Articles tagged with: America Movil and Digicel

America Movil Cancels Deal to Buy Digicel El Salvador

­América Móvil has announced that it is cancelling a deal to buy Digicel's operations in El Salvador.  more

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El Salvador Regulator Blocks Digicel Sale to America Movil

­El Salvador's competition regulator, the SC has rejected plans by Digicel to sell its local subsidiary to America Movil.  more

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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 Government, the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR) and the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) expressing concerns about the recently announced deal for Digicel to buy its local rival, Claro.  more

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Digicel Buys Rival Network in Jamaica - to Sell Digicel Honduras and El Salvador

­Pan-Caribbean operator, Digicel has announced that it has signed an agreement with America Movil to acquire its Claro business in Jamaica, and to sell to America Movil its businesses in El Salvador and Honduras.  more

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Jamaican Operator Aiming for 3G Launch in November

Cable and Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ) expects to launch its 3G network on 15th November, according to the company's senior vice-president of business sales, Leroy Reid. Speaking at a local conference, he said that the company would have a phased rollout initially in the main business district along with St Catherine and St Thomas.  more

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Jamaican Operator to Adopt Claro Brand

Jamaican mobile operator, MiPhone is to rebrand as Claro from Thursday this week - matching the branding from its parent company, America Movil. Oceanic Digital Jamaica, the parent company of MiPhone was brought by America Movil last year for US$70 million.  more

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Four Companies Interested in Jamaican WiMAX Licenses

Four companies have expressed an interest in securing a WiMAX license in Jamaica, although only three licenses are available. An unnamed source at the Spectrum Management Authority told the local Jamaica Gleaner newspaper that while Digicel Jamaica is one of the bidders, the other three companies could not be identified.  more

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Caribbean Markets Reflect Low Level of Segmentation in Service Offerings

The new challenge faced by Caribbean operators is how to continue increasing revenues in markets having a small number of inhabitants in which voice services (fixed and mobile) have already surpassed the 100% teledensity mark. Companies will have to focus expansion efforts on value added services and service packaging. This will force operators to invest in new technologies that allow them to offer new services. Signals believes that this scenario will open the door for operators like America Movil to expand into new Caribbean markets as well as increase consolidation in the region.  more

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Digicel Facing Increased Competition in Jamaican Heartland

Pan-Caribbean operator, Digicel - controlled by Irishman Denis O'Brien is facing increased competition in Jamaica as America Movil plans to ramp up its local subsidiary, MiPhone, which it purchased last August.  more

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Caribbean Prepaid Mobile Tariffs Higher 3.5% YoY

Signals Telecom Consulting says that the Caribbean Basin mobile telecommunications market continues to evolve as new entrants arrive, new technologies such as WiMAX and UMTS/HSPA are launched, and convergence becomes the main target of market players.  more

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