Monday, November 19, 2007 - Digicel, the fastest growing mobile operator in the South Pacific, launched it’s “rocking” Christmas offer in the market today. Every customer who buys a Digicel mobile phone will receive a free Digicel mini boombox. Digicel’s “rocking” Christmas offer will be available in all Digicel stores from Monday November 19 until Monday December 31. In addition every new customer will be entered into the draw to win a place at the “Digicel Trolley Dash” with a chance to win K500 worth of free shopping. The televised trolley dashes which will take place in supermarkets all over the country from November 26 to December 17. Digicel will be giving away up to K10,000 worth of free shopping nationwide during the festive period to get Christmas off to a “rocking” start.

Digicel is offering a large range of special handsets during the festive period. New to the range are the Coral 300; a colour flip handset available at K89, the Motorola C119 at K79, the Samsung C260 at K229, the Sony W200 at K249, and the Motorola W375 at K349. In addition to these exciting new models, other models of Nokia, Motorola, and Corals will be available. The free with handset purchase Digicel mini boombox will get everyone into a rocking Christmas mood for the festive season.

Digicel PNG CEO, Kevin O’Sullivan, said: “This is our first Digicel Christmas in Papua new Guinea and we believe in making Christmas a fun time for everyone. All men, women and children in this country should be able to enjoy the festivities that Christmas brings. We want to celebrate our first Christmas with everyone in Papua New Guinea with a splash and ensure that everyone can take part in the Digicel Christmas activities that are taking place across the country. Our affordable and high quality handsets will make ideal Christmas gifts”.

There are plenty of surprises in store for everyone to enjoy. The Digicel Santa will visit selected Digicel stores every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from December 1 until December 24. There will be give away treats for the children as well as the opportunity to have their photo taken with Santa for free.

As part of Digicel’s commitment to the community, Digicel is organising charity visits during the month of December for less fortunate children who will not have the opportunity to be with their families over Christmas. Digicel staff will be visiting charities such as Cheshire Homes, DahCavill School, WeCare for orphaned children, the families of the Digicel street vendors in Port Moresby as well as the children’s wards in hospitals across the country. The staff will be dressing up the children’s wards for Christmas, and all the children can expect a surprise visit from the Digicel Santa with lots of goodies for all.

To get everyone into a festive mood for Christmas and to get things really “rocking” Digicel will be lighting up selected prime locations nationwide such as Ela Beach in Port Moresby and other key locations around the country. To kick it all off there will be a special ceremony organised by Digicel to turn on the Christmas lights. To top it off, every weekend in December leading up to Christmas, carol singers will perform, there will be live music performances with Digicel’s mobile music road shows as well as special Digicel competitions with lots of Digicel prizes to be won. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun and games to make sure that your Krismas gets off to a “rocking” good start with Digicel!

Since launching in Papua New Guinea on 20 July, Digicel has introduced a host of first to market, innovative services including a packaged handset with a SIM card including free credit, easy and direct activation of the Digicel prepaid service, a range of Digicel Postpaid packages, free 24/7 Customer Care number 123, “Call Me” service, “2 after 2” (prepaid calls rated for only 2 toea after 2 minutes) as well as its latest revolutionary service “CreditMe”.