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Digicel introduces Caribbean unlimited plans for British Virgin Islands subscribers

  • June 18th, 2009
  • 2:40 pm

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Digicel, the Caribbean mobile operator, has launched unlimited voice packages for its subscribers in British Virgin Islands. Subscribers can sign up to the Caribbean Plan and make unlimited calls to Digicel numbers across the Caribbean and Central America for $49 per month.
At a monthly fee of $129, the postpaid subscribers can also register for the Caribbean Unlimited Plan which offers unlimited local calls, unlimited international calls to Digicel Caribbean destinations, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, US, UK (landline only), Canada, Puerto Rico and the USVI, along with unlimited SMS, web browsing and email access. Subscribers of the Caribbean Unlimited Plan can also purchase the Blackberry models 8120, 8320, 8900, 9000 and 9500 for $79, 169, 299, 379 and 449, respectively.

Digicel ends fiscal year with 7.1Mn subscribers

  • June 10th, 2009
  • 8:31 am

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Digicel, the Caribbean mobile operator has ended the fiscal year on 31 March’09 with a subscriber base of 7.1 million, up 34% since March’08. Digicel posted revenues of USD 1.73 billion, up 11% on a year-on-year basis. The EBITDA margin stood at 40%.  Digicel in Haiti and Jamaica ended March with over 2 million subscribers. Digicel which was recently launched in Honduras and Panama posted a subscriber base of over 1.1 million, which brought the total subscriber base across 26 markets in the Caribbean and Central America to 8.2 million.

Digicel offers 50% extra credit on online top-up

  • April 10th, 2009
  • 10:17 am

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Digicel has introduced a top-up promotion for Easter in its Caribbean operations. Until 12 April, the subscribers who top-up their handsets online will receive an extra 50% credit as an Easter bonus.
Subscribers can transfer the credit from anywhere across the globe by logging on to the Digicel website and choosing the respective country.
The promotion will be available in 18 nations, including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guiana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, St.Lucia, St.Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos.

MIC acquires partners’ shares in JVs for $60Mn (Guatemala, Chad)

  • March 16th, 2009
  • 11:50 am

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Millicom International Cellular, the telecom firm, has completed the purchase of remaining shares in its two joint ventures Navega in Central America and the business in Chad for a total of $60 million. A MIC’s Guatemala operation, Comcel, now owns 100% stake in Navega, the fibre optic backbone of mobile operations for MIC in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

   

Honducel CEO claims continuous growth despite the local competition (Honduras)

  • January 15th, 2009
  • 5:38 am

The mobile firm of Honduran national PTO Hondutel is making all its efforts to grow itself in the mobile market despite the intense competition in the local market. ‘We continue to grow; in the area of Santa Rosa de Copan we are finishing the installation of new offices and we are ready to offer mobile telephony,’ said company CEO Jorge Alberto Rosa. Honducel, the mobile arm of Hondutel was launched in July’07 and since then has struggled to gain a status due to its solely urban coverage.

Digicel expands mobile coverage, targets 5,000 subscribers by year-end (Honduras)

  • December 24th, 2008
  • 7:25 am

Digicel has reportedly expanded its mobile coverage to five additional municipalities in Honduras. The five areas covered are in the departments of Atlantida, Francisco Morazan, Choluteca, Olancho and Cortes. It is planning to invest USD450 million (including USD80.1 million for its licence) to deploy at least 1,200 cellsites and other related infrastructure and currently has 500 points of sale nationwide. Digicel is targeting 5,000 customers by the year-end and hopes to become the country’s second largest mobile operator within a year of launching.

Digicel launches operations in Honduras, invests $450Mn

  • November 20th, 2008
  • 5:59 am

The Latin American mobile operator Digicel launches its operations officially in Honduras with an investment of $450Mn. The investment also includes the amount it paid for Honduras’ fourth mobile license which is $80.1Mn, says Digicel Honduras’ CEO Miguel García.
According to CEO García, Digicel aims to have a subscriber base of 5,000 by year-end and to become country’s second largest mobile operator within a year of launching.
According to an unofficial statement the operator also additionally aims to take country’s mobile penetration to 80% which stands at 60% presently.
“Honduras is a very exciting market for us as it allows us to strengthen our presence in Central America. With a population of close to 7.6mn and mobile penetration at just 60%, there is huge potential for growth in this mobile market and we look forward to becoming a strong competitor,” the spokesperson said.

   

MIC completes Amnet’s acquisition for USD510 million (Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica)

  • October 3rd, 2008
  • 6:15 am

Millicom International Cellular announces the completion of Amnet Telecommunications Holding Limited’s acquisition. MIC acquired 100% of Amnet for USD510 million, following the agreement initially announced in July.
Amnet is a provider of broadband and cable television services in Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador, provides fixed line telephony in El Salvador and Honduras, and provides corporate data services in the aforementioned countries as well as Guatemala and Nicaragua.

   

Millicom launches 3G services in Guatemala, Honduras and Bolivia

  • September 1st, 2008
  • 6:00 am

Millicom, the global teleco, announces the launch of 3G services in Guatemala, Honduras and Bolivia. The launches in Paraguay, El Salvador and Colombia will be followed before the end of this year, with which the roll-out of 3G across all six of its markets in Latin America will be completed. Millicom is providing the full portfolio of 3G services including high speed mobile broadband, internet access for mobilecustomers via laptop, TV on mobile handsets, music and video downloads and video calling.
“The launch of 3G services in Latin America is the first step in the process of meeting the needs of our higher ARPU customers for broadband services. Broadband is expected to be a significant growth segment in these markets and one which we expect will be an important driver to our businesses going forward.”  says Marc Beuls, President and CEO of Millicom.

   

iPhone 3G launches in 20 countries on August 22

  • August 7th, 2008
  • 12:18 pm

The iPhone 3G will be launched in twenty more countries on August 22. All the operators concerned have made their formal announcements. 10 countries are Latin American.It is predicted that SingTel will also join the mix, but the reports are yet to be confirmed.

August 22 releases

    * Argentina - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Chile - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Colombia - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Czech Republic - O2
    * Ecuador - Telefonica and America Movil
    * El Salvador - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Estonia - Eesti Mobii Telefon
    * Guatemala - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Honduras - America Movil
    * Hungary - T-Mobile
    * India - Bharti Airtel and Vodafone
    * Paraguay - America Movil
    * Philippines - GlobeTelecom
    * Peru - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Poland - Orange and Era
    * Romania - Orange
    * Uruguay - Telefonica and America Movil