as network access and interconnection. The major categories of
telecommunications services provided by TELUS that are subject to rate regulation or have
been forborne from rate regulation are as follows:
Regulated services
Forborne services (not subject to rate
regulation)
 Residential wireline services in
incumbent local exchange carrier
regions
 Business wireline services in
incumbent local exchange carrier
regions
 Competitor services
 Public telephone services
 Non-incumbent local exchange carrier
services
 Long distance services
 Internet services
 International telecommunication
services
 Interexchange private line services(1)
 Certain data services
 Cellular, enhanced specialized mobile
radio and digital personal
communications services
 Other wireless services, including
paging
 Sale of customer premises equipment
(1) Forborne on routes where one or more competitors are offering or providing service at DS-3
or greater bandwidth.
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