CCT taking TRC to court!
Parties in the matter are all tight lipped as to the details of the litigation but documents seen by this news site confirm that there would be a court hearing.
According to those documents, the matter is between Caribbean Cellular Telephone Limited as applicant and Telecommunications Regulatory Commission as respondents. The parties will appear before the Honourable Madam Justice Nicola Byer.
Attorneys for the applicant are Tana’ania Small Davis of Livingston, Alexander and Levy and Monique Peters of Hunt and Co. appearing for the respondent is William Hare of Forbes Hare.
Efforts today October 1, 2015 to reach CEO of CCT Global Communications Romney Averad Penn proved futile. When we contacted CEO of the TRC Guy L. Malone today, he said that because of confidentiality issues, he could not disclose any details regarding the latest court action against the TRC by CCT.
CCT fined $50,000 in 2014 for ‘unauthorised use of spectrum’
Over the past months, tension between the CCT and the TRC has been high. In 2014 the TRC fined CCT $50,000 for unauthorised use of the spectrum. CCT claimed to have done nothing wrong.
At a press conference on May 15, 2014, CCT Chief Executive Officer Mr. Romney Averad Penn told reporters that they have done nothing beyond the authorisations.
"We live in a regulated environment and we have done nothing that is beyond the authorisations which we have been granted by the TRC,” said Mr Penn.
In a statement dated May 14, 2014, Mr Guy L. Malone, Chief Executive Officer of the TRC had said that after careful consideration and consultation conducted with reference to section 75(1) of the Telecommunications Act, 2006, it had determined that CCT breached section 20(1) (a) of the Act which resulted in the fine.
However CCT’s Penn said, "we went out, we asked for permission, we have written letters; we told them we wanted to test, we have gotten pioneer status. From our perspective, we have tried to be as above board as possible, and we are a little disappointed in the fine that has come down to us and obviously we will look to see what recourse we have, moving forward.”
He had hastened to note that CCT does not have an adverse relationship with the TRC as they are the regulators of the industry.
CCT was never shy about its LTE ambitions
Penn had said that CCT has never been shy about the fact that they are building a new network that does include LTE technology. He said that they got pioneer status to bring in LTE technology of which they did inform the TRC as they were going along the way.
“We have installed this new technology here within the BVI and we are waiting for an opportunity to bring it to the customers,” Penn stated back in May 2014.
We will bring you details emanating from the court hearing tomorrow.
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34 Responses to “CCT taking TRC to court!”
Talkin bout local company n routing tru Lime
B S
Can i operate/ offer cars for rent if i dont own any ?
YES if im working for some one
C C T RAPED the ppl of BVI for years
Damn cr**ks
CCT = Company Constantly Thieving
Its time to wake up to the reality that they are lining their own pockets not the peoples pockets
CCT still charge per minute and not per second so if you are on CCT and talk for 10 seconds you pay for 60 seconds
Its time to shake off this thievery
What about all of us overpaying for groceries, ferrys, medical. Stop pulling in favors from your friends and fight a fair fight CCT. You cant always depend on NDP to bail you out
They stop at nuthing to make the little people pay for this craziness when they still charging per minute and lime and digi charging per second. Its time to make the move to real network and thats not cct
when will this foolishness stop and we get the technology we really want with fibre from digicel
CCT LTE = Clowns Constantly Telling Lies To Everyone
We must stand up for the Virgin Islanders and residents of the BVI who have to pay per minute when they make a call on CCT. So when you cant connect my call and I get voice mail I pay for a whole minute!
This is madness in 2015 and we have to stop fooling ourselves that P*** and the rest of the Investment club care anything about the little man.
Stop trying to fix everything to protect yourselves
How is this possible? Who is going to stand up to them?
We support you Mr Malone in your efforts to bring freedom for ALL the people and not just the 1%
Will CCT not be allowed to get any LTE because they perverting justice again
Now I can roam in USA and pay same price as when I am in the BVI
Now I can get a smartphone for lowest price
Now I can get lower price calls to Jamaica
Now I can get customer service 24 hours every day
In the future I will get internet at home and television from digicel
CCT is the past and Digi is the future
digicel customers need to take digicel to court.