Bermuda CableVision may be the latest company to join the queue of those ready to sue Government over the cable license row.

The company, which currently holds a monopoly in the industry, is unhappy at the manner in which the broadcast licence given to World on Wireless (WOW) was handed out.

WOW, along with two other companies, applied for a MMDS licence last year but is now set to offer a 114 channel service next year on a UHF frequency.

CableVision boss Jeremy Elmas told that he was unhappy with the procedures which Government took in offering a different type of licence from the one that was originally applied for.

?It is not the fact that we are due to face competition that worries me,? said Mr. Elmas. ?That is something we are expecting in this industry. It is a question of whether the appropriate procedures were followed.?

CableVision gave oral evidence at last year?s hearings, but Mr. Elmas said that if WOW are to operate in UHF, then a new hearing needs to be held at which his company would put in a different set of objections.

?It is disappointing that we have not been given an opportunity to give our opinion in relation to a UHF frequency, which we operate at, because the hearing were about MMDS licences,? he continued.

?I can compare this to Gavin Wilson (the president of WOW) asking for a licence to run a trucking company with small- to medium-size trucks and other companies in the industry being given a chance to air their views.

?But then it transpires he is to run a company using monster trucks that take up all the road and no one being able to offer their opinions about that.

?The appropriate forum has not been held.?

MMDS, or Multi-Channel Multi-point Distribution Service, broadcasts at between 2.5Ghz and 2.76Ghz, and in Bermuda is a blank spectrum while UHF, a lower frequency, is currently partially used by other broadcasters, air traffic control and mobile phone operators among others ? an industry source described the two types of broadcast media as ?as different as AM and FM?.

It is understood the company has concerns over whether the UHF broadcast by WOW would interfere with CableVision?s broadcasting capabilities.

When asked if CableVision was considering legal action, he would only state: ?We are looking at all options available to us.?

Government is already facing legal action from Hardell, which claims it is entitled to the licence that WOW was issued, while SGC Ventures, which lost out in last year?s public hearings to WOW, has said it may also sue if Hardell does get a licence.

It is understood that CableVision management believes that due to both legal and technology reasons the chances of WOW beginning its broadcasts in February are ?very small indeed?, although Mr. Elmas would not comment on that assertion when asked by

Earlier this week Gavin Wilson, president of WOW, was adamant that his company?s service would indeed launch in February but was unwilling to comment on ?other matters?.