Digicel Jamaica launches 4G LTE
Jamaica's largest mobile operator Digicel has launched the island's first commercial 4G LTE network following a 6bn Jamaican dollar (US$50mn) investment.
Digicel has over 2mn customers of which 1.3mn are smartphone users, the company said in a statement.
The network was launched over the 700MHz band, for which Digicel won a license in 2014. The company has already invested over US$1bn in Jamaica since 2001, Digicel Jamaica's CEO David Butler said.
In February, Phillip Paulwell, minister of science, technology, energy and mining, said the Jamaican government is considering granting a third mobile telecommunications license.
Jamaica previously had three operators, but América Móvil's Claro unit was acquired by Digicel in 2011, leaving only Digicel and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC).
Last month, CWC announced that its Flow brand had begun rolling out 4G LTE technology, after winning AWS spectrum last April.
Liberty Global completed the acquisition in May of CWC.
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