May 25th 2010 - DIGICEL LAUNCHES LATEST BLACKBERRY SOFTWARE AT HILTON BARABDOS

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DIGICEL LAUNCHES LATEST BLACKBERRY SOFTWARE AT HILTON BARABDOS

- As the mobile telecommunications company rolls out BES Express for its business customers

 

 

Thursday, May 20, 2010 – (Bridgetown, Barbados):  Digicel’s business customers now have more advanced BlackBerry technology at their fingertips with the launch by the mobile telecommunications company and Research In Motion (RIM), of the latest smartphone software - BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) Express, at the Hilton Barbados today.

                                                                                                                

This new software provides a highly secure and manageable wireless sync solution that gives users advanced business email features, advanced contacts features, a calendar that is always up-to-date; behind the firewall access to their work email, calendar, contacts and more from their personal BlackBerry smartphone.

 

Alex Tasker, Digicel’s head of sales and marketing, said the company was pleased to offer this new product to its business clients, noting that the software provides the advanced BlackBerry smartphone features with no additional software or user license fees and works with any internet-enabled BlackBerry data plan or BlackBerry enterprise data plan, available through the company.

 

The new BES Express will increase productivity as it will allow employees to do more with everything from business applications to synchronizing email, calendar, contacts, tasks and memos on their BlackBerry smartphone.

 

From a technical and IT standpoint, BES Express is certified for up to 75 BlackBerry smartphone users to be installed and run on the same server that operates with Microsoft® Exchange 2003 SP2, 2007 SP1, 2010 or Windows® Small Business Server 2003 and 2008.

 

This eliminates the need to purchase additional hardware and if more than 75 users are required, BES Express has the flexibility to be installed on a separate server, supporting up to 2 000 BlackBerry smartphone users per server.

 

Digicel’s introduction of this new software is in keeping with the company’s commitment to providing the latest technology to it customers as the company continues to be the preferred mobile telecommunications company in Barbados and throughout the region.

 

CAPTION: Alex Tasker, Digicel’s head of sales and marketing explains some of the features of the new BES Express software during the launch at Hilton Barbados.

 

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ABOUT DIGICEL GROUP

 

After nine years of operation, Digicel has 9.1 million customers across its Caribbean and Central American markets and is renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, superior customer care, a wide variety of products and services and state-of-the-art handsets. 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. The company is also a recent entrant to the Central American market in Panama and Honduras, where is has 1.6 million subscribers.

 

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and now has operations in 32 markets worldwide. Its Caribbean and Central American markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos. The Caribbean company also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts. Pacific markets comprise: Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.

 

In total, across its 32 markets, Digicel has over 10.7 million subscribers.

 

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean and Central American sports teams, including the West Indies Cricket Team and Special Olympics teams throughout the region. Digicel is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Championships and the Copa de Naciones Digicel, which are the Caribbean and Central American qualifiers to the CONCACAF Gold Cup. And in the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams including the Digicel Fiji 7s, Digicel Tonga Ikale Tahi 7s and 15s and the Digicel Vanuatu 7s and 15s. Digicel also sponsors the Vanuatu Cricket team.

 

Visit www.digicelgroup.com  for more information on Digicel.

 

 

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