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LIME hits Digicel with $100-m lawsuit

Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on October 28th, 2009

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

LIME filed a $100-million lawsuit against Digicel on Monday, claiming that the Irish-owned telecom unfairly priced its landline-to-mobile rates by as much as $2.48 per minute below the rate it charges LIME to terminate its landline calls.

But the amount now being sought by the British-owned telecom is dwarfed by the $3.9-billion lawsuit it brought against Digicel earlier this year - a case which is scheduled to be heard on Friday - only days after the current action was filed.

LIME Jamaicas country manager, Geoff Houston makes a point at a press conference held yesterday at his companys head office. Listening in is Camille Facey, regional vice-president, legal regulatory and corporate affairs.

LIME Jamaica's country manager, Geoff Houston makes a point at a press conference held yesterday at his company's head office. Listening in is Camille Facey, regional vice-president, legal regulatory and corporate affairs.

In that suit, LIME is claiming for the difference between payments per minute versus per second in respect of Fixed-to-Mobile (FTM) Interconnect Traffic. By LIME’s account, Digicel unilaterally changed the payment regime in 2003 in breach of the interconnection agreement.

Up to yesterday, the Business Observer was unable to get more details of the case to be heard on Friday, except that in the case, which will be heard in court chambers by Justice M McDonald-Bishop and clerk S Rainford, one party will argue for a stay of proceedings.

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New LIME Landline Rates

Posted by ShopinJA in Mobile Tech on June 5th, 2009

Well LIME once again will increase calling rates come July 12, 09′ :-(( With LIME basically having no competition in the Land-line market they can just about do anything or can they ?? What other alternatives do we really have? Is Flow Jamaica even a contender ?

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More for rental, local calls; less for overseas talktime | Published: Friday June 5, 2009

LIME Jamaica, saying its plan is to ‘rebalance’ income streams from its landline segment, will, in one month, charge customers less to make international calls, but more to call locally.

Effective July 12, postpaid landline customers will pay $10 per minute for calls overseas, down from $15.75 - amounting to a 36.5 per cent cut in rates. Cuba is exempt from the programme.

But LIME plans to make up the call revenue foregone from phone subscriptions, on which rental charges will grow by 12 per cent, moving from $700 to $785 per phoneline.

Off-peak calling rates will also be increased, from 65 cents per minute to 99 cents, up 52 per cent.

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