www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Cable & Wireless Jamaica, operating under the brand name LIME, has launches the 3G network in Kingston, St Andrew and parts of St Catherine. The launch was originally anticipates in November’08, but now the operator intends to to complete islandwide coverage of the 3G network within 18 months, aided by a site-sharing arrangement with rival cellco America Movil (Claro). ‘We expect we will have a very competitive network within the next twelve months and certainly within the next 18 months, the most competitive network in Jamaica,’ LIME country manager Geoff Houston reportedly said. ‘At this stage we are very focused on our post-paid customers but we will be offering a pre-paid service in the very near future,’ said Houston.
So far the operator has invested $40 million to roll out the network.