We are extremely disappointed with the decision of the High Court in London with regard to Digicel's court action against Cable & Wireless Communications plc and related entities with respect to their alleged engagement in illegal behaviour designed to frustrate and delay Digicel's entry into various markets in the Caribbean. Following this decision, Digicel is currently considering its legal options.The case was taken by Digicel in 2007 to challenge the actions of Cable & Wireless Communications plc in obstructing Digicel's efforts to roll out mobile phone networks in St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad & Tobago and the Turks & Caicos Islands between 2002 and 2006.
Mr. Justice Morgan variously describes senior executives of TSTT (which is a telecoms firm in Trinidad & Tobago part owned by Cable & Wireless Communications plc) and its contractor, Nortel, as:
-- acting "contrary to honest practices" and thereby breaking the law in
Trinidad with two defined breaches of the Protection Against Unfair
Competition Act 1996
-- deliberately giving false or misleading evidence at the trial
