Digicel, the leading mobile communications provider in Guyana on Friday announced that the company has introduced a special roaming rate of only $30 to its subscribers.
This special rate is available to customers roaming in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. In order to access the $30 roaming rate, customers must subscribe to this service by dialing *130#. Subscription fee costs $2000 for a one week plan. The $30 rate applies to both voice calls and text messages while the data charge is 10c per kilobyte.
Digicel head of Marketing, Jacqueline James commented that “Digicel is ecstatic about this new offer since it will be beneficial to many customers.”
“Persons no longer have to turn off their phones when they travel because Digicel is making roaming affordable. We would like to encourage persons to take advantage of this amazing new deal. Signing up is very simple and both pre-paid and post-paid customers can enjoy this new $30 to roam offer,” James added.
The $30 roaming rate, which is the lowest rate offered by any network in Guyana, is applicable to the following networks: Digicel, AT&T, U.S.A., T Mobile, U.S.A., Rogers Canada, Bell Canada, Telus Canada and Wind Canada.
After 11 years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has over 13 million customers across its 31 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and the 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 Cup. 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 and Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St Martin and St Barts in the Caribbean.