But was there any discussion to try to stop GOB from moving to Smart? Well, the chairman said they made two presentations, though he didn't have many details due to being on personal leave. But whether there were intense negotiations, well, that is still unclear.
Mark Lizarraga, Chairman, BTL
"BTL made a presentation to Cabinet to bring it up to date as to where we were, what we were doing and what we could do to grow with them to help them. And then I believe that BTL had a presentation a the CEO level where they made, basically we introduced ourselves to the CEO caucus and told them what our services were, etc, I'm not aware of the details of that but yes we did have two presentations, one to Cabinet, and one to the CEO caucus."
Courtney Menzies:
"But there was no sort of negotiation for a- because they were complaining, the ministry of labor, they were complaining of the data packages that's why they wanted to move to Smart, was there no negotiation to see okay, I mean it's the government versus the national provided, no negotiation to see can we come to a compromise?"
Mark Lizarraga, Chairman, BTL
"I'm not aware of the details of those but we have people in BTL who are in charge of liasing with the customers and apparently what we gave them was not to their liking. Obviously if we had made them an offer that was palatable or more appeasing to them they would have taken it so we have to go back to the drawing board and we would have to see. And I'm not at those meetings yet, I'm just back in office. But it help us, it challenges us and it helps us to take a look at ourselves again to see where we can improve and how we can become more aggressive and more competitive."
