Claro Implements Voucherless Recharge Solution by Orga Systems

By on June 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

El Salvador’s largest mobile operator, has recently implemented Orga Systems’ Virtual Voucher System. With this intelligent retail solution, Claro’s prepaid customers benefit from a unique and convenient top-up-solution while Claro benefits from increasing optimisation in their channel strategy.

Unlike scratch cards, the Virtual Voucher System also offers customers the ability to top-up with very small amounts.

Orga Systems’ Virtual Voucher solution is a cheaper, more convenient and more secure way of allowing prepaid subscribers to top-up their mobile credit that requires neither expensive point-of-sale (POS) equipment to be installed nor scratch cards.

Claro is using the solution to expand its distribution base into new rural territories for the first time as well as to target new customer segments with great success.

Customers can use cash to pay for top-ups, which is then securely delivered via USSD/SMS using the mobile handset as a POS device. An easy to use, web-based GUI provides comprehensive reporting functions, while the reload values are freely configurable, enabling Claro to offer customized top-up amounts for specific target groups.

With the barrier-free Virtual Voucher Solution we are finally able to reach the most remote rural areas in our country, allowing us to both target new customers and improve the service we offer current customers,” says Alberto Davison, General Manager, Claro El Salvador.

About Orga Systems
Orga Systems is a leading expert in mission critical, convergent real-time billing. Its products enable international telecommunication companies to rate, charge and bill any service for prepaid, postpaid and hybrid subscribers.

450 employees in Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the Ukraine and Brasil create cost-effective, custom-tailored solutions based on highly flexible products.

42 leading mobile network operators in Continental and Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East, Latin and Central Americas experience Orga Systems as a strong partner. Characteristics of this partnership include a quick and flexible response to customer requirements and best-in-class, state-of-the-art support and services before, during and after the deployment of its products and solutions.

Virtual voucher
Orga Systems’ Virtual Voucher enables subscribers to quickly and easily top up prepaid accounts. Complimenting regular voucher sales channels, it also offers increased convenience, on demand reloads, and full distribution management. Prepaid is a major growth driver in today’s mobile communications markets. Very soon, prepaid will develop into a pure payment method available to all the subscribers in a network. Therefore, cost-effective and easy-to-handle top-up solutions are will be key for mobile operators when competing for market share.

 

About Claro El Salvador
Claro is a subsidiary company of America Movil Group, the biggest Telecommunication Company in Latin America, which during 2005 has grown to become one of the largest wireless network carriers in the world. Claro El Salvador began operations in September 2006, with a distinctive offer that covers service quality, top-notch technology, broader coverage and the most modern GSM network, as well as the best prices and the most various ranges of telephones. Claro El Salvador has 1.4 million customers of which 1,2 million are prepaid subscribers.

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Mobile Cellular Statistics (Free)

