BOCRA finds BTCL guilty of breaching licence

Market leader: An advert for the BTCL's Premium Connect product which offers up to 50 megabits per second PIC: BTC.BW
Market leader: An advert for the BTCL's Premium Connect product which offers up to 50 megabits per second PIC: BTC.BW

The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) has found the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) guilty of withholding high speed data services to a local internet service provider, while providing the same to its own customers even at below cost pricing.

BOCRA has given the BTCL 30 days to rectify the issue failing which the telecomms group faces a hefty penalty.

In a ruling released today, BOCRA found that BTCL had breached its own licence conditions which compel it to provide the high speed internet produce, known as Very High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) to local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) with which it has agreements. VDSL offers Internet access at up to 50 megabits per second, compared to the widely used Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) technology which offers a maximum of four megabits per second.

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