Internet phone service to the Court of Appeal next month.

"We still firmly believe that we are within our rights to offer the service,'' said Neil Speight head of Logic.

The company pulled their low cost long distance service only days after introducing it under threat from Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb that the Government would prosecute.

The cheap calls ended last August and since then Logic has not backed down its efforts to obtain permission to offer the service. The argument centres around whether the grade of telecommunications licence Logic has been granted, allows it permission to provide phone service.

Logic, which holds a `C' licence, contends that as Internet phone calling is part of Internet services, they are allowed to offer the cheaper calls. They charge that the Ministry of Telecommunications is behaving in an outdated mode and warn its actions are not conducive to Bermuda being promoted as a technologically advanced jurisdiction.

Ms Webb bound by the law currently on the books, has said that Logic would be allowed to provide the service if they had a `B' licence. While the fix may sound easy, it would be an expensive undertaking for Logic and cause them to duplicate services already offered by BTC which falls under their umbrella company of KeyTech.

Puisne Judge Vincent Meerabux had refused to hear the case Logic tried to bring to court in February.

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