KINGSTON – The cost of phone calls within Jamaica could soon be lowered if the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) upholds a decision that would allow it to fix the cost of terminating calls to mobile phones.

OUR director general, J. Paul Morgan said an announcement would come within the next four weeks, following an appeal by telecommunications firm Digicel against the ruling which declared all cellular companies as "dominant", thus allowing the OUR to intervene and fix the cost of calls.

However, Cable & Wireless wants the OUR to intervene, and MiPhone's chief operating officer, Colin Webster, while supporting the lowering of all termination costs, said his company was cautious about further market intervention by the regulator. (Gleaner)