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Digicel launches in Guyana

(From press reports published Feb. 18, 2007) Published February 19, 2007
Caribbean mobile telephone service provider Digicel began offering services in Guyana last week. With a population of 800,000 and mobile penetration at an estimated 22 per cent, Digicel says it sees ...
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Digicel wins a major court battle in T&T

(Adapted from the Trinidad Express of Friday, February 16th 2007 Published February 16, 2007
In Trinidad & Tobago, a judge has ordered Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) to allow Digicel calls to flow freely through its network to both land and mobile customers, by ...
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Apple says it's willing to share the music, if the major record labels agree

(Adapted from the London Telegraph of Feb. 2, 2007) Published February 12, 2007
Apple says its iTunes store will sell music that plays on devices other than the iPod if major music labels abandon their anti-piracy technology. Chief executive Steve Jobs urged the big four music ...
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Cable & Wireless calls for a region-wide cut in landline to mobile rates

(Adapted from the Jamaica Observer, January 25, 2007) Published January 26, 2007
Cable & Wireless believes Caribbean mobile customers are getting a raw deal and says it will mount a vigorous campaign for its customers to receive lower rates for calls made from landline to mob...
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Six-year-old Digicel now claims a subscriber base of more than 4 million people throughout the Caribbean.

(Adapted from the Jamaica Observer of Fri, Jan 12, 2007 Published January 15, 2007
Digicel Group Chariman Denis O'brien with Digicel Haiti Team. In a release issued last week, Digicel declared that it ended the year 2006 with a total investment in the Caribbean region exceeding US$1...
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Cisco, Claiming Ownership of '˜iPhone,' Sues Apple

(Adapted from the New York Times of January 11, 2007) Published January 12, 2007
Just a day after CEO Steve Jobs announced Apple’s new iPhone, Apple’s Silicon Valley neighbor, the computer networking giant Cisco Systems, filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in United...
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Apple launches the iPhone, aiming for one percent of the global mobile market

(Adapted from the New York Times of 1/9/2007) Published January 10, 2007
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the company’s long-awaited entry into the cellphone world yesterday, pronouncing it an achievement on a par with the Macintosh and the iPod. According to the New...
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Cariaccess sues CW again '“ this time in St. Lucia

(Adapted from the Daily Telegraph, 08/01/2007) Published January 9, 2007
Cable & Wireless is facing another lawsuit in the Caribbean, with a rival claiming that the UK telecom giant is blocking access to its former monopoly telephone network. The latest writ is the se...
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Nokia to ring in the new year with a new range of thin phones

(Adapted from BusinessWeek, Dec. 26, 2006) Published December 28, 2006
It has shaky 2006 for Nokia, during which it has seen shrinking margins and unrelenting competition Motorola despite enjoying a bumper year for handset sales and shipments. However, says BusinessWeek,...
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In St. Vincent, Cariacess rival sues Cable & Wireless

The (British) Independent of Dec. 17, 2006 Published December 21, 2006
Cariaccess, a start-up company that has been trying to offer broadband internet services in the region for five years, issued a writ in St Vincent on Friday afternoon against C&W. It is claiming d...
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