Thursday, April 27, 2006

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands: Digicel has announced it has chosen Ericsson as its exclusive infrastructure provider for establishing a state-of-the-art GSM mobile network in the Turks & Caicos Islands.

Digicel was awarded a license to operate in the Turks & Caicos on April 3, signifying the company’s ongoing momentum in building a seamless pan-Caribbean wireless network.

“By extending our long-standing partnership with Ericsson into Turks & Caicos, we will ensure the development of an industry-leading infrastructure that enables telecommunications innovations and delivers dependable network coverage for customers,” said Colm Delves, CEO of Digicel Group. “Spread over many small islands, Turks & Caicos offers a tremendous opportunity for us to connect families and friends through a wide-range of advanced GSM services.”

Turks & Caicos mobile customers will have per second billing, prepaid roaming, GPRS, Rollover Minutes and internet-based billing and recharge services from Digicel.

“As the world’s leading GSM provider, Ericsson’s technological expertise will allow Digicel to provide Turks & Caicos customers with new and innovative service offerings,” said Oliver Chatten, Country Manager of Digicel TCI. “Throughout the Caribbean, Digicel and Ericsson have built GSM networks that enable important technology advances as well as reliable and superior coverage.”

Since Digicel’s flagship launch in 2001, Ericsson has been the company’s preferred vendor and strategic partner in delivering comprehensive network infrastructure to customers throughout the Caribbean in regions including St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Grenada, Aruba, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Haiti and Trinidad & Tobago. .

“We are pleased to be working with Digicel to bring our advanced technology offerings to Turks & Caicos,” said Martin Bjork, Digicel Key Account Manager for Ericsson. “In every location we service, the infrastructure we develop and deploy plays a critical role. However, here - in such a rapidly developing country, our intelligent GSM network will have an even greater impact. The Ericsson network will enable Digicel to offer unprecedented products and services that will transform the mobile telecommunications landscape and set a new standard for cell phone customers in Turks & Caicos.”

Digicel TCI has its local management team in place and is poised to lead the mobile telecommunications market, offering competitive rates, enhanced customer service, unbeatable coverage and a wide variety of products.

With investments in the Caribbean of over US$1 billion, Digicel employs over 1,500 people and is focused on strengthening and expanding its position in the region with imminent launches in Haiti and Turks & Caicos and other new market opportunities.

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