Barbados Telecoms Industry Liberalisation Begins Soon
The Barbados government has said it plans
to commence the liberalisation of the telecoms market on December 1 on
which date a new telecoms law will come into force and according to the
news service BNamericas.com, licenses will be issued 'very close to that
date, if not the same day.' Earlier this month, Barbados' telecoms service
provider, Cable & Wireless, agreed to a memorandum of understanding
under which the government replaced C&W's license with a non-exclusive
one thus paving the way for new competitors to develop in the industry. A source told BNamericas.com: 'The first
phase of liberalisation, ending on November 30, 2002, will focus initially
on the introduction of VSAT-based bi-directional call centre operators and
new mobile operators. The second phase - from December 1, 2002 to July
30, 2003 - will deal with domestic services, and private international
long distance service providers will be able to begin operations after
August 1, 2003.' The issuance of licenses will be under the
joint remit of Barbados' Telecoms Regulating body and the Fair Trading
Commission operating within the Trade and Industry Ministry. .
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