Digicel

Digicel
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedApril 19, 2001
FounderDenis O'Brien
HeadquartersKingston, Jamaica
Area served
Caribbean
Key people
Denis O'Brien
(Executive Chairman)
ProductsMobile, Fixed Broadband, Wireless Broadband, Satellite Television, Cable, Mobile Money, Home Security
Revenue$2.8 billion (2015)[1]
OwnerDenis O'Brien
Number of employees
~6,500 (2018)
SubsidiariesDigicel, Trend Media Group, Prism Services Jamaica
WebsiteDigicel Group

Digicel is a Jamaican-based Caribbean mobile phone network and home entertainment provider operating in 25 markets worldwide.

Digicel has operated in several countries, including Guyana, Fiji, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa, St. Lucia, Suriname, and Jamaica. In 2024 a group of U.S. private equity firms took over control of the company as part of debt restructuring.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Digicel Group Limited".
  2. ^ "Private equity takeover of Digicel by month's end". 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Digicel may be taken over by its creditors". 2 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Digicel Bondholders Take Control of Company".
  5. ^ "The Rise and Fall of a Caribbean Communications Kingpin".

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