Irish-owned, Jamaican-based mobil service provider Digicel says it ended last year with more than six million customers, a total investment exceeding US $1.9 billion across the region and new business operations in Suriname, Guyana and El Salvador. Additionally, Digicel’s sister company, Digicel Pacific has been making serious inroads in that side of the world, having launched in Papua New Guinea in July 2007, and the Tonga operator TONFON was acquired in November while Digicel Samoa continues to enjoy steady growth. The Governments of Fiji, Vanuatu and several other countries in the Pacific have committed to license Digicel Pacific shortly.
