Cable & Wireless claims US$800,000 in losses from illegal call termination.(Cable and Wireless Jamaica to restrict Gotel Communications from it's network)(Brief Article)

Latin America Telecom, July, 2003

Cable & Wireless Jamaica, the incumbent fixed line operator, says that it has lost US$800,000 since February from illegal interconnection from local exchange carrier Gotel Communications and other mobile providers terminating calls on its network. In a press statement, C&W blasted Gotel for illegally terminating incoming international traffic using C&W's network.

Gotel, who has an interconnection agreement for domestic traffic with C&W and a local service license, is not authorized to terminate incoming international calls on its network, or transit to other third party interconnected networks. C&W decided to restrict Gotel from accessing its network.