Caribbean 360 | March 14, 2011
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday March 14, 2011 – Digicel is buying out the operations of one of its rivals in Jamaica, while selling two of its businesses to that same competitor.
It has signed an agreement with América Móvil to acquire...
Business Week | March 11, 2011 | Associated Press
Mexican telecom company American Movil plans to acquire a cell phone company's operations in Honduras and El Salvador.
Latin America's largest phone service provider says it has reached a deal to buy 100 percent of Jamaica-based Digicel's...
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...
The Gleaner Jamaica | February 6, 2011
Cable and Wireless (C&W), the telecoms company that trades in the Caribbean as LIME, says it has completed the buildout of the US$35 million undersea cable connecting Jamaica, the British Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic....
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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Sprint signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in Taiwan. The agreement will allow certain Sprint devices to automatically detect the Digicel and Global Mobile networks and allow customers to connect and roam onto the networks. Pricing and launch...
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 - Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced that it has signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.There is much talk these days about the need for additional spectrum to facilitate the...
MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--Caribbean mobile operator Digicel Group Ltd. said Wednesday that its network in Haiti is still providing domestic and international phone service after a major earthquake devastated the country. "We've lost one senior manager and we are trying to account for all...
WELLINGTON, New Zeland – The Pacific islands are the last frontier for mobile telecommunications but the arrival of Irish-owned Digicel Pacific in the past three years has brought about a revolution.AFP
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Brazil: TIM Brasil selected Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy and...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX--Caribbean: Alvarion said it signed a master supply agreement with...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Sweden: L.M. Ericsson said it upgraded 3 Scandinavia's HSPA network...
Caribbean carrier Digicel has been snapping up properties and is introducing dual-technology roaming for its customers as it expands its network reach and potential revenue streams. The carrier is coming up on its sixth birthday in April, after launching its first and flagship market...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularCaribbean: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it won a...
Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.--If you are one of the 12 people who haven't yet viewed Stephen Colbert's history of the new AT&T Inc., please go to Youtube.com to watch it....
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News the chance to rant and rave about whatever rubs...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Cellular El Salvador and Guyana: L.M. Ericsson won two...
KRALENDIJK, Bonaire-Caribbean telecom company Digicel has acquired the wireless segment of Telbo, a Bonaire telecom provider. The deal includes Telbo's mobile subscriber base, spectrum and network equipment. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. "We are confident that our customers will be in...
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Caribbean operator Digicel announced it will expand its reach into Central America by purchasing an El Salvadoran wireless provider that also has a telecom license in Guatemala. The wireless provider in El Salvador is named Digicel Holdings Ltd., but it is a separate...
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Caribbean mobile service provider Digicel Group plc said it raised $150 million through a corporate bond effort led by Citigroup and J.P. Morgan Chase. The bond was priced at a yield of 8.625 percent, and Digicel said it plans to use the capital...
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos—Caribbean mobile operator Digicel Group plc said it plans to launch new mobile services in its Turks & Caicos market. New services include per-second billing, international roaming and free activation, said the company. The company also recently opened 113 top-up locations...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...