This is to notify the industry of the extension of the temporary stay in the implementation of the first step in the glide path defined in the Determination Notice.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY NOTIFICATION RE: IMPLEMENTATION OF FIXED
TERMINATION RATES
Reference is made to the Office of Utilities Regulation (“OUR”) decisions regarding the approval and implementation of fixed termination rates in the telecommunications industry as set out in the documents listed below, and to the Telecommunications Industry Notification regarding the captioned of 2017 September 28:
- Cost Model for Fixed Termination Rates – The Decision on Rates – Public Version (Document No. 2017/TEL/004/Det.002) dated 2017 June 07 (Determination Notice)
- Reconsideration of the Office’s Decision: Determination Notice “Cost Model for Fixed Termination Rates – The Decision on Rates” (Document No. 2017/TEL/003/DET.001) –Public Version dated 2017 September 08 (Reconsideration Decision)
- Approval of RIO 6 Revised Tariff Schedule (Document No. 2017/TEL/013/APD 001) dated 2017 September 29 (Approval Document)
Also, reference is made to Cable & Wireless Jamaica Limited’s (“C&WJ’s”) Notice of Application for Court Orders – Claim No. HCV2017/03122 – dated 2017 September 28 in which it is seeking, inter alia, leave to apply for judicial review of the OUR’s Reconsideration Decision, and an interim injunction restraining the implementation of the said decision pending the outcome of the application for judicial review. C&WJ’s application for court orders was heard before a Judge in Chambers on 2017 October 5 and judgment was reserved until 2017 October 31.
At the hearing, the OUR agreed to extend its undertaking not to implement the first step in the glide path for implementation of the approved fixed termination rates, before completion of the hearing of C&WJ’s application on 2017 October 31.
This is to notify the industry of the extension of the temporary stay in the implementation of the first step in the glide path defined in the Determination Notice.
