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Cariaccess files second lawsuit in St Lucia
12-30-2006

CASTRIES, St Lucia: Cariaccess Communications (St Lucia) Ltd has announced that it has filed a second lawsuit against Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltd (C&W) and now the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) of St Lucia, asking for interconnection and claiming damages and losses amounting to over EC$68 million and counting (US$25 million).

According to the company, almost 4 years after being awarded its St Lucian telecom license, Cariaccess remains unable to interconnect to the (PSTN) public-switched telephone, Internet and other networks, in St Lucia or anywhere else in the OECS.

As in the case announced recently in St Vincent & the Grenadines, Cariaccess said it looks forward to a speedy resolution to this ongoing problem and to being able to soon offer a comprehensive suite of high-quality, cost-effective telecom services to Caribbean consumers.

Cariaccess said it also reserves all legal rights and is exploring every legal option in each Caricom island market.