Should locally-owned telecoms or tech firms be protected in the market?

In the Caribbean telecoms space, much of the focus tends to be on the major telecoms carriers, Digicel and Flow. We are preoccupied with their every move, and their plans and strategies in individual countries and the region as a whole. However, it also means that to a considerable degree, the other players get little or no attention – by us, consumers, but also policymakers and regulators.