SPEEDNET Suing Briceño Administration Over Contracts

A major telecom showdown is brewing—Smart’s parent company, SPEEDNET, is taking the Briceño administration to court. The company has been granted judicial leave to challenge two government contracts awarded to BTL, claiming they weren’t even given a chance to bid. One of those contracts is tied to the Ministry of Education’s ConnectED program, and another was signed just this year. But that’s not all, SPEEDNET is also going after the Ministry of Home Affairs over a CCTV contract. Today, we asked Minister Kareem Musa for his take on the legal battle.

 

Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs

“I have not seen it. I was informed by the AGs ministry yesterday so I am hoping to have a meeting with the AG and the council over at the AG ministry to over what the letter, because I don’t think it is a claim, I think it is a letter of action, so I want to have a chance to review it with the attorney general before discussing it.”