Verizon landline and wireless customers along with T-Mobile can make free phone calls to Haiti. Digicell wireless in Haiti reported that their network is back up and working. They are also offering discounts, free charging and free SIM-replacements. Work to restore the Digicel network continues with the majority of the cell sites now back on air and functioning well.
As the biggest network in Haiti, Digicel continues to have more cell sites on air than any other provider and is seeing more and more of its customers using the network.
To ensure as many customers as possible can stay connected to friends and family, Digicel is today announcing a number of initiatives. These include:
- FREE SIM card replacement programme at Digicel stores for anyone who has
lost their existing SIM card -- importantly, customers will be able to keep
their original number. - Discounts on the price of Digicel Coral 150 handsets -- down to US$12
from the already discounted price of US$20. - Many stores have re-opened across the country including seven in Port au
Prince.
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-- In an effort to ensure that as many customers as possible can purchase
credit, handsets and accessories like alternative energy mobile phone
chargers, one of Digicel's mobile stores is open each day in the airport
area of Port au Prince from 9am until 4pm. - More supplementary charging stations in the Digicel stores to ensure that
customers can charge up their phone batteries and be able to avail
themselves of the US$5 free credit to stay connected with friends and
family.
- And for people across the Diaspora wishing to send credit to friends and
family in Haiti, Digicel is giving Double Bubble to customers meaning that
they will receive double the value of the credit that they purchase for no
additional cost. In Haiti itself, people can transfer credit from one phone
to another using Digicel Credit U service. - Digicel's text and voice donation line has now raised nearly US$500,000
in just under a week and the amount is going up all the time.
In addition, Orange in the Dominican Republic has kindly donated
technical resources and equipment to aid Digicel in its recovery efforts.
Colm Delves, Group CEO of Digicel, comments; "We're continuing to
make strides on getting our network back to full strength and in tandem
have put introduced a number of initiatives to ensure our customers
have access to phone credit, phones and phone accessories so that they
can stay connected to family and friends.
Colm Delves, Group CEO of Digicel, comments; "We're continuing to make
strides on getting our network back to full strength and in tandem have put
introduced a number of initiatives to ensure our customers have access to
phone credit, phones and phone accessories so that they can stay connected
to family and friends."