BUSINESS BRIEFS
800 SERVICE

B.C. TEL has filed an application
with the Canadian Radio-telesi-
sion and Telecormmunications
Commission (CRTC) for changes
to its 800 service.

The company is asking for ap-
proval to slash rates, increase fMex-
ibility and expand accessibility.

“These changes were developed
in response to customer demand
for iower prices and greater
choice. They will assist Canadian
businesses to compete more efferc-
lively by expanding market reach,
improving customer service and
increasing sales,” said Roy Osing,
B.C. Tel’s vice-president of
business communication,

With CRFC approval, B.C.
Tel's rates for 800) service will
decrease by 24 to 30%.

The company is also secking
approval to provide 800 service
over regular business Hines, which
would eliminate the need for
dedicated lines, offering customers
increased flexibility and lower
costs,

B.C. Tel is also proposing to
introduce changes to service area
coverage. In the past, coverage
was based on broadly defined
geographic zones. That often
meant businesses had to take an
entire zone rather than being able

Try painting

PAINTING IN The Park is a
two-week art education program
that is ocx offered by the West
Vancouver Recreation Centre.

Various mixed media techniques
will be explored to allow the
children to discover shapes, col-
ors, textures and line.

Art activities will be held in
neighborhood parks close to the
recteation cenire, which is located
at 780-22nd St. in’ West Van-

te pin
within it.

CRTC approval would see the
creation of a new system based on
area codes, enabling customers to
define their markets more accu-
rately.

OFFICE OPENED

Point a specific target

CABLE AND Wireless Telecom-
munications, a ones Canadian
telecommunications company. ser-
ving othe business community,
recently opened a Vancouver of-
fice.

The company, which is becom.
ing well-known for its long
distance and cost recavery services
as well as its personalized up-
Proach to selling and after-sales
support, entered th Canadian
marketplace List year follewing a
Canadian Radio-television
Telecommunications Commission
decision to open the long distance
market to increased competition.

“We are seeing tremendous in-
terest in these services,’” said Clif-
ferd Dempster, Cable and
Wireless vice-president of network
services. ‘“While every client we
have seen is interested in the im-
mediate savings they receive on
discounted long distance and in-
ternational rates, they are actually
more interested in the cost recov-
ery and management | services
which can have a greater impact
on the way they operate their
businesses."*

Cost recovery systems allow the
identification of all long distance
and international costs which must
be biked to clients of allocated to
projects or departments through
easy to read invoices and
management reports.

Invoices arrive with calls sorted
according to categories that are
immediately billed to clients or
allocated to appropriate cost cen-
tres or projects without wasting
administrative time manually
identifying and processing time.

“The hidden costs in’ manual
phone reconciliation are stagger-
ing. This process wastes profes-
sional and administrative time and

in the park

couver. “By incorporating nature
into the ari projects, the children
will become more aware of their
surroundings,’’ say organizers.

The program begins on Mon-
day, July 29 and runs weekdays
from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Children six
and seven years of age are invited
to join the fun, but. pre-registra-
tion is required.

For more information cali 926-
3266.

THE CORPORATION OF
THE CITY OF
NORTH VANCOUVER

NOTICE
POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Members of City Council will be considering
the following item at a meeting of the
Policy Committee, scheduled for:

JULY 29, 1991
in the
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
141 WEST 14TH STREET, NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.

at

7:30 P.M.
“SIGN BYLAW”

Chairman - Alderman BW. Perrau!t invites all interested persons
to attend the Policy Committee Meeting and to make comments

on the above issue

BRUCE A. HAWKSHAW
CITY CLERK

July 21, 1991

can substantially decrease a com-
pany’s productivity and profit’
said Dempster.

TAX CREDIT

ONLY 30% oof Canadian tay
filers chaimed the charitable tax
credit on their JY89 tax returns,
Recent figures released by
Statisties Canada indicate that
about 17.9 million Canadians filed
fax returns for 1989 and only 5.2
millign claimed the charitable tax
credit.

While close to 200,000 more tax
filers claimed the tax credit: in
1989 than in 1988, many Cana
dians may not be aware of the
benefits of the charitable — tax
credit when they file their returns.

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