By on March 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

Mobile cellular subscribers
    Cellular mobile subscribers As % of total
        CAGR Telephone
    (k) (%) subscribers
    2000 2005 2000 – 05 2005
1 Algeria 86 13’661.4 175.5 84.2
2 Angola 25.8 1’611.1 128.6 94.3
3 Benin 55.5 750 68.3 90.8
4 Botswana 222.2 823.1 29.9 86.2
5 Burkina Faso 25.2 633.6 90.5 87.4
6 Burundi 16.3 153 56.5 78.4
7 Cameroon 103.3 2’252.5 85.2 95.7
8 Cape Verde 19.7 81.7 32.9 53.4
9 Central African Rep. 5 100 82.3 90.9
10 Chad 5.5 210 107.2 94.2
11 Comoros - 16.1 - 48.7
12 Congo 70 490 47.6 96.9
13 Congo (Dem. Rep.) 15 2’746.0 183.5 99.6
14 C´te d’Ivoire 473 2’349.4 37.8 90.1
15 Djibouti 0.2 44.1 186.1 80.3
16 Egypt 1’359.9 13’629.6 58.6 56.7
17 Equatorial Guinea 5 96.9 80.9 90.6
18 Eritrea - 40.4 - 51.7
19 Ethiopia 17.8 410.6 87.4 40.2
20 Gabon 120 652.3 40.3 94.3
21 Gambia 5.6 247.5 113.3 84.9
22 Ghana 130 2’842.4 85.3 89.8
23 Guinea 42.1 189 35 85.5
24 Guinea-Bissau - 95 - 90.3
25 Kenya 127.4 4’612.0 105 94.2
26 Lesotho 21.6 249.8 63.2 83.9
27 Liberia 1.5 160 154.5 …
28 Libya 40 234.8 55.7 14.5
29 Madagascar 63.1 510.3 51.9 88.4
30 Malawi 49 429.3 54.4 80.7
31 Mali 10.4 869.6 142.4 92.1
32 Mauritania 15.3 745.6 117.6 94.8
33 Mauritius 180 656.8 29.5 64.8
34 Mayotte - 48.1 - …
35 Morocco 2’342.0 12’392.8 39.5 90.2
36 Mozambique 51.1 1’220.0 88.6 94.6
37 Namibia 82 495 43.3 78.1
38 Niger 2.1 299.9 170.9 92.6
39 Nigeria 30 18’587.0 261.8 93.8
40 R©union 276.1 579.2 20.3 …
41 Rwanda 39 290 49.4 85.8
42 S. Tom© & Principe - 12 - 52.3
43 Senegal 250.3 1’730.1 47.2 86.6
44 Seychelles 26 57 17 72.7
45 Sierra Leone 11.9 113.2 111.7 …
46 Somalia 80 500 44.3 83.3
47 South Africa 8’339.0 33’960.0 32.4 87.8
48 Sudan 23 1’827.9 139.9 73.2
49 Swaziland 33 200 43.4 85.1
50 Tanzania 110.5 3’389.8 98.3 95.6
51 Togo 50 436 54.2 87.4
52 Tunisia 119.2 5’680.7 116.6 81.9
53 Uganda 126.9 1’315.3 59.6 93.8
54 Zambia 98.9 946.6 57.1 90.9
55 Zimbabwe 266.4 668.1 20.2 67.1
  Africa 15’668.7 137’342.5 54.4 83.3
           
           
Mobile cellular subscribers
    Cellular mobile subscribers As % of total
        CAGR Telephone
    (k) (%) subscribers
    2000 2005 2000 – 05 2005
56 Antigua & Barbuda 22 86 31.3 70.8
57 Argentina 6’488.0 22’156.4 27.8 70.1
58 Aruba 15 134.4 55 78.1
59 Bahamas 31.5 186 55.9 57.1
60 Barbados 28.5 206.2 48.6 60.5
61 Belize 16.8 119.6 48 77.7
62 Bermuda 13 49 39.3 …
63 Bolivia 582.6 2’421.4 33 78.9
64 Brazil 23’188.2 86’210.0 30 68.4
65 Canada 8’727.0 17’017.0 14.3 45
66 Chile 3’401.5 10’569.6 25.5 75.5
67 Colombia 2’256.8 21’850.0 57.5 74
68 Costa Rica 211.6 1’101.0 39.1 44.2
69 Cuba 6.5 135.5 83.4 13.7
70 Dominica 1.2 41.8 143 66.6
71 Dominican Rep. 705.4 3’623.3 38.7 80.2
72 Ecuador 482.2 6’246.3 66.9 78.8
73 El Salvador 743.6 2’411.8 26.5 71.3
74 French Guiana 39.8 98 25.2 …
75 Grenada 4.3 43.3 78.2 57
76 Guadeloupe 169.8 314.7 16.7 …
77 Guatemala 856.8 4’510.1 39.4 78.3
78 Guyana 39.8 281.4 47.8 71.9
79 Haiti 55 400 64.2 74.1
80 Honduras 155.3 1’281.5 52.5 72.2
81 Jamaica 367 2’804.4 50.2 89.8
82 Martinique 162.1 295.4 16.2 …
83 Mexico 14’077.9 47’141.0 27.3 70.7
84 Neth. Antilles 30 200 60.7 …
85 Nicaragua 90.3 1’119.4 65.4 83.5
86 Panama 410.4 1’351.9 26.9 75.4
87 Paraguay 820.8 1’887.0 18.1 85.5
88 Peru 1’273.9 5’583.4 34.4 71.3
89 Puerto Rico 926.4 2’682.0 30.4 70.7
90 St. Kitts and Nevis 1.2 10 69.9 28.6
91 St. Lucia 2.5 93 147 …
92 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.4 70.6 97.3 75.8
93 Suriname 41 232.8 41.5 74.2
94 Trinidad & Tobago 161.9 800 37.7 71.2
95 United States 109’478.0 213’000.0 14.2 54.8
96 Uruguay 410.8 1’154.9 23 53.4
97 Venezuela 5’447.2 12’495.7 18.1 77.6
98 Virgin Islands (US) 35 64.2 16.4 47.5
  Americas 181’981.1 472’479.8 21 61.5
           
