Tag Archives: telecommunications

  1. DIGICEL ANNOUNCED AS SPONSOR OF HAITIAN COMPAS FESTIVAL FOR A FOURTH YEAR RUNNING: Supporting Haitian culture in the Diaspora communities

    Digicel today announced its sponsorship of the Haitian Compas Festival for a fourth year running. The event will be held at the Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida this Saturday May 19th 2012. The festival, now in its 14th year, is a celebration of Haiti’s rich musical culture and Digicel is eager to make this year’s [...]

    May 17, 2012Music, TechnologyNo comments
  2. 4G Provider TeleBarbados Promotes Use of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) by All

    TeleBarbados, the provider of choice for premium Corporate & Residential Telecommunications Services in Barbados, is the proud Platinum Sponsor for the upcoming Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (BCCI) World Telecoms Day Seminar. World Telecoms Day occurs every May 17th, following a United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution, following the 2005 World Summit on the [...]

    May 14, 2012Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  3. IMPORTANT – TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH DIALLING POLICE’s PBX

    The Royal Barbados Police Force are making Barbadians aware how technical difficulties are currently being experienced with their phone system and also with emergency number 211. Callers may experience delays in their call being answered or a drop-out of calls. D. Welch | Insp. P.R.O of the Royal Barbados Police Force

    May 10, 2012Crime, TechnologyNo comments
  4. Barbados’ Kesia Estwick Wins Her First Mission Catwalk Challenge

    Barbados gets the top score on episode seven of Caribbean fashion reality series Mission Catwalk where Kesia Estwick designed the winning outfit inspired by the sleek and stylish Nokia N9. The designers were divided into two groups of five. Group A comprised Keshon Hawthorne, Janel Jolly and Crystal Powell of Jamaica; Kerin Scott of Barbados [...]

    May 10, 2012FashionNo comments
  5. DIGICEL SPONSORS THE PENN RELAYS: Supporting Jamaica and Jamaicans – at home and abroad

    Digicel is sponsoring the highly anticipated Penn Relay Carnival to be held at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field in the United States, from April 26th to the 28th. As a Jamaica born and bred company, Digicel has been a steadfast supporter of athletics since its launch in 2001. Being a part of the Penn [...]

    April 23, 2012Athletics, TechnologyNo comments
  6. Global Directories/Barbados Yellow Pages Facilitates Fun Learning For The St. Paul’s Family #barbadosyp #globaldirectories #children #students #charity

    With over 50 parents and guardians accompanying children and staff, the recently held “Numeracy Night” at the St. Paul’s Primary School proved to be equally as entertaining as it was educational for all those attending. Featuring a variety of challenging, yet fun mathematical activities, the Global Directories/Barbados Yellow Pages sponsored “Numeracy Night” brought students and [...]

    April 11, 2012Education, FeaturedNo comments
  7. #Uhura meets #Obama – Why #Republicans Hate #StarTrek #britethorn

    Sure you know that U.S. President Obama is only interested in destroying all religions and turning America into a secular state, but did you know that he’s also involved in a secret cult?

    April 8, 2012Cinema, Political, Video GalleryNo comments
  8. New Faces “Get Discovered” By Barbados Yellow Pages via Social Media #facebook #redadvertising #barbados #appleipod #technology

    Warren Linton and Tamia Arthur are the new faces of the Barbados Yellow Pages/Global Directories upcoming “Get Discovered” marketing campaign. The young gentleman and lady were selected from a slew of entrants in the “Get Discovered” online competition run on Facebook towards the end of last year, which invited professional and aspiring models to submit [...]

    April 2, 2012TechnologyNo comments
  9. DIGICEL CRICKET EXPERIENCE CONTINUES IN ST. LUCIA #castries #vieuxfort #digicelcricket #sportscaribbean

    The Digicel Cricket Experience events continued in St. Lucia this past week as the Digicel Series 2012 swept through the island. The Experience events are happening throughout the Digicel Series venues to enhance the WICB Digicel Grassroots cricket development programme. Held at the Corinth Playing Field, the coaching clinic for the more than 30 St. [...]

