Friday July 25, 2008 – Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Digicel, the fastest growing mobile operator in the Pacific, wishes the Digicel Pukpuk 7’s team the best of luck at the World Cup Qualifiers that are being held in Samoa on 25th July and 26th of July.

 

As part of the exclusive sponsorship deal with the Digicel Pukpuk 7’s the selected team players showed off their new Digicel rugby jerseys just one day before leaving for Samoa, to prepare for the World Cup Qualifier. The team’s strongest opponent in their pool is Samoa. If they win the semi finals the Pukpuk team will be participating in the Dubai 2009 World Cup tournament.

 

Digicel Pukpuk 7’s team trainer, Sailosi Druma, said “We are leaving for Samoa well in advance of our matches so we will have plenty of preparation time on the ground. The team is well prepared and has benefited from maximum exposure in terms of training and match play thanks to Digicel’s generous sponsorship. I am confident that the team is ready to face the challenge and will do well”.

Digicel CEO, John Mangos, said of the tournament “We are passionate about rugby and support Rugby Unions through out the Pacific. Digicel