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Articles tagged with: Digicel
Trinidad and Tobago to Award a 3rd Mobile Phone License
The telecoms regulator in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago has announced plans to award a 3rd mobile license in the country. The regulator says that the license will be for radio spectrum in both the 800Mhz and 1900Mhz bands, which leaves the market open to both GSM and CDMA operators. more
Related Tags: qtel, cdma, radio-spectrum, 800mhz, Trinidad and Tobago
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
Related Tags: iphone, ericsson, cdma, america-movil, siemens, claro, Jamaica
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
Related Tags: iphone, apple, apple, cdma, america-movil, apple-iphone, claro, Jamaica
Ericsson deploys GSM/EDGE network for Digicel in Panama
Ericsson has signed a sole-supplier agreement with digicel Group for the nationwide deployment of a GSM/EDGE network in Panama. The value of the contract was not disclosed, although it was recently reported that digicel is planning to spend US$334 million on its Panama launch. more
Related Tags: ericsson, telefonica, microwave, gsm-license, mobile-softswitch, backhaul, billing, cable-and-wireless, Panama
Digicel Breaks Vodafone Monopoly in Fiji
..enetration level of 65%. On the web: Digicel Fiji - Mobile World more
Related Tags: fiji, vodafone, Fiji
GSMA Launches Renewable Energy Push For Mobile Networks
The GSMA launched new project with the goal of helping the mobile industry use renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, or sustainable biofuels, to power 118,000 new and existing off-grid base stations in developing countries by 2012. Achieving that target would save up to 2.5 billion litres of diesel per annum and cut annual carbon emissions by up to 6.3 million tonnes. more
Related Tags: base-station, wind, ericsson, base-stations, idea-cellular, gsma
Western Union Enables PrePay Top-Ups in The Caribbean
digicel has teamed with The Western Union Company to allow US residents to buy PrePay top-ups and send them to mobile phone accounts belonging to customers in Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador and Guyana. more
Related Tags: prepay, western-union, Jamaica
Digicel Plans $334 Million Investment in Panama
Pan-Caribeean mobile operator, digicel Group is planning to invest at least US$334 million in its new network in Panama - reports the Jamaica Observer newspaper. Citing a report by the International Finance Corporation's (IFC), the paper said that the mobile operator is daunted by the high cost of building out the required rural network in Panama. more
Related Tags: rural, telefonica, gsm-license, cable-and-wireless, ifc, Panama
Mexican Mobile Telephony Revenues Will Surpass $11.9 Billion Mark by 2013
Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report which examines the Mexican mobile services market with a focus on the Value Added Services (VAS) offered by local mobile operators. The report notes that the Mexican market is characterized by a VAS offering focused on SMS services. The slowdown in subscriber growth and the development of 3G networks, however, will force operators to aggressively pursue a VAS offering that is not focused on text messaging. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, sms, text-messaging, mvno, signals-telecom-consulting, mts, hspa, vas, compete, movistar, telcel, nextel, adult-content, millicom, Mexico
Papua New Guinea Sells 50% Stake in State Owned Mobile Operator
Papua New GuineaĆ's government controlled telecoms operator, Telikom PNG has sold 50 percent of its mobile phone subsidiary, Bee Mobile to an investor group for US$45 million. more
Related Tags: core-network, telikom-png, Papua New Guinea