Lihir Welcomes Digicel

Wednesday June 25, 2008 - Port Moresby: Digicel, the fastest-growing mobile operator in the Pacific, continued its rapid expansion in Papua New Guinea with the launch today of the Bigger, Better Network in Lihir, New Ireland province.

Digicel Pacific Chief Operating Officer, Fiona McGloin, said that the launch in Lihir will provide the population of more than 17,000 people with mobile communications in areas that have never had access to mobile communications before.

“Connecting the island of Lihir with the rest of Papua New Guinea and the world is yet another milestone in Digicel’s continued commitment to give the people of this country access to the best GSM mobile technology available at the most affordable rates,” Fiona continued.

“Digicel has been receiving great feedback from customers nationwide about the benefits the affordable and reliable mobile phone access has brought them. We look forward to offering the people of Lihir our mobile services and connecting them with their family, friends and business partners nationally as well as internationally.”

Lihir Island is the most recent addition to Digicel’s rapid roll out of their state-of-the-art mobile network reaching a total of 13 provinces. Digicel is committed to rolling out affordable, high quality and innovative mobile services nationwide. Since entering the PNG mobile market in July, 2007, mobile call prices have decreased by up to 60%. Digicel has invested in excess of K450 million in PNG and plans to invest a further K1 billion over the next three years.

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ABOUT DIGICEL

Since its launch in the South Pacific in November 2006, Digicel has become the fastest-growing mobile operator in the Pacific, with current operations in Samoa, Tonga and Papua New Guinea. The company was recently granted licenses by the Governments of Fiji and Vanuatu, and has commitments from several other countries in the Pacific.

Digicel has contributed to the 0.7% growth to the GDP[1] of Papua New Guinea since its launch as the second mobile operator on July 20, 2007.

Digicel is the largest operator in the Caribbean operating in 23 markets and rolling out new operations in Central America. The company is renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, and superior customer care, a wide variety of products and services, and state-of-the-art handsets.

Digicel is proud sponsor of several national rugby teams across the South Pacific including; Fiji Rugby, Digicel Fiji Sevens, Digicel Pacific Islanders Rugby Team and the Digicel Pukpuks. For more information, please visit http://www.digicelpacific.com/.