Come October 1, Digicel subscribers travelling within CARICOM will no longer have to pay roaming charges for voice calls.
Jamaican Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell made the announcement yesterday at the start of the 2013 Caribbean ICT Ministers’ Forum being held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
“After some negotiation, Digicel has agreed as of October 1, 2013, the abolition of voice roaming (charges) on Digicel’s network in Caricom countries. Each traveling subscriber will be treated as if he is using his local/domestic Digicel network throughout the region and therefore will be billed accordingly,” the minister said, according to a copy of his speech made available to Stabroek News. The ministry, in an official statement, subsequently confirmed the agreement.
Paulwell, who is also the president of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union recalled speaking earlier this year at CTU’s 15th General Conference of Ministers about the issue of intra-Caribbean roaming charges, and calling on the
