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While liberalization is common to most o
the Americas, and has had mixed results,
the Caribbean has been blessed with an
almost universal shakeup at the hands o
mobile operator Digicel, which arrived on
the scene in 2001.
The group now covers 24 markets and bills
US$430 million per quarter, against the
approximately US$220 million per quarter
that British group LIME - in many cases the
ormer incumbent - bills rom its 13 units
in this region.
As both groups expand and consolidate
they should in theory be able to leverage
economies o scale and serv ice improvements
that should beneft consumers throughout
this sub-region.
In this report we see how these operatorsare working towards
this goal and how
public sector or government initiatives take
up the slack.
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The Caribbean:Hub of the Americas
Where next for Digicel?As i taking on C&W wasntenough,
Digicel is now also doingbattle with Amrica Mvil inHonduras, El
Salvador and Panama,and the Mexican giant is alsopresent in
Guatemala, where Digicelhas held an operator license since2007.
Time for LIMELIME has drated a fve-year planto transorm itsel
and one o themain points is a renovation othe Jamaica unit. Other
pointsinclude geographic expansion anda general transormation o
theregional network
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