Small Caribbean Phone Company Attacks Cable And Wireless
Cariaccess Communications, which offers Internet services in Barbados, St Lucia
and St Vincent and the Grenadines, has filed a lawsuit against Cable & Wireless
and the St Vincent National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, asking
for interconnection and seeking damages of US$43m. Cariaccess says that almost 5 years after receiving its first Organisation
of Eastern Caribbean States telecom license, Cariaccess remains unable to interconnect
to the public-switched telephone, Internet and other networks, anywhere in the
OECS. Cariacess claims that Cable and Wireless offers to sell it broadband products
for prices that are way in excess of its own retail prices. The company says
that the regulator has failed to enforce rules that prohibite Cable and Wireless
from such practices. Says the company: 'We look forward to a speedy resolution to this ongoing problem
and to being able to soon offer a comprehensive suite of high-quality, cost-effective
telecom services to our fellow Caribbean consumers.' Cable and Wireless has recently reported rapidly increasing broadband customer
numbers and revenues in the Caribbean. .
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