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NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digicel consortium today submitted its tender application for a nationwide mobile phone licence to the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The Digicel consortium uniquely brings together European, United States and Asian equity partners to offer unrivalled experience and ability. The consortium comprising of YSH Finance Limited (a joint venture between First Myanmar Investment Co. Limited and Yoma Strategic...

SINGAPORE, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digicel today received confirmation from the Telecommunications Operator Tender Evaluation and Selection Committee that its pre-qualification application for one of the two new telecommunications licences in Myanmar has been successful. As such, the Digicel consortium is cleared to participate in the final stage of the tender process for one of the two new nationwide telecommunications licences in Myanmar. With current mobile penetration...

NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digicel has assembled a consortium with a view to securing one of the two new telecommunications licences being offered by the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and, as part of the tender process, today submitted its pre-qualification application. The consortium brings together expertise from the worlds of telecommunications, strategic investment, banking and infrastructure, and comprises Digicel Group, Quantum...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digicel Limited ("Digicel") today announced its intention to launch a private placement of US$250 million of 6.0% senior notes due 2021. Digicel previously issued US$1 billion of its 6.0% senior notes due 2021 earlier this year. Digicel Limited is a limited liability exempted company organized under the laws of Bermuda and owned by Mr. Denis O'Brien. Digicel intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digicel Limited ("DL") today announced it has successfully completed a US$1 billion corporate bond offering. The bonds carry a coupon of 6.00%. Digicel Limited is a subsidiary of Digicel Group Limited which is a leading global telecoms operator serving customers in the Caribbean, Central America and Pacific. Digicel Limited comprises the 24 markets of the Caribbean and El Salvador. Digicel Limited will use the proceeds of this...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digicel Limited today announced that it has received and accepted for purchase $262,587,000 aggregate principal amount, or 51.49%, of its outstanding 12% Senior Notes due 2014 (the "Notes") validly tendered by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 4(th), 2013 and expects to pay for tendered Notes on March 5(th), 2013. In addition, the Company has received consents from holders of 51.49% of the Notes as of 5:00 p.m., New York City...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digicel Limited ("Digicel" or the "Company") today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company's Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated February 19, 2013 (the "Statement"), for any and all of its outstanding 12% senior notes due 2014 (the "Notes"). The Company is also soliciting consents to certain proposed amendments to the indenture...

YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With current mobile penetration well below 10% in Myanmar, Digicel is interested in rolling out a world-class mobile telecommunications network and has submitted an expression of interest to the Government of Myanmar. Digicel has been successful in driving mobile penetration in a number of underserved countries across the globe, most notably in Haiti where mobile penetration was just 5% prior to Digicel's 2006 launch and now stands at...

TEL AVIV, Israel, January 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- eVolution Networks [http://www.evolution-networks.com ], a leading provider of innovative software solutions for the telecom industry, announced today that the Digicel Group, the leading mobile telecom operator in the Caribbean, Central American and Pacific regions, has deployed eVolution's flagship product, Smart Energy Solution (SES) [http://www.evolution-networks.com./overview ], across its network in Jamaica. SES is...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti and BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Digicel and Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) today broke ground on the $45 million 175-room Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand hotel in the Turgeau area of Port-au-Prince, with opening expected in early 2015, making it the first four-star branded hotel in Haiti. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121219/PH32583 ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090217/MARRIOTTINTLLOGO ) At a ceremony...