The supreme court of Jamaica has dismissed Caribbean operator LIME’s request for injunctive relief in an ongoing case brought by the company against rival Digicel. LIME accuses the Irish-owned mobile operator of anti-competitive behaviour, according to…
The supreme court of Jamaica has dismissed Caribbean operator LIME’s request for injunctive relief in an ongoing case brought by the company against rival Digicel. LIME accuses the Irish-owned mobile operator of anti-competitive behaviour, according to the Jamaica Observer.
LIME?s application has been denied, and costs have been awarded to Digicel.
The allegations correspond to a discrepancy in termination rates charged by Digicel for fixed-to-mobile calls. Digicel reportedly began to charge LIME customers J$8.50 (US$0.10) per minute to call Digicel mobile numbers, compared with J$4.00 per minute for its own customers, in January 2009.
LIME filed the complaint in October of that year.
LIME has reportedly said it will “vigorously” proceed with the substantive lawsuit, while Digicel Jamaica’s head of legal and regulatory affairs, Richard Fraser, was quoted as saying that LIME has been ?hell bent? on stifling competition? in the enterprise market, further accusing it of attempting to retain its ?virtual monopoly.”
