Digicel Squares up to C&W

Digicel Group, the Caribbean cell phone operator, laid down the gauntlet Thursday to its biggest competitor in the region, Cable & Wireless. “We are very proud of taking and growing the market in the Caribbean and, as a result, cannot understand how the former monopolist in those markets has recently made claims of achieving the number one market position in Grenada and being only 1% behind us in St. Vincent & the Grenadines,” says Colm Delves, Digicel Group CEO. “All of our own data and third-party research refutes this. I challenge C&W to substantiate these claims,” Delves adds. The claims apparently appear in C&W’s recent end of financial year statements. Digicel says it has a 21% lead over C&W in market share in Grenada and a 26% lead in St. Vincent & the Grenadines.