Mobile telecoms provider Digicel has reportedly agreed to abolish roaming charges in the Caribbean.The announcement was made Wednesday in Trinidad & Tobago by Phillip Paulwell, Jamaica's Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, who is also President of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union.
As of October 1, voice roaming on Digicel's network in Caricom countries will be abolished. Mr. Paulwell said negotiations will continue with Digicel on the removal of roaming on data charges by year-end and the elimination of taxes on international calls in Jamaica and Haiti.
Discussions with LIME, the region's other major telecoms provider, to eliminate roaming charges, are ongoing. Mr. Paulwell, who was addressing a Caribbean Ministerial Forum on ICT, said the aim is to abolish roaming for both voice and data by year end.
According to Mr. Paulwell, the charges hinder affordable communication among Caribbean people.
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