This decision was made to discourage prank callers who, without any reasons, make annoying calls to the emergency short code numbers. The emergency short codes are: 111 (Police), 112 (Hospital), 113 (Fire), 114 (Marine) and 115 (Pro-Medical) and they are free of charge for the public to call. However, these codes are often being abused by callers.
Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator (TRBR), after consulting the public and the operators, made this decision to authorised TVL and Digicel to warn any callers who continue to make prank calls. If the callers continue, then TVL or Digicel will disconnect their SIMs.