Digicel wants talks over phone jammers at prison
published: Tuesday | December 24, 2002
SEAMUS LYNCH, Digicel's chief executive officer, wants to talk with prison authorities about the installation of multi-million dollar security jammers at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, which is reported to be causing interference to Digicel customers in sections of the central Kingston community.
The jammers have not only blocked phone calls from inside the penitentiary, but also Digicel calls made from near to it. Mr. Lynch suggested that the prison authorities should have implemented measures to prevent cellular phones from entering the prison. "I am suggesting that this is not the appropriate corrective action," he added.
Up to yesterday, residents residing in sections of the Rae Town, central Kingston, were still complaining about the problem. They said that since Thursday they have neither been able to receive or send calls. Contacted on the weekend, Dr. Peter Phillips, National Security Minister, declined to comment on the issue. Instead, he wanted to know how the residents knew that jammers were installed at the prison, and if jammers were in fact installed, how they knew it was the jammers which were causing the problem.
