http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4583432.stm
"Local telecoms company TSTT, facing competition for the first time in the mobile phone sector, was seeking to blow its future rival Digicel out of the water with a special "buy one, get one free" Christmas promotion. Armed police had to be called in to restrain the unruly customers who mobbed the main TSTT phone outlet in Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain. Similar scenes forced three other branches to close early because of the demand. " <snip> "Historically, C&W has had a virtual monopoly in Britain's former Caribbean colonies - a monopoly that has been suffering erosion since 2001, when Irish businessman Denis O'Brien, the man behind Digicel, entered the Jamaican market with the country's first GSM mobile phone service." <snip> "C&W had sponsored the West Indies team until 2004, when the board signed a five-year deal worth $20m (£11.4m) with Digicel instead - a move described in some quarters as being tantamount to replacing Coke with Pepsi." <snip> "At the same time, C&W is facing problems elsewhere. Last November, as the angry exchanges in Trinidad and Tobago got under way, the company disclosed a 23% fall in half-year profits after a testing period in its biggest market, the UK. Clearly the Caribbean phone wars have some way to go before they run their course - and the outcome may be felt well beyond the region itself." ---- WOOT! Pretty soon we should have CDMA, 3G cell phone technology and maybe even EDGE! Which ain't bad for our little island. Hopefully we can finally get 1MBs low latency (ADSL) Internet connections as well at home and in businesses, and not for the 500US a month prices I'm paying now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192328 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
