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Jamaica is one of an elite group of
countries with a 100% digital Telecommunications network. The country's advanced
telecommunications infrastructure ensures delivery of a wide range of high quality,
reliable services at low cost.
Jamaica boasts:
- A strategic location in the centre of the
Caribbean, linked by shipping routes and airlines to the world's major cities.
- 25 years experience in data processing
- The Caribbean's first information
processing park
- Time zone affinities with North American
and Latin American countries.
- High speed transmission and fast
turnaround which place customers at the cutting edge of telecommunication.
Hardware support comes from franchises
and dealerships with the largest companies including Digital, IBM, ICL, Fujitsu, Compaq, Xerox, Hewlett Packard
and Acer;
while software dealerships include Microsoft, Oracle, Informix, Ingres and Unix.
Ownership Of
Service
| BARBADOS |
DOMINICA |
GRENADA |
JAMAICA |
| BARTEL:
Long distance 80% C&, 20% publicly traded BET: Domestic 85% C&, 15% public
BARTEL subsidizes BET |
International
and domestic operated by C&W (WI) under license in 1985 |
GRENTEL:
Joint venture between C&W (WI) and C&W plc |
TOJ provides all telecom services C& 79%, 2% employees, 19% publicly traded
JDI: C& 35%, AT&T 35%, TOJ
30% |
| ST. KITTS & NEVIS |
ST. LUCIA |
ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO |
| SKANTEL:
C& 65%, government 17&37, public 17% |
International
C&W (WI) under an international license 1960-94, issued under a 1960 ordinance Domestic: C& under agreement of 1980; no
ratifying legislation |
International
and domestic: C&W (WI) under two agreements which expire in 2004 Ratifying legislation only relevant to telephones |
TSTT
49% C&, 51% government Licensing
agreement interpreted as monopolistic |
| Regulating Legislation
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| BARBADOS |
DOMINICA |
GRENADA |
JAMAICA |
| Barbados
Telecommunications Act, 1991 Crown
reserves power to make changes to the service |
The
Public Telephones Act 1967 ratifies the exclusive franchise to C& Telecoms Act 1974 never came into force |
The
Public Telephones Act 1989 grants exclusive rights to international and national service
to C& Government has limited
control over GRENTEL operations |
Telecom Act 1994 Telecom of Jamaica Act, 1995
Office of Utilities Regulation Act |
| ST. KITTS & NEVIS |
ST. LUCIA |
ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO |
| International
rates negotiated between government and SKANTEL Domestic rates approved by Public Service Commission |
Public
Service Commission can review domestic rate of return, but cannot independently audit
C& books |
Telecoms
Act 1952 still in force for telephones Radio Communications Services Act: Licensing for radio transmission from which
under license C& is exempt |
Telecommunications
Authority Act Conflict between
exclusivity of the shareholders' agreement and the potential for competition in the new
Act |
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