Teleglobe (NASDAQ:TLGB)
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Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:TLGB) and
the Digicel Group, the fastest growing mobile telecommunications
provider in the Caribbean, today announced that Digicel Caribbean will
use Teleglobe's hosted application Managed Roaming service on a trial
basis, enabling Digicel Caribbean to intelligently assign their
outbound roamers onto preferred visited GSM networks around the world.
Digicel has been a Teleglobe customer since its flagship launch in
Jamaica in 2001. The dynamic company now operates in eight Caribbean
countries with licenses recently secured in Trinidad & Tobago and
Haiti and announced plans, subject to regulatory approval, to acquire
Cingular's Caribbean and Bermuda operations.
Teleglobe's Managed Roaming service will enable Digicel to assign
a traveling subscriber onto a specific visited network. Digicel may
specify the visited network that provides the best delivery of the
home network suite of services, improving the customer experience and
increasing use of these services, and/or the preferred tariff terms
for roaming, contributing to better average margin per user, or AMPU.
The Managed Roaming application runs on a platform that is
centrally located on Teleglobe's premises, which will allow Digicel to
rely on a service rather than investing in a system of its own.
Digicel will remain in full control as they remotely manage traveling
subscribers' registration onto preferred visited networks via a secure
web-based interface to Teleglobe's Managed Roaming application.
"Digicel is continually looking at ways to enhance its services in
order to deliver more value added to our customers and so looks
forward to trialing Teleglobe's global managed roaming service," says
Ian Marwood, Digicel Group Carrier Services Director. "We believe that
by establishing special arrangements with specific roaming partners
and ensuring that subscribers are directed to these networks our
customers will enjoy significant benefits."
"We are very pleased that Digicel has chosen to trial Teleglobe's
global managed roaming service," said Barry MacCheyne, Vice President
of Wireless Global Sales. "Our service will allow Digicel to
better-manage their roaming business while effectively controlling
their costs, and enhancing the customer experience."
The feature-rich Managed Roaming service empowers the home network
GSM operator to preferentially select the network for their outbound
subscribers. Out-roaming subscribers are directed onto partner and/or
preferred networks where advantageous roaming agreements have been
established or best service selections can be assured. Margin control
while roaming can be achieved through the use of dynamic preferred
versus random network assignment. In addition to the cost benefits,
the controlled selection of networks ensures improved customer service
and satisfaction.
Managed Roaming and other hosted offerings to follow build upon
Teleglobe's current signaling services to over 400 GSM operators
worldwide, and uses a well-proven highly reliable signaling network
that spans over 225 countries. Teleglobe hosts the Managed Roaming
application on a rigorously managed, fault tolerant, scalable and open
signaling architecture. The service offers the flexibility to either a
single mobile operator or a group of operators to apply visited
network preference plans on a location-specific basis - by country,
region, state or city.
About Digicel:
Since its launch in 2001, Digicel has become the fastest growing
wireless telecommunications operator in the Caribbean. In four years,
Digicel has become renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable
coverage, superior customer care, a wide variety of products and
services, and state-of-the-art handsets. It is the largest GSM
operator in the region.
By offering innovative wireless services and community support,
Digicel has become a leading brand in the Caribbean and has placed the
region at the cutting edge of wireless communications.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and operates in eight countries
including Aruba, Barbados, Curacao, The Cayman Islands, Grenada,
Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines with plans to
launch in Trinidad & Tobago. Digicel has entered into an agreement to
acquire, subject to regulatory approval, Cingular Wireless' Bermuda
and Caribbean operations that will significantly increase the size of
its pan-Caribbean network to include Bermuda, Anguilla, St Kitts and
Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica. Digicel's market share in The
Cayman Islands, Grenada, St. Lucia, Barbados and St. Vincent & the
Grenadines, will also be strengthened as Cingular's customer base will
transition to Digicel.
The company is the lead sponsor of Caribbean sports teams
including the West Indies Cricket Team, Special Olympics teams across
the Caribbean and is title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Football
Union Cup, which involves over 30 Caribbean countries and is an
important qualifier towards the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Visit www.digicelgroup.com for more information on Digicel.
About Teleglobe:
Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd is a leading provider of
international voice, data, Internet and mobile roaming services with
over 50 years of industry expertise in international
telecommunications. Teleglobe became a public company trading on the
NASDAQ under the symbol TLGB with the acquisition of Voice over IP
(VoIP) network leader ITXC Corp. on June 1, 2004.
Teleglobe owns and operates one of the world's most extensive
telecommunications networks, reaching over 240 countries and
territories with advanced voice, mobile, and data services. Teleglobe
is the carrier of choice to more than 1,400 wholesale customers
representing the world's leading telecommunications, mobile operators
and Internet service providers.
With an annual run-rate of over 13 billion minutes, and a
significant portion of the world's Internet traffic, Teleglobe's
network is consistently ranked among the most robust and reliable,
performing at the high end of industry standards. Detailed information
about Teleglobe is available on the company's web site at
www.teleglobe.com.