EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

this month ’ s series : June 2010

Where next for Digicel?

As if taking on C&W wasn’t
enough, Digicel is now also doing
battle with América Móvil in
Honduras, El Salvador and Panama,
and the Mexican giant is also
present in Guatemala, where Digicel
has held an operator license since
2007.
Time for LIME
LIME has drafted a five-year plan
to transform itself and one of the
main points is a renovation of
the Jamaica unit. Other points
include geographic expansion and
a general transformation of the
regional network
Universal access and
The Caribbean:
Hub of the Americas
While liberalization is common to most of As both groups expand and consolidate
the Americas, and has had mixed results, they should in theory be able to leverage
the Caribbean has been blessed with an economies of scale and service improvements
almost universal shakeup at the hands of that should benefit consumers throughout
mobile operator Digicel, which arrived on this sub-region.
the scene in 2001.
In this report we see how these operators
The group now covers 24 markets and bills are working towards this goal and how
US$430 million per quarter, against the public sector or government initiatives take
approximately US$220 million per quarter up the slack.
that British group LIME - in many cases the
former incumbent - bills from its 13 units
in this region.

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