Canada's established telecom carriers must allow smaller Internet providers access to their high-speed fiber networks at the same speed they offer to their own customers, the telecom and broadcast regulator ruled Monday, but it said they can charge a 10 percent mark-up for doing so.

The mark-up will not apply to access to existing Internet services, which the carriers, such as BCE Inc's Bell Canada and Telus Corp, must continue to provide to the smaller Internet service providers (ISPs), the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said.

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