In
this Section:
- BERMUDA
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
- BERMUDA TRUST MANAGEMENT
- BERMUDA PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
- BERMUDA BANKING AND FINANCIAL
SERVICES
- BERMUDA INTERNET AND E-COMMERCE
FACILITIES
- BERMUDA RESIDENCE AND
PROPERTY
- BERMUDA THE LABOUR MARKET
Bermuda
Telecommunications
There
are a number of competing telecommunications providers
in Bermuda. Long-distance call costs in Bermuda
have fallen substantially since 1997.
Providers
of a wide range of telecoms services in the jurisdiction
include:
- Cable
& Wireless
-
Logic Communications
- North
Rock Communications
- TeleBermuda
International
In
January, 2006, Caribbean telecommunications operator
Digicel announced a major programme of investment
aimed at expanding its regional wireless network
into new territories in 2006.
According
to Colm Delves, CEO of Digicel Group, the company's
strategy for the year ahead was to build upon
the momentum gathered in 2005 when Digicel received
approvals for its acquisition of Cingular Wireless’s
operation in Bermuda (where it is based).
Digicel
has operations in fifteen Caribbean countries
with a combined population of 14 million, and
the company’s overall investment in the region
is approaching US$1 billion since its launch in
the region in 2001.
Digicel’s
network now encompasses a wide area of the Caribbean
basin, including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda,
Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands,
Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St.
Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago.
Cable
and Wireless has also announced a significant
investment in upgrading its telecoms infrastructure,
including a new fibre-optic cable linking Bermuda
with the US with 700 times more capacity than
the existing cable.
