PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-Digicel Group, which operates several wireless networks in the Caribbean, said it was awarded Haiti's first GSM license through a tender process entered jointly with OneFone, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Haitian GB Group. Haiti currently has three operators with CDMA and...
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Fresh off a $408 million investment earlier in the week, Caribbean wireless carrier Digicel Group announced its acquisition of a wireless carrier in Curacao. Digicel now has operations in eight Caribbean countries. The value of the purchase of Curacao Telecom N.V. was...
KINGSTON, Jamaica-Fresh off a $408 million investment earlier this week, Caribbean wireless carrier Digicel today announced its acquisition of a wireless carrier in Curacao. Digicel now has operations in eight Caribbean countries.The value of the purchase of Curacao Telecom N.V. was not disclosed. Digicel...
Pyramid reports that many Caribbean countries have chosen to liberalize their telecommunications sector, opening opportunities for both vendors and operators. Three players currently serve the Jamaican mobile market: Cable & Wireless (C&W), Digicel and Oceanic Digital Communications. Because of difficult competition, operators are engaging...
KINGSTON, Jamaica-Cable & Wireless Jamaica has become the first Cable & Wireless Caribbean operation to begin GPRS service, according to a statement from technology provider Nortel Networks Ltd. The operator is the first of 12 planned deployments of GPRS technology across the region.The new...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Digicel paid US$2.5 million for a license in Guatemala to allow the company to operate GSM technology on 900 MHz spectrum. The company foresees an investment of US$30 million to start to offer its services toward the end of the year.Although Digicel...
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts—St. Kitts and Nevis has announced two telecommunications licenses as Eastern Caribbean governments continue to make good on a pledge to liberalize their telecommunications markets.The Cable, established in 1983, will formally receive a license to provide a fixed public telecommunications network and...
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A fourth cellular operator is expected to enter the Jamaica market on 1 March, 2003.The Jamaican government announced plans to award a license for mobile communications, saying the market is far from saturated. Centennial Digital last October joined the Irish company Digicel and...
LAUREL, Maryland, United States—Jamaica's newest cellular provider Digicel selected a billing and customer care software package from U.S.-based Sentori. The technology will allow Digicel to develop and launch services, including voice and Internet Protocol (IP)-based services and facilities and flexible rating options.Digicel was awarded...
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR—Wireless carrier Digicel signed an agreement with Velocitel to develop its GSM network in El Salvador.The "build-to-suit" lease arrangement will allow Velocitel to invest in transmission sites that provide market potential and strategic value to Digicel for extending coverage. Digicel will...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Jamaica's cellular market could be engaged in a fierce competition for the consumer soon. A new provider, Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd., is set to become the third operator by year-end 2001, with promises of bringing newer technology options and service to this Western...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-As Cable & Wireless positions itself to be the company of choice in wireless, Internet and its traditional bread-and-butter service, long-distance communications, some start-up companies are claiming it might well continue to hold the upper hand when the doors to competition are flung...
AlcatelEgypt. With MobiNil for an extension of its GSM network.Value: US$37.1 millionFrance. With Cegetel for the supply of a UMTS network.Value: UndisclosedEricssonCanada. With Rogers AT&T Wireless for a 3G network, including a complete GSM/GPRS network infrastructure and migrating the network to EDGE and UMTS.Value: UndisclosedPortugal. With Optimus...
