Articles tagged with: Bahamas Telecommunications Company
Bahamas BTC Cautiously Optimistic About Financial Results
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has said that it is "cautiously optimistic" that fiscal year 2009 will witness a marked improvement in profit performance over the 2008 numbers despite the ongoing economic recession in the Bahamas. more
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Government to Privatise Bahamas Telecommunications Company
The government of The Bahamas has announced plans to sell a 51% stake, including operational control in The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC). The company currently provides services to over 334,000 wireless (through its GSM and CDMA networks), 132,000 fixed line and 18,500 broadband customers throughout The Bahamas. more
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Nortel Wins Bahamian GSM Network Contract
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), the primary telecom operator in the Bahamas, has selected Nortel to expand its GSM network services throughout the country. The network expansion is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2008. more
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Bahamas Plans to Switch Off TDMA Network
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC) has announced that it will begin turning off its TDMA network in three family islands in preparation for its complete customer migration to the GSM network at the end of October 2008. TDMA networks in Exuma, Andros and the Berry Islands will be decommissioned August 15th, 2008. more
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Bahamian Operator Prepares to Launch Mobile Data Services
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) says that it is preparing to commercially launch its mobile data offerings from next month. In preparation, BTC has begun a beta testing program to conduct a final analysis of mobile content with a small group of customers. more
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Bahamian Network Hit by Power Failures
Prepay customers of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) experienced problems with making calls on Tuesday as power failures affected the network for most of the day. Contract customers were not affected by the problems, so the power failure presumably was limited to the back-end account management systems which control network access permissions. more
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GSM Coverage Expanded in The Bahamas
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has announced the launch of GSM in the islands of Acklins, Crooked Island, Eleuthera and San Salvador. Over the last eleven months BTC has already launched GSM services in Grand Bahama, Abaco, Andros, Berry Islands, Bimini, Exuma, Inagua, Ragged Island and Rum Cay with the "GSM Gone Global" Campaign. more
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BTC selects Subex Azure rev assurance solutions
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has chosen London-based revenue assurance solutions firm Subex Azure to provide it with solutions to protect against fixed line and mobile fraud, the latter said in a statement. more
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GSM Contract Expansion for The Bahamas
Nortel has been awarded a GSM expansion contract in the Bahamas from the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC). The contract will also allow the operator to triple the capacity of its wireless network, extending service from Abaco and Bimini to include all the Bahamas' family islands by the end of September 2006. more
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Bahaman network orders mediation platform
Sentori and ACE*COMM Corp. have announced that Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has selected them to provide an integrated mediation, billing, and customer care solution to manage subscribers and network usage data on BTC's conventional TDMA mobile network as well as on its new GSM mobile network. more
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