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Call for Jamaica's government to revisit its Telecomuniation Policy

February 21, 2012

Two trade unions representing the majority of workers at telecommunications company LIME have added their voices to calls for the Jamaica’s government to revisit its telecommunications policy, which they say places LIME at a severe disadvantage.

The unions have written to the minister with responsibility for the telecoms sector, Phillip Paulwell, requesting a meeting to discuss issues that have resulted from government's decision to approve the request from mobile provider Digicel to purchase the local operations of Claro.

The unions say their intervention is not only in an effort to safeguard the jobs of the workers, but also to prevent Jamaicans from being abused by a company which is preparing to take control of nearly 90 per cent of the mobile market.

Roberta Dowell

Starcom News