Digicel launch legal action against Cable & Wireless

Caribbean mobile monopoly breaker Digicel has long complained about incumbent Cable & Wireless and their alleged anti-competitive behaviour – but today things took a further twist.

According to The Register, Digicel has launched action against C&W in the UK’s High Court, with the former accusing the latter of refusal to interconnect, as well as charging unreasonable termination fees where interconnection had been finally agreed. They claim C&W’s behaviour has delayed their expansion in the Caribbean markets, and cost the company hundreds of millions of pounds.

Cable & Wireless have denied the claims, dismissing them as a “spoiling tactic” that has no foundation. The case is not expected to reach a full hearing until 2008.