Mobile cellular subscribers
    Cellular mobile subscribers As % of total
        CAGR Telephone
    (k) (%) subscribers
    2000 2005 2000 – 05 2005
99 Afghanistan - 1’200.0 - 92.3
100 Armenia 17.5 320 78.9 25.9
101 Azerbaijan 420.4 2’242.0 39.8 67.2
102 Bahrain 205.7 748.7 29.5 79.2
103 Bangladesh 279 9’000.0 100.3 89.4
104 Bhutan - 37.8 - 53.6
105 Brunei Darussalam 95 232.9 19.6 73.5
106 Cambodia 130.5 1’062.0 52.1 97
107 China 85’260.0 393’428.0 35.8 52.9
108 D.P.R. Korea - - … …
109 Georgia 194.7 1’459.2 49.6 55.2
110 Hong Kong, China 5’447.3 8’693.4 9.8 69.6
111 India 3’577.1 90’000.0 90.6 64.4
112 Indonesia 3’669.3 46’910.0 66.5 78.6
113 Iran (I.R.) 962.6 7’222.5 49.6 27.6
114 Iraq - 574 - 35.7
115 Israel 4’400.0 7’757.0 12 72.5
116 Japan 66’784.4 96’484.0 7.6 62.4
117 Jordan 388.9 1’624.1 42.9 71.8
118 Kazakhstan 197.3 4’955.2 90.5 52.5
119 Korea (Rep.) 26’816.4 38’342.3 7.4 61.8
120 Kuwait 476 2’379.8 38 82.3
121 Kyrgyzstan 9 541.7 126.9 55.2
122 Lao P.D.R. 12.7 638.2 119 89.4
123 Lebanon 743 990 5.9 50
124 Macao, China 141.1 532.8 30.4 75.3
125 Malaysia 5’121.7 19’545.0 30.7 81.7
126 Maldives 7.6 202.1 92.5 86.2
127 Mongolia 154.6 557.2 29.2 78.1
128 Myanmar 13.4 183.4 68.8 26.7
129 Nepal 10.2 227.3 85.9 31.9
130 Oman 162 1’333.2 52.4 83.4
131 Pakistan 306.5 12’771.2 110.8 70.8
132 Palestine 175.9 1’094.6 44.1 75.8
133 Philippines 6’454.4 34’779.0 40.1 91.2
134 Qatar 120.9 716.8 42.8 77.7
135 Saudi Arabia 1’375.9 13’300.0 57.4 77.8
136 Singapore 2’747.4 4’384.6 9.8 70.4
137 Sri Lanka 430.2 3’361.8 50.9 73
138 Syria 30 2’950.0 150.3 50.4
139 Taiwan, China 17’873.8 22’170.7 4.4 62
140 Tajikistan 1.2 265 196.3 16.3
141 Thailand 3’056.0 27’378.7 73 80.1
142 Turkmenistan 7.5 50.1 60.8 2.4
143 United Arab Emirates 1’428.1 4’534.5 26 78.6
144 Uzbekistan 53.1 720 68.4 15.7
145 Viet Nam 788.6 9’593.2 64.8 37.7
146 Yemen 32 2’000.0 128.7 57.3
  Asia 240’579.0 879’493.9 29.6 59.5
           
           
Mobile cellular subscribers
    Cellular mobile subscribers As % of total
        CAGR Telephone
    (k) (%) subscribers
    2000 2005 2000 – 05 2005
147 Albania 29.8 1’259.6 155 82.1
148 Andorra 23.5 64.6 22.4 64.6
149 Austria 6’117.0 8’650.0 7.2 69.8
150 Belarus 49.4 4’098.0 142 55.5
151 Belgium 5’629.0 9’460.0 10.9 66.5
152 Bosnia and Herzegovina 93.4 1’594.4 76.4 62.2
153 Bulgaria 738 6’244.9 53.3 71.5
154 Croatia 1’033.0 3’649.7 28.7 66
155 Cyprus 218.3 718.8 26.9 63.1
156 Czech Republic 4’346.0 11’775.9 22.1 78.5
157 Denmark 3’363.6 5’449.2 10.1 61.9
158 Estonia 557 1’445.3 21 76.6
159 Faroe Islands 17 42 19.9 63.8
160 Finland 3’728.6 5’270.0 7.2 71.3
161 France 29’052.4 48’099.0 10.6 58.8
162 Germany 48’202.0 79’200.0 10.4 59
163 Greece 5’932.4 10’260.4 11.6 61.9
164 Greenland 16 32.2 19.1 …
165 Guernsey 21.9 43.8 19 49.3
166 Hungary 3’076.3 9’320.0 24.8 73.5
167 Iceland 214.9 304 7.2 61.1
168 Ireland 2’461.0 4’270.0 11.7 67.5
169 Italy 42’246.0 72’200.0 11.3 74.2
170 Jersey 44.7 83.9 17 …
171 Latvia 401.3 1’871.6 36.1 71.9
172 Liechtenstein 10 27.5 22.4 57.9
173 Lithuania 524 4’353.4 52.7 85.2
174 Luxembourg 303.3 720 18.9 74.6
175 Malta 114.4 324 23.1 61.6
176 Moldova 139 1’089.8 51 54
177 Monaco 13.9 17.2 4.3 33.6
178 Netherlands 10’755.0 15’834.0 8 67.6
179 Norway 3’224.0 4’754.5 8.1 69.3
180 Poland 6’747.0 29’166.4 34 71.1
181 Portugal 6’665.0 11’447.3 11.4 73
182 Romania 2’499.0 13’354.1 39.8 75.3
183 Russia 3’263.2 120’000.0 105.6 75
184 Serbia and Montenegro 1’303.6 5’229.0 32 63.8
185 Slovak Republic 1’243.7 4’540.4 29.6 79.1
186 Slovenia 1’215.6 1’759.2 7.7 68.3
187 Spain 24’265.1 41’327.9 11.2 69.3
188 Sweden 6’372.3 9’087.0 7.4 63.3
189 Switzerland 4’638.5 6’834.0 8.1 57
190 TFYR Macedonia 115.7 1’261.3 61.2 70.3
191 Turkey 16’133.4 43’609.0 22 69.7
192 Ukraine 818.5 17’214.3 83.9 53.1
193 United Kingdom 43’452.0 65’500.0 8.6 67.3
  Europe 291’428.7 682’857.6 18.6 67.8
           
           
Mobile cellular subscribers
    Cellular mobile subscribers As % of total
        CAGR Telephone
    (k) (%) subscribers
    2000 2005 2000 – 05 2005
194 American Samoa 2 2.2 3.1 17.9
195 Australia 8’562.0 18’420.0 16.6 64.5
196 Fiji 55.1 205 30.1 64.6
197 French Polynesia 39.9 87 16.9 62
198 Guam 27.2 98 37.8 …
199 Kiribati 0.3 0.6 19.7 …
200 Marshall Islands 0.4 0.6 9.6 11.8
201 Micronesia - 14.1 - 53.1
202 New Caledonia 49.9 134.3 21.9 70.8
203 New Zealand 1’542.0 3’530.0 18 67.1
204 Northern Marianas 3 20.5 61.6 …
205 Papua New Guinea 8.6 75 54.4 54.1
206 Samoa 2.5 24 57.2 55.2
207 Solomon Islands 1.2 6 39.1 44.8
208 Tonga 0.2 29.9 178 68.5
209 Vanuatu 0.4 12.7 103.4 64.6
  Oceania 10’294.6 22’659.9 17.1 64.9
   
           
Mobile cellular subscribers
    Cellular mobile subscribers As % of total
        CAGR Telephone
    (k) (%) subscribers
    2000 2005 2000 – 05 2005
  WTI 739’952.1 2’194’833.7 24.3 63.5
           
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Telecom Regulators – Official websites directory

By on February 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

Telecoms regulators globally
Afghanistan Telecom Regularity Board Ministry of Communication Afghanistan
Albania Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ERT)
Australia Australian Communications Authority (ACA)
Argentina Secretaria de Comunicaciones
Austria TelekomControl
Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)
Belarus Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Belgium Belgian Institute of Postal services and Telecommunications
Bolivia Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SITTEL)
Bosnia and Herzegovina The Communication Regulatory Agency (CRA)
Botswana Botswana Telecommunications Authority
Brazil ANATEL
Brunei Jabatan Telekom
Bulgaria Communication Regulation Commission
Burkia Faso Direction g©n©rale de l’Office National des t©l©communications (ONATEL)
Canada Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission
Chad Minist¨re de Postes et T©l©communications
Chile Subsecretaria de Telecommunicacaiones (SUBTEL)
Colombia Comisi³n de Regulaci³n de Telecomunicaciones
Croatia Hrvatska Agencija za telekomunikacije
Czech Republic Czech Telecommunications Office
Denmark Telestyrelsen National Telecom Agency
Dominica ECTEL Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority
El Salvador Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecommunicaciones
Egypt Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)
Estonia Estonian National Communications Board
Finland Ministry of Transport and Communications
France ART (Autorit© de R©gulation des T©l©communications)
Georgia Georgian National Communications Commission
Germany Regulierungsbehoerde f?r Telekommunikation und Post
Greece EETT (National Telecommunications and Post Commission)
Grenada ECTEL Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority
Hong Kong Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA)
Hungary Ministry of Transport, Communication and Water Management
Iceland Ministry of Communications
India Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
Ireland Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation (ODTR)
Israel Ministry of Communications
Italy Italian Communications Authority
Japan Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
Jordan Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
Kenya Communications Commission of Kenya
Korea Ministry of Communications and Informations
Latvia Latvia Telecommunication State Inspection
Lebanon Ministry Of Telecommunications
Lithuania Lithuanian Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA)
Luxembourg Institut Luxembourgeois des T©l©communications
Macau Office for the Development of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)
Mali Soci©t© des T©l©communications du Mali
Malta Malta Communications Authority
Mauritania Office des Postes et T©l©communications
Mauritius The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Mexico Comisi³n Federal de Telecomunicaciones
Morocco National Agency for the Regulation of Telecommunications (ANRT)
Nepal Nepal Telecommunications Authority
Netherlands OPTA
New Zealand Commerce Commission of New Zealand
Nigeria Nigerian Communications Commission
Norway Norwegian Post and Telecom Authority
Oman Sultanate of Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Pakistan Pakistan Telecommunications Authority
Papua New Guinea PANGTEL
Paraguay Conatel, telecoms regulator
Philippines National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)
Poland URTiP
Portugal Autoridade Nacional de Comunica??es (ANACOM)
Romania National Regulatory Authority for Communications
Russia Ministry for Communications and Informatization of the Russian Federation
Saint Christopher and Nevis ECTEL Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority
Saint Lucia ECTEL Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ECTEL Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority
San Marino Segereteria di Stato per l’Industria, l’Artigianato, la Cooperazione economica, le Poste e le Telecomunicazione
Singapore Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Slovakia Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic
Slovenia Ministry of Transport and Communications
South Africa ICASA
Spain Comision del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT)
Sri Lanka Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
Sweden Post- och telestyrelsen (PTS)
Switzerland Federal Office for Communications (OFCOM/BAKOM)
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
UK Office of Communications (Ofcom)
USA Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Taiwan The Directorate General of Telecommunications
Trinidad & Tobago (Republic of) Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey Telekom?nikasyon Kurumu
Zambia Communications Authority

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Ericsson provides Digicel’s Latin American EDGE

By on January 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

Telegeography writes…Swedish vendor Ericsson has been contracted by pan-Caribbean operator Digicel Group to provide nationwide GPRS/EDGE networks in El Salvador and Guatemala, with commercial deployment expected in the next three months. Digicel, based in Jamaica and backed by Irish capital, purchased the Salvadoran cellco Digicel (no relation) in October last year for an undisclosed sum, gaining a GSM network and an estimated 222,000 subscribers in El Salvador, plus an unused GSM licence in neighbouring Guatemala. Digicel’s planned network in El Salvador will be the country’s most advanced; currently only Telef³nica’s Movistar operates a GPRS network, which is not EDGE-ready. The technological competition in Guatemala may be stiffer; Millicom’s Comcel has operated a GPRS/EDGE network since August 2005 and has close to two million subscribers, and Telef³nica’s Movistar commercially launched a 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network a month later.

 

 

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Tigo to invest US$100mn in 2007

By on January 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

Honduran mobile operator Tigo, operated by Millicom International Cellular, plans to invest US$100mn this year in preparation for increased mobile demand in the country, local press reported.

The majority of the investment will go towards network expansion, and local reports have quoted Tigo president, Antonio Tavel Otero, as saying the company aims to have coverage in each of Honduras’ 298 municipalities by year-end.

Millicom’s Central American operations in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have been the key drivers of growth for the company in Latin America. Millicom also has operations in Bolivia, Paraguay and Colombia. In 3Q06, Millicom posted US$207mn in revenues compared to US$120mn in 3Q05.

According to the executive, Tigo accounts for around 1.5 million of Honduras’ 2 million mobile subscribers.

 

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Digicel Passes 4 Million Subscriber Landmark

By on January 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

The pan-Caribbean operator, Digicel has announced its growth achievements in 2006. Achieving record growth in 2006, Digicel ended the year with a total investment in the Caribbean region exceeding US$1.5 billion, operations in 22 markets and more than 4 million customers, representing subscriber growth in excess of 100%.

In Haiti alone, where Digicel launched in May 2006, the company reached a milestone of one million customers after just eight months of operation.

“Digicel’s progress in 2006 reinforced our position as the largest GSM provider in the Caribbean region, with sustained growth in our existing markets and unrivaled growth through our entrance into new markets, such as Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and El Salvador,” said Colm Delves, Digicel Group CEO.

“2006 had several major achievements and milestones for Digicel” said Delves. “We look forward to 2007 and continuing our ambitious growth in key target markets.”

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Digicel Haiti claims a million customers in eight months

By on January 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

Telegeography writes…Digicel Haiti, which launched in May last year and is part of the Digicel mobile group founded by Irish businessman Denis O’Brien, has announced that it ended 2006 with over a million GSM customers. Digicel says it has invested USD260 million in Haiti, which it claims is ‘the largest investment ever made in the country by an international company’. It has already raced ahead of its rivals, TDMA/GSM operator Comcel and CDMA provider Haitel, despite both companies responding to their new competitor by cutting prices and launching new networks. Comcel hurriedly rolled out a GSM network under the Voila brand in early 2006, whilst Haitel is aiming to sign up data users to its CDMA2000 1x services, launched in late August 2006 (source: TeleGeography’s GlobalComms database).

During 2006 Digicel Group launched services in additional Caribbean markets including Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands and Bonaire, and acquired El Salvadorian mobile operator Digicel Holdings Ltd, U Mobile in Guyana, and Bouygues Telecom Caraibe, which extended its mobile footprint to Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The group finished the year with over four million subscribers in 22 markets.

 


 

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Digicel claims over 4 mln GSM users in Caribbean

By on January 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

Telecompaper writes…GSM mobile operator Digicel ended 2006 with over 4 million customers across 22 markets in the Caribbean, up over 100 percent from 2005, with total investment in the region reaching over USD 1.5 billion by end-2006. It achieved 1 million customers in Haiti within eight months of launching services there in May 2006. Other new markets in the region in 2006 included Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and El Salvador. The company has also entered the Central and South American markets.

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Movistar to get cash injection

By on December 13, 2006 · Leave a Comment 

Spanish giant Telef³nica, the parent of El Salvadoran cellco Movistar, is to invest USD60 million in its subsidiary’s GSM network in 2007, reports BNamericas, quoting local source Diario Hoy. The money will be used to expand the network nationwide, and particularly in the developing north and east regions. According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms database, Movistar is currently the third-placed operator in El Salvador, with 693,600 subscribers at the end of September 2006, giving it just over a fifth of the market.

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