Caribbean roundup: Mon Cash Haiti, Digicel-Mitel, Arsat-2

Digicel Haiti has changed the name of its m-payment system to Mon Cash, as reported by news website Haiti Libre. The service, offered in partnership with ScotiaBank, was previously named Tcho Tcho. The company has also upgraded its service by optimizing and updating the networks of authorized agents.

Digicel Haiti president Maarten Boute said that the service is much easier to use. "Mon Cash offers a much simpler approach," he said, adding that the company is now putting the emphasis on domestic money transfers.

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Digicel Group has signed a partnership with US-based Mitel, a provider of cloud and unified communications and software solutions, which will now make its services available to Digicel's customers in the Caribbean and Central America, according to a press release reproduced by Dominica News Online.

Mitel will bring ongoing training for sales and technical services, processes and benchmarks to provide quality customer service, as well as its expertise in voice communications, data networking and applications.

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Satellite Arsat-2, built by Argentine communications manufacturer Invap, is being prepared for transportation to French Guiana, where it will be launched into space later this month, news portal ADN Río Negro reported.

The satellite will be flown to Cayenne, and from there brought by land to Kourou, where the launch will take place. Arsat-2 will join Arsat-1, in orbit since last year, in providing TV, internet and IP phone services in both South and North America.