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How would a small island nation Barbossa, (population 540,000) with limited regulatory resources and limited competition mange its telecom prices without becoming a burden to its consumers (who are dissatisfied over high prices) simultaneously without making them too prohibitive for new investors?

This was the question the five participant groups at the 12th Executive course on Telecom Reform had to answer, from five different points. Authority for Regulating Rates (ARR) is the Regulatory unit in charge of prices within the Barbossa Regulatory Authority (BRAT), PinTel is the incumbent, Sparrow Com and CalypsoNet are the relatively new entrants who struggle hard to increase their market share. SCAB (Society for Consumer Action Barbossa) is the active consumer group driving the regulators to re-think their telecom regulatory strategy.

The photo shows the judges and audience deliberating during the ‘public hearing’, Saturday morning.