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Digicel Group Limited
Type	Private - owned by Denis O'Brien
Founded	2001
Headquarters	Kingston, Jamaica
Key people	Colm Delves (CEO) Denis O'Brien (Executive Chairman)
Industry	Mobile telecommunications
Products	Mobile networks, Telecom services, WiMAX Broadband, Etc.
Employees	~3,000 (2006)
Slogan	Expect More, Get More
Website	Digicel Group Ltd. Digicel Pacific Ltd.

Digicel is a mobile phone network provider in the Caribbean region. Based in Jamaica, the company provides mobile services in 22 neighbouring islands and countries. With operations across the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and the Pacifc region, the company has an estimated customer-base of over 4.7 million wireless users. [1] The company's largest competitor in the Caribbean region is Cable & Wireless's bmobile brand. Image File history File links Wikitext. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 350 pixelsFull resolution (983 × 430 pixel, file size: 37 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) digicel logo This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Denis OBrien, (born April 19, 1958 in County Cork), is an Irish entrepreneur. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... The City of Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Denis OBrien, (born April 19, 1958 in County Cork), is an Irish entrepreneur. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... “Cell Phone” redirects here. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Official WiMax logo WiMAX, the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access. ... This article is about work. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... “West Indian” redirects here. ... Cable and Wireless (LSE: CW.) is a British telecommunications company. ... The green bMobile logo is used to market mobile services by Cable and Wireless and affiliated companies. ...

History

Digicel, first established April, 2001 in Jamaica grew to 100,000 customers in approximately 100 days. In the 5 years since the initial launch, Digicel's Jamaican customer base grew to over 1.5 million users. In Haiti, where they launched operations in May 2006, the company reached 1.4 million subscribers by May 2007. Digicel is currently majority owned by Irish entrepreneur Denis O'Brien. The company has a marketshare of roughly 63% in Jamaica.^{[citation needed]} Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... For the sequel to the computer game Entrepreneur, which has no article of its own, see The Corporate Machine. ... Denis OBrien, (born April 19, 1958 in County Cork), is an Irish entrepreneur. ... Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company. ...

Competitive Issues with Incumbents

The majority of Digicel networks start up in countries where the telecommunications market has been newly liberated. As a result there has been numberious rows between Digicel executives and former state incumbent operators over interconnect agreements. This has led to Digicel taking some incumbent operators to court. [2] [3]

Digicel Expansion

In 2006 Digicel expanded into the South American mainland as well as the Pacific. On September 2006 Digicel acquired an unrelated mobile phone provider Digicel Holdings in El Salvador, rebranding it as El Nuevo Digicel, and a mobile telecommunications license in Guatemala. In February 2007 Digicel expanded their presence in South America and in the country of Guyana, acquiring U*Mobile, now rebranded as Digicel Guyana Ltd. In April 2007 they announced the acquisition of a mobile license in Suriname, which will bring their network to 23 nations.[4]

Digicel Pacific

Digicel's sister operations in the pacific islands currently only operates in Samoa but has been granted a license to operate in Papua New Guinea. The company also has been granted a license in principle to operate a GSM license from the Government of Fiji, as well as an experimental licence in the Solomon Islands [5].

Partnership with ezetop

On 20th March 2007, Digicel signed an agreement with ezetop to provide mobile credit to the Diaspora across the world. ezetop currently markets Digicel top-up for Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Guyana and Samoa in retail stores in the US, the UK and online around the world at their website.

A Digicel Top-Up sign at a flower shop in Antigua & Barbuda.

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Partnership with Vodafone

On 6 February 2007, Digicel signed a three-year partnership agreement with Vodafone. The agreement, which includes Digicel's sister operation in Samoa, will result to the offering of new roaming capabilities. The two groups will also become preferred roaming partners of each other.[6], [7] is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. It is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover and has a market value of about £84. ...

Digicel Foundation

Digicel and its shareholders set up a foundation that has been actively involved in charitable work throughout the Caribbean involving a wide range of school and sports projects as well as providing assistance after Hurricane Ivan devastated many of the islands, especially Grenada and the Cayman Islands.^{[citation needed]}

References

• [8] (April 17th, 2007) - Digicel Suriname License - Carribbean Net News

• Digicel among three bidding for Colombia's third-largest cellular company (September 01st, 2006) - Barbados Advocate
• Digicel to build US$10-million Caribbean headquarters in Kingston (April 30th, 2006) - Jamaica Observer Newspaper
• Digicel marks five year anniversary with record growth (April 22nd, 2006) - Caribbean Net News
• Digicel continues expansion (August 26, 2005) - Barbados Advocate

• Denis O'Brien, visionary philanthropist embraces employee ownership' by Jean Lowrie-Chin (April 2006) - Jamaica Observer

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External links

• Digicel Homepage.