Digicel announced that it ceased offering one of its pricing plans Sunday, weeks after the territory’s telecommunications regulator fined the company and its rival LIME, accusing the firms of “anti-competitive behaviour.”
After the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission announced its finding in May, Digicel stopped offering its “Caribbean Plan” to existing and prospective customers on Sunday. The plan had charged customers a flat rate for a bundle of minutes to make inter-Caribbean calls.
“We have the sad duty to inform our valued customers that they will no longer be able to take advantage of this great service, which has allowed them to stay connected with their friends and family across the Caribbean for great prices,” Declan Cassidy, the firm’s CEO, said in a statement.
The TRC believes Digicel and LIME practised a “margin squeeze” against their smaller competitor, CCT Global Communications, in 2009 and 2010, using the “termination rates” that the companies charge each other to connect calls on their networks.
See the July 5, 2012 edition for full coverage.
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