Caribbean Company Set to Be Involved in Range of Community Partnerships

ROAD TOWN, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANS – 23 JUNE, 2008: Digicel, the dynamic Caribbean mobile operator set to launch in BVI this year, today donated $2,000 to the All Stars Netball Club towards its hosting of the 3rd Annual Regional Netball Tournament from June 27-29, 2008.

In its first such gesture, Digicel’s Country Manager Alan Bates presented the cheque to Rockuel Grant, Secretary of the All Stars Netball Club, during a brief ceremony at Digicel BVI’s corporate offices.

“Digicel is very excited to be entering this market and look forward to forging excellent relationships with the people of BVI,” said Bates. “As well as creating local employment, Digicel BVI also plans to become very involved in a range of sponsorships, as well as social and community initiatives.  We are delighted to support this, our first event this weekend, and would like to wish the All Stars Netball Club the very best of luck.”

In accepting the donation, Grant expressed her appreciation to Digicel for its generosity. “We want to wish Digicel success with its launch in the BVI and hope that this will be a very lucrative market for the company,” she said.

The tournament, which will be played at the Road Town Recreation Grounds, will feature one team each from Antigua/Barbuda, Dominica, Nevis and St. Lucia, and three local teams. The public is invited to attend the games, which begin with an opening ceremony on Friday at 6pm. The other games will be played on Saturday and Sunday starting at 5:30pm each day.

Digicel was awarded a GSM license in BVI in December 2007 and the company is set to launch its 24th market later this year. Digicel looks forward to maximizing growth opportunities in BVI and has earmarked US$15 million as its initial investment to build a state-of-the-art network offering close to 100% population coverage.

Digicel Group recently recorded 6.5 million customers across the entire Caribbean and Central America. The company has invested more than US$2 billion in rolling out state-of-the-art networks offering the best value and best choice amongst it competition.

ENDS ABOUT DIGICEL

Since its launch in 2001, Digicel has become the largest wireless telecommunications operator in the Caribbean with more than six million customers.  After seven years, Digicel is renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, superior customer care, a wide variety of products and services, and state-of-the-art handsets. By offering innovative wireless services and community support, Digicel has become a leading brand in the Caribbean and has placed the region at the cutting-edge of wireless communications.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and has operations in 23 markets, including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Curaçao, The Cayman Islands, Dominica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos. With new launches planned for the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Honduras and Panama, Digicel expects to be in 26 markets in the next 12 months.  The Caribbean company also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barths.

The company is the lead sponsor of Caribbean sports teams including the West Indies Cricket Team, Special Olympics teams and is title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Football Union Cup and the Copa De Naciones, the Caribbean and Central American qualifiers to the CONCACAF Gold Cup.  For more information on Digicel, please visit www.digicelgroup.com.

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