Telecoms news from Jamaica

Ericsson Wins Managed Services Contract in Jamaica

Jamaican mobile network, Lime is reported to have signed a managed services agreement with Ericsson. ...more.

Mobile Banking Services Launched in Jamaica

Payment fraud prevention detector, Alaric says that it had provided its services to Transcel to support a Development Bank of Jamaica project to deliver mobile financial services in the country. ...more.

Digicel Base Stations Modified to Reduce Electricity Consumption

Digicel Jamaica has deployed a monitoring platform on its base stations that reduces power consumption in areas of low usage. ...more.

Digicel Starts Construction on new Global HQ Building

Pan-Caribbean network, Digicel today broke ground on its new global headquarters on the waterfront in downtown Kingston, Jamaica. ...more.

Lime Restoring Mobile Coverage in Jamaica

Seventy-two hours after the passage of Hurricane Sandy, Jamaica based mobile network, Lime is reporting that it is delivering significant service improvement to the badly-damaged eastern portion of the country, ...more.

Lime Jamaica to Switch Outsourced Customer Care Providers

Jamaican mobile network, Lime has signed a deal to switch its outsourced customer care service from ACS in Kingston to Telus International between August and October of this year. ...more.

Digicel Shuffles Management - New CEO for Jamaica

Digicel Jamaica's CEO, Mark Linehan has been promoted to the role of Regional CEO for the Eastern Caribbean South, ...more.

Jamaica Introduces New Tax on Phone Calls

The Government of Jamaica has introduced a special telephone tax on all calls originating in Jamaica, effective July 15, 2012. ...more.

Digicel Launches HSPA+ Upgrade in Jamaica

Digicel Jamaica has announced the launch of its 4G network -- which is actually a HSPA+ based service -- with coverage of 80% of the population at launch. ...more.

Digicel to Appeal Against Decision to Lower Mobile Termination Rates

Digicel Jamaica has filed a appeal against the telecom regulator's decision to lower mobile termination rates in the country. ...more.

Digicel Faces Legal Challenge to Takeover of Jamaican Rival

Jamaica's Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has been given permission to challenge the merger between the country's two larger mobile networks, Digicel and Claro. ...more.

Digicel Refutes Claims by Tax Collectors of Understating its Revenue Income

Jamaica based Digicel has responded to a raid by the country's tax authorities and has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court to claim that a warrant granted to the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) was "fundamentally flawed as the analysis performed by TAJ reveals utter and complete incompetence". ...more.

Jamaican Network Demos HSPA+ Upgrade

Jamaican mobile network, Lime -- owned by Cable & Wireless -- has announced that it will start deploying what it calls a 4G network from this week. ...more.

Lime Refutes Reports it is to Withdraw from Jamaica

Cable and Wireless's Jamaican subsidiary, Lime has denied reports that the parent company is considering closing down the mobile network. ...more.

Digicel to Shut Down Claro Network Next Month - Report

Digicel Jamaica has reportedly announced that it is to shut-down the network infrastructure it inherited from its recent takeover of Claro Jamaica, despite the understanding that the company was obliged to maintain both networks. ...more.

Lime Jamaica Secures Agreement with Labour Unions

Jamaican mobile network, Lime - the trading name for Cable & Wireless Communications recently secured an agreement with its labour unions to help stem the losses at the company as it faces increased competition from the merged Digicel/Claro. ...more.

Jamaica to Approve Digicel/Claro Merger

The Jamaican government has approved the merger of local mobile networks, Digicel and Claro, subject to some conditions and despite concerns that the enlarged company will have an effective monopoly on the market. ...more.

Jamaica Planning Independent Telecoms Regulator

Jamaica's government has announced plans to split off the telecoms regulatory work carried out by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and create a dedicated telecoms regulator for the country. ...more.

Jamaican Government to Monitor Digicel/Claro Merger

Jamaica's Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda has said that he will be keeping a close eye on the planned merger of the two dominant mobile networks, Claro and Digicel to ensure a monopoly is not formed. ...more.

Call for Digicel-Claro Jamaican Merger to be Investigated

Jamaican mobile network, Lime - a subsidiary of UK based Cable and Wireless - has written to the regulators expressing concerns about the recently announced deal for Digicel to buy its local rival, Claro. ...more.