Digicel Group has chosen eVolution Networks to provide a smart energy solution (SES) across its network in Jamaica. Digicel aims to slash energy consumption on the cellular tower (base station) level, enabling cost savings by deactivating base stations during times of low traffic.
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Looking to increase operators’ network capacity, Venezuelan telecom regulator Conatel has assigned additional spectrum to the state-run Movilnet, to Telefónica subsidiary Movistar and to the domestically-owned Digicel in the 1.8 GHz and 1.9 GHz bands. Conatel noted that the additional spectrum is aimed at...
After acquiring Haiti’s Voilà last April, Digicel released it plans to complete the integration of the network by Oct. 15, which will include the elimination of the Voilà brand.
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The integration is expected to expand...
Looking to offer broadband Internet on cellular mobile devices, Digicel tapped Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to deploy an Evolved HSPA network in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Under the agreement, Digicel Trinidad and Tabago, which has 750,000 customers, will...
The mobile network operator Digicel has added NFC technology to its Digicel Mobile Money service offering in the South Pacific archipelago nation of Tonga. Digicel said it will make the service available initially with 50 merchants in the capital of Nuku’alofa and it plans...
Digicel Group announced it has acquired Haitian mobile operator Voilà from U.S.-based Trilogy International Partners for an undisclosed sum. The transaction closed last Friday.
At least for the near term Voilà will continue to operate as a separate company from Digicel.
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Haiti is set to receive a major boost with the delivery of US $16 million worth of undersea cable (124.28 miles) which will link the nation to 21 other countries in the Pan Caribbean region, as well as with the United States and the...
Two telecom operators have named new CEOs. After announcing an interim president, Colombian public carrier UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones SA named Marc Eichmann as its new president. He will start next February 1.
Eichmann is a mechanical engineer and has experience in management positions in telecommunications...
As a mobile operator across 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America, and the Pacific, Digicel Group Limited was facing a growth that its in-house CRM(customer relationship management) system could not support. To meet this increase and be prepared for future demand growth, Digicel’s IT...
The Jamaica Observer | March 20, 2011
LIME Jamaica has said that given the significance of the Digicel/Claro merger to the Jamaican telecommunications industry, the Government, the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR) and the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) should carefully assess the deal, before approval...
Go Jamaica | March 22, 2011
Telecommunications giant Digicel has announced it is currently working on its plans to 'seamlessly' integrate the Claro Jamaica business, including the 3G service, into the Digicel Jamaica business.
On March 11, Digicel announced that it had signed an agreement to...
Digicel | February 8, 2011 | Press Release
Businesses across the Caribbean and Central America to benefit from the region’s newest ICT powerhouse
Tuesday 8 February 2011 – Kingston, Jamaica: Digicel, the Bigger, Better Network has taken a controlling stake in Netxar Technologies, the leading systems...
December 2010
Mobile telecom Digicel is spending U.S. $65 million to build its Caribbean and Latin American headquarters in the heart of downtown Kingston, Jamaica.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- By 2015, new entrants Claro and Digicel are expected to increase their mobile phone market share in Panama to 11.7 percent and 21.3 percent, respectively, helping to boost competition levels in the market still dominated by C&W and Movistar, according to...
Sprint News Release | 08 December 2010
4G Customers Traveling Abroad Will Soon be Able to Roam on 4G Networks in Jamaica and Taiwan
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 08, 2010 -Â Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced that it has signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel...
Belize, a small nation in Central America, has been rapidly entering the digital age through a number of network deployments in partnership with Chinese information and communications technology vendor Huawei.
The latest is a subsea fiber optic cable project set for completion in the third quarter...
DigiCell and Huawei plan to launch 4G LTE by year end
Belize is set to soon be covered by a LTE network being deployed by DigiCell, a subsidiary of Belize Telemedia Limited. Both are owned and controlled by the government of Belize, with privately-owned Smart...
CRCÂ resolves to attract more MVNOs to Colombia
Colombia's Communications Regulation Commission issued a resolution that facilitates the entry of mobile virtual network operators to the country's telecom market. The goal is to provide an attractive setting for the entry of new operators and the development...
The Brazilian telco market had total revenue of $77.24 billion in 2014, an equivalent of 4.2% of the country's GDP.
All together, telco operators invested $9.57 billion last year; if the acquisition of spectrum licenses is concluded, the total rises to $11.42 billion.
The country ended 2014...
TIM Brasil's gross revenue fell 1.5% in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter of 2013 and decreased 2.2% year-over-year for 2014. However, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization increased 6.4% in 2014 when compared to the previous year. During Q4, EBITDA...
A flurry of potential acquisitions in Brazil has resulted in two competing operators, Oi and TIM Brasil, each considering bids to buy the other.
First, there is the ongoing battle for Vivendi's Brazilian unit, GVT. Telefónica raised its offer for GVT to U.S.$9.83 billion in cash...
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