America Movil, Claro's parent company, is investing in the development and delivery of broadband services.
Users of the Claro network, and now Digicel, will have access to greater geographical coverage, better quality and innovation in services, and higher speeds.
The Mexican telephony giant announced it has completed the acquisition of phone company Digicel in Honduras.
A press release from American Mobile reads:
America Movil, announced today (November 30, 2011) that as part of the agreement with Digicel Group Limited and its affiliates ("Digicel") during the first quarter of 2011, has acquired on this date 100% of Digicel’s operations in Honduras and sold to Digicel its operations in Jamaica.
The mobile telephony provider, who operates in Central America and the Caribbean, reached 10.8 million customers.
Colm Delves, CEO of the company, commented the company’s results for the March 2009- March 2010 period. He noted that the situation in Honduras has been difficult due to the economic and political crisis, but that things are coming back to normality.
BlackBerry Bold is now available in Honduras through Digicel’s corporate plans.
The device handles high-speed data networks, and features GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.2 MP camera and high resolution display.
Adda Molina, Digicel Marketing Director said: “This smartphone will assist our clients in their professional and business lives, by combining design and performance”.
The multinational company opened 5 new regional offices in Choluteca, Juticalpa, La Ceiba and Santa Rosa de Copán.
They have staff in marketing, advertising and technology.
"Digiciel, of Irish origin, reached in June 10 million cell phone lines in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific Islands, according to a press release by the company".
Leaders from Digicel reported that they have brought state of the art technology to Honduras, along with competitive rates, better signal and coverage in the country's 18 departments.
"We are here to stay, we are happy to offer Honduras a new option in mobile services, with better signal, and the confidence to make their call with one try, without dropped calls," said the executive director of Digicel Honduras, Miguel Garcia, to the press.
The company was awarded the tender to offer low cost Wimax Internet services.
Wimax is a telecommunications technology that provides wireless high speed internet service, for desktop and laptop computers, as well as mobile phones.
The other competing companies were Celtel, Sercom, Lumelsa, Autoconsa and Axioma Empresarial.
The Irish company Digicel plans to enter the Honduran market in December, and has announced that it will invest 350 million dollars in its first year of operations.
The investment will be divided among development and network infrastructure, telecommunications equipment, and the introduction of the brand, channels and terminals.
This investment is in addition to the 80 million dollars the company paid the government to obtain the fourth band of cellular telephones.
Investments in telecommunications in Honduras are being held up by delays in approval by the National Congress of a framework law for the sector.
"Private phone operators reckon they will have cancelled plans for US$50 million of investment by the end of this year," said a spokesman for the telephone companies' association, Asetel.
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