The battle between telecommunications companies, LIME and Digicel has intensified and is now heading for the Supreme Court.

Digicel, yesterday applied to the Supreme Court of Jamaica for an order to be made against LIME for contempt of court.

This latest move is in response to what Digicel claims is LIME's decision to ignore a court order it obtained on January 28. Among other things, the injunction ordered LIME to stop making use of confidential Digicel data that was reportedly given to LIME by Claro through unethical and unlawful means.

According to the release, less than 24 hours after the injunction was granted, LIME, it is alleged, once again made use of Digicel's confidential data in an affidavit filed on January 29.

Helga McIntyre, legal and regulatory manager for Digicel Jamaica, in the release, stated, "C&W/LIME has gone too far in now, choosing to exhibit a flagrant disregard and disrespect for our court system in Jamaica. The law is there for a reason and C&W/LIME is not above it - contrary to what it might think."

In an statement sent on January 29, LIME, in response to the allegations, said, "LIME considers statements made by Digicel in a news release (dated January 28, 2009) to be highly defamatory and to constitute a deliberate attempt to damage LIME's reputation, suggesting as it does, collusion between LIME and Claro and publicly referring to LIME's exercise of its legal rights as "unethical" and "illegal" behaviour on LIME's part. "LIME has, at all times, acted ethically and legally and has been open and transparent with all matters regarding its proceedings against Digicel."

Just last month, LIME accused Digicel of blocking calls from its customers in the Caribbean to all Digicel customers in Jamaica. Digicel, however, denied the accusations.