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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Claro loses appeal ...( Observer )...</span>
THE Telecommunications Appeals Tribunal has upheld a decision of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), which forces Claro to discontinue the practice of automatically diverting calls from Digicel telemarketers to the voicemail box of its users voicemail boxesThe OUR had ruled on June 14 of last year that Claro's action were in contravention of section 29 subsections (1) and (2) of the Telecommunications Act 2000, which obliges carriers to provide interconnection between their networks, said the regulator in a statement today.Claro had asked for a reconsideration by the OUR following the complaint by Digicel. The OUR subsequently affirmed its original decision in a directive with effect from August 9, 2010.The tribunal's ruling was effective as of December 14.The ruling from the Telecommunications Appeals Tribunal is available on the OUR's website at www.our.org.jm.http://www.our.org.jm
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Claro loses appeal ...( Observer )...</span>
THE Telecommunications Appeals Tribunal has upheld a decision of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), which forces Claro to discontinue the practice of automatically diverting calls from Digicel telemarketers to the voicemail box of its users voicemail boxesThe OUR had ruled on June 14 of last year that Claro's action were in contravention of section 29 subsections (1) and (2) of the Telecommunications Act 2000, which obliges carriers to provide interconnection between their networks, said the regulator in a statement today.Claro had asked for a reconsideration by the OUR following the complaint by Digicel. The OUR subsequently affirmed its original decision in a directive with effect from August 9, 2010.The tribunal's ruling was effective as of December 14.The ruling from the Telecommunications Appeals Tribunal is available on the OUR's website at www.our.org.jm.http://www.our.org.jm