Caribbean Cellular Telephone (CCT) has not ruled out the possibility of seeking legal action against regional carriers, LIME and Digicel to recover what the company termed as “massive loss” due to anti-competitive behaviour.
Jose Luis Fernandez, CCT’s General Manager told BVI Platinum News that the company is disappointed that the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) took three years to deliver a ruling on the company’s compliant against LIME and Digicel.
He further stated that the decision to seek legal action against LIME and Digicel will have to be made by the shareholders of CCT and such a decision has not been made as yet, but remains on the table for consideration.
“The TRC has taken three years to reach this decision which in our opinion is unfortunate. We initially filed this complaint in July 2009. The conclusion of the TRC is that they confirmed all the points that CCT raised in its complaint and they took three years to reach that conclusion. That three-year time, which seems to be excessive under any circumstances, CCT has suffered massive damages by the anti-competitive behaviour of LIME and Digicel,” Fernandez stated.
CCT had asked the TRC to investigate practices of Digicel and LIME as regards to calls made from the BVI to other islands within the Caribbean region. CCT alleged that the retail prices charged by Digicel to call specific Digicel locations in the Caribbean and the retail prices charged by LIME to call specific LIME destinations in the Caribbean, prevented CCT from competing effectively in the mobile market in the BVI.
Story courtesy of BVI Platinum News
