Digicel Selects Alvarion for WiMAX in Caribbean

Digicel Group, the Caribbean’s largest mobile operator, has selected Alvarion as its strategic partner for WiMAX in the Cayman Islands. Alvarion’s IEEE.802.16e 4MotionTM Mobile WiMAX solution was selected for the operator’s first commercial WiMAX launch. The new network offers both voice and data services to residences and businesses throughout the Cayman Islands in the 2.3 GHZ frequency. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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• Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and has operations in 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 and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and El Salvador. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barths and is preparing to launch in Suriname, its 23rd market.