The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Bell Canada and Telus are once again sparring over access to each other's fibre networks, with each alleging that its rival has violated the federal telecom act and is undermining competition. The Globe's Irene Galea writes that the two telcos have been engaged in a new round of disputes since at least last October. It is the latest set of arguments in a series of battles over a network-sharing policy that was intended to improve competition and affordability. As per the policy, Bell and Telus are required by the government to provide competitors, including each other, access to their fibre networks at mandated prices for the purpose of reselling Internet plans to consumers. In a Jan. 20 application to the CRTC, Telus claimed that a week prior, Bell had unlawfully and "drastically degraded" Telus's ability to sign up new customers, after threatening to do so in December. The details related to this alleged degradation were redacted. Telus asked the CRTC to step in, saying the degradation "shows that Bell remains determined to harm Telus ... by any available means regardless of their legality." Bell denied this interpretation, calling Telus "blatantly dishonest."