    March 29, 2012Cricket, CultureNo comments
  10. DIGICEL LEADS PROJECT TO DELIVER HIGH-CAPACITY UNDERSEA CABLE TO HAITI #satellite #broadband #ayiti #haiti #digicel #caribbean #rebuild

    Two years after Haiti was struck by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the country is set to receive a major boost with the delivery of a US$16m 200km undersea cable which will link the country to the world via internet connectivity, thanks to Digicel. The project – which is being undertaken in conjunction with Columbus [...]

    March 28, 2012Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  11. Advocate for St. Lucia disabled joins Digicel 4th ODI Coin Toss #cricket #odi #digicelcricket #castries #beausejour #digicel #physicallychallenged

    West Indies and Australia Captains, Sammy and Watson, respectively, were joined by a very special young man at the crease for the coin toss signalling the start of the 4th Digicel One Day International, held at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St. Lucia. An advocate for the differently-abled young people in St. Lucia, 17-year old [...]

    March 24, 2012CricketNo comments
  12. Big win in 2012 ADDY’s kicks off 10th Anniversary Celebrations for Red Advertising #barbados #advertising #addy

    Red advertising&marketing Ltd. started their 10th Anniversary Celebrations with a bang when they were crowned the Most Creative Agency in the Caribbean at the 2012 American Advertising Federation’s ADDY Awards. Red flew the Barbadian flag proudly beating the best of the Caribbean advertising industry, including over 30 entrants from Jamaica, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Trinidad [...]

    March 19, 2012BusinessNo comments
  13. Bajan fast bowler at Arnos Vale spreading cheer to youngsters – Digicel Cricket Experience kicks off in St. Vincent

    “This is a great thing that Digicel is doing.” Those were the words of West Indies Fast Bowler, Kemar Roach, when he finished interacting with more than 50 young cricketers who came out for the first Digicel Cricket Experience in St. Vincent. The Experience events are happening at all the Digicel Series venues to enhance [...]

    March 19, 2012CricketNo comments
  14. First mobile phone cash transfer for housing repairs kicks off in Haiti

    Haiti’s earthquake-affected households started, this week, to receive cash installments through the first ever mobile money transfer mechanism to support post-disaster housing reconstruction. More than 2,000 mobile money transfers are planned in the next three months to 1,000 low-income families receiving subsidies totaling US$500 to purchase construction materials such as cement, iron and wood at [...]

    March 1, 2012TechnologyNo comments
  15. DIGICEL LAUNCHES NEW INTERNATIONAL TOP UP PRODUCT

    Digicel, the best value operator in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific, just launched another fantastic new addition to their convenient range of Digicel Top Up products. This latest Digicel Top Up service means customers across the US can send top up to their friends and family in Haiti and Jamaica simply by dialing [...]

    February 14, 2012Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  16. DIGICEL LAUNCHES TWO BLACKBERRY 7 SMARTPHONES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN

    Digicel launches two new BlackBerry® 7 smartphones – the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9790 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9380 – across its 24 markets in the Caribbean. The powerful BlackBerry Bold 9790 features a compact design and offers users a full-featured, high performance smartphone with the dual benefits of a high resolution touch display and a highly tactile [...]

    February 8, 2012Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  17. DIGICEL HAITI WELCOMES NEW CEO DAMIAN BLACKBURN

    Digicel just announced how Damian Blackburn, formerly CEO of Digicel Honduras, will assume the role of CEO of Digicel Haiti and Group Director of Special Projects effective immediately. A telecoms industry veteran with over fourteen years experience, Damian joined Digicel Group three and a half years ago as Group Operational Development Director. He was then [...]

    February 5, 2012Featured, Nature, TechnologyNo comments
  18. Islamic neighbour cornerstone of Barbados’ YWCA initiative: UWI and Global Directories pump $30,000 into YWCA’s Breakfast Programme

    Except perhaps for Trinidad, the Caribbean has the most peaceful and cooperative Muslims compared to the rest of the planet. Barbados especially has most of that laconic stock here – certain evidence of that was when the Medinah Foundation was respected as a main contributor to the YWCA’s Breakfast Club now in its 5th year… [...]

    January 25, 2012Featured, NewsNo comments
  19. iPhone 4S now for sale in Dominican Republic

    Claro and Orange began selling telecom plans for the iPhone 4S in Santo Domingo and Santiago, Listin Diario reported. The popular model was launched at midnight on Friday, 13 January at the Orange offices on Winston Churchill Avenue in Santo Domingo. Apple’s latest iPhone, with features including responding to commands with its own voice, was [...]

    January 13, 2012Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  20. THE WICB DIGICEL GRASSROOTS CRICKET PROGRAMME 2011 COMES TO A CLOSE

    The West Indies Cricket Board/Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme 2011, which has been reinvigorating youth cricket across the Caribbean since April, came to a close yesterday with a series of cluster games across nine countries. Over 2600 aspiring young cricketers from across Grenada, BVI, St. Lucia, Anguilla, St. Vincent, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and [...]

    December 22, 2011Cricket, FeaturedNo comments
  21. “GRASSROOTS CRICKET IS WHERE THE FUTURE WEST INDIAN CRICKETERS ARE,” SAYS WICB YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICER

    The Under-17′s WICB Grassroots Cluster Games come to a close with participants from nine Caribbean countries taking part, all part of the West Indies Cricket Board Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme which is reinvigorating youth cricket across the Caribbean. Aspiring young cricketers in Grenada, BVI, St. Lucia, Anguilla, St. Vincent, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, [...]

    December 19, 2011Cricket, FeaturedNo comments
  22. “LOSING THE SERIES IS A BLOW,” SAYS WEST INDIES WICKETKEEPER DENESH RAMDIN: DIGICEL CRICKET UPDATE

    It has been a series of high and lows for the West Indies cricket team recently. After winning their third One-Day International against India on Monday 5th December, the team lost to India in the subsequent fourth and fifth ODIs, losing the overall Series. West Indies wicketkeeper, Denesh Ramdin, spoke exclusively to www.digicelcricket.com about his [...]

    December 13, 2011Cricket, FeaturedNo comments
  23. DIGICEL GROUP ANNOUNCES 16% REVENUE GROWTH IN ITS FIRST HALF RESULTS

    Digicel successfully reported strong financial performance for the six months of 2011 ended September 30th. Digicel Group Limited – which comprises the 30 markets of the Caribbean, El Salvador and the Pacific – reported revenues up 16% year on year to US$1.24 billion for the first half of the fiscal year. EBITDA (earnings before interest, [...]

    December 8, 2011Business, FeaturedNo comments
  24. Barbados Yellow Pages Awards Winner Of Photo Competition

    Defeating her nearest rival by some 124 votes, Carolann Doyle recently came away victorious in the Barbados Yellow Pages/Global Directories “Barbados 24/7 Giveaway” online photo contest. Ms. Doyle amassed 606 votes for her shot of the East Coast to place first in the competition which ran for two weeks, and took home a new Samsung [...]

    December 7, 2011Business, FeaturedNo comments
  25. DIGICEL GROUP TO BUILD 173-ROOM PORT-AU-PRINCE HOTEL TO OPERATE UNDER MARRIOTT HOTELS & RESORTS BRAND; WILL GENERATE 175 JOBS IN HAITI

    In Haiti, where new economic activity is critical in the midst of the tremendous efforts to rebuild in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in 2010, Marriott International announced it would open the $45 million, 173-room Port-au-Prince Marriott Hotel, under management agreement with ownership group Unigestion Holding S.A., a subsidiary of Digicel Group Ltd. In [...]

    November 30, 2011Featured, Nature, TravelNo comments