Digicel encourages its 10 million plus customers to ‘text a helping hand’

Friday,  January 15th^h, 2009 – Nadi, Fiji, Digicel Group and Digicel Pacific today launched a text donation line to enable its 10 million plus customers worldwide to donate money to the massive humanitarian relief effort that is urgently needed in Haiti.

By texting the word “HELP”  to 5151, Digicel customers in any of its 32 markets worldwide can make a difference to the people of Haiti by contributing directly to the relief efforts following the earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country on Tuesday, January 12^th, 2009.

Digicel will donate all funds it receives from each text to the relief efforts in Haiti. Importantly, there is no restriction on the number of texts a customer can send or make, so people are free to donate as much as they like.

Colm Delves, Digicel Group CEO, said: “Digicel is very much part of the Caribbean community, we are committed to finding every possible way to help the people of Haiti in their time of need. Digicel has already donated US$5 million to the emergency relief efforts in the form of donations to NGOs in Haiti. We are now also offering our 10 million customers the opportunity to join us in supporting our neighbors in Haiti. Together, we can truly make a difference in the wake of this terrible disaster.”

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ABOUT DIGICEL GROUP & DIGICEL PACIFIC

After eight years of operation, Digicel has 8.8 million customers across its Caribbean and Central American markets and is renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, superior customer care, a wide variety of products and services and state-of-the-art handsets. By offering innovative wireless services and community support, Digicel has become a leading brand in the Caribbean and has placed the region at the cutting-edge of wireless communications – the company is also a recent entrant to the Central American and Pacific markets.

Digicel Pacific comprises Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. In total, across its 32 markets, Digicel has 10.3 million subscribers.