DIGICEL PROUD SPONSOR OF OUTRAGEOUS IN RED

July 7th 2011 - DIGICEL PROUD SPONSOR OF OUTRAGEOUS IN RED

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Dwayne Mapp

Al-Hart P.R. Inc.

Tel: +1 246 426-8936

alhart@sunbeach.net

 

DIGICEL PROUD SPONSOR OF OUTRAGEOUS IN RED

 

Thursday, July 7, 2011 – (Bridgetown, Barbados): Mobile telecommunications company Digicel continues to invest in the success of this year’s Crop Over festival with sponsorship of the highly anticipated Outrageous in Red event scheduled to take place this Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Kensington Oval.

This major show will highlight the best Crop Over has to offer with performances by Krosfyah, Strategy the Energy Band, Peter Ram, Ricky Manaj, RPB, TC and Stiffy along with the a number of artistes from Trinidad and Tobago including Destra Garcia and her band as well as Bunji Garlin and Fay-Ann Lyon with their Asylum band, among other acts.

 

Alex Tasker, Digicel’s commercial director, noted that the company was proud to be associated with the event and as part of its overall involvement will be offering handset specials for its customers. He stated: “As part of our sponsorship, we will be offering our Samsung 1086 at a special price of $79, Samsung 3300 for $299 and the BlackBerry 8520 for $459. This is just one of the many ways we are giving back to our customers as they enjoy all the Crop Over festival has to offer.”

 

Lucille Moe, organizer of the event, thanked Digicel for its support, noting that the company’s involvement highlighted its commitment to the development of the festival and the cultural landscape of Barbados and encouraged patrons to come out in their numbers to enjoy the show.

 

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ABOUT DIGICEL GROUP

 

After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 10.8 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

 

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Championships and the Copa de Naciones Digicel. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

 

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

 

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

 

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

 

Visit www.digicelgroup.com  for more information.