Manx Utitilies companies facing competition investigation

Thursday, 24 April 2025 08:10

The Island's telecom regulator says it's investigating whether two Manx Utilities subsidiaries have been acting anti-competitively.

The Communications and Utilities Regulatory Authority says it's looking into allegations e-llan Communications and the Manx Cable Company have been unfairly restricting access to an undersea fibreoptic cable.

e-llan Communications and the Manx Cable Company are part of Manx Utilities.

CURA says it'll be contacting industry stakeholders as it looks into the complaint.

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