21 Facts About Digicel

Digicel is a Caribbean based mobile phone network and home entertainment provider operating in 33 markets across the Worldwide regions.

Digicel has operated in several countries, including Guyana, Fiji, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia, Suriname, and Jamaica.

Digicel was founded in 2001 by Irish entrepreneur Denis O'Brien.

In 2005, Digicel purchased Cingular Wireless' Caribbean and Bermuda operations.

Between 2006 and 2008, Digicel expanded into the Central American mainland, as well as the Pacific.

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In 2007, Digicel acquired U*Mobile in Guyana, and launched in Suriname in December.

Digicel appealed the ruling to the Jamaican Supreme Court in 2003 and won.

Digicel appealed to the Privy Council, Jamaica's final court of appeal, which upheld the appellate court's decision in 2007.

Digicel appealed the decision to the United Kingdom Privy Council.

In January 2010, the Council ruled in favour of the OUR, meaning LIME was allowed to keep the J$340 million Digicel had been ordered to pay them by the Jamaican courts.

Also in 2010, Digicel launched TchoTcho, a cash app for money transfers to phones in Haiti.

In February 2011, Digicel took a controlling stake in Netxar Technologies, a leading systems integrator in the Caribbean region.

In June 2013, Digicel announced that it would invest $9 billion in a mobile phone network in Myanmar, if granted a licence.

Digicel acquired SAT Telecom, a cable and internet company in Dominica, in February 2014 and relaunched the brand as Digicel Play in October of that year.

In November 2020, Digicel announced that, in its financial second quarter to the end of September, its earnings have dropped due to impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In October 2021, Digicel announced the sale of its Pacific operations to Telstra Corp, an Australian telecommunications company.

Digicel is a sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Asia-Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams in these regions.

In 2008, Digicel announced that they would sponsor the Vanuatu national cricket team, as well as the National Rugby 15s and 7s teams.

In 2021, Digicel sponsored the PlayGo Emerge Competition for short films made in the Caribbean.

Digicel Foundation is active in Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and Papua New Guinea.

In Haiti, the Digicel Foundation helped rebuild after the 2010 Haiti earthquake struck Port-au-Prince on January 12,2010.