Wholesale Phone Cards

Police fears over BTC phone cards

Published On: Wednesday, June 22, 2011

By AVA TURNQUEST

Tribune Staff Reporter

aturnquest@tribunemedia.net

POLICE predict an increase in unlicensed phone card sales as the Bahamas Telecommunications Company seeks to expand its vendor market.

Unlicensed vendors are believed to account for 80 per cent of the current retail market, according to Inspector Alpheus Kemp, police licensing section, who fears the crime trend will boom once BTC streamlines new incentives.

Mr Kemp said: "We have a challenge with phone card vendors on the street.

"We make arrests on a daily basis, charge them and put them before the courts, but because the fine is so small they are back out on the streets again the next day."

Mr Kemp was referring to statements made at a recent press conference, which outlined BTC's future goals.

"I just want to raise the level of awareness," Mr Kemp said. "I know they do not deal with the street vendors directly, but perhaps they can do more to ensure that persons selling products are in compliance with the law."

BTC Marketing vice-president Marlon Johnson confirmed that the company sold phone cards to wholesale companies, who then passed on the product to retail vendors.

Mr Johnson explained that while the company intends to increase both wholesale and retail sales, it does not have a direct relationship with street vendors and thus cannot control transactions at that stage.

"We want to expand our retail footprint, and we also want to expand the number of locations that people can top up their phones. We plan to invest in the channels, make it a little more attractive by providing incentives for wholesalers and retailers," said Mr Johnson.

He added: "We're looking at the entire channel and we want to create a vibrant channel with higher visibility of BTC products."

Officials within the business licensing department were unavailable for comment on the number of registered vendors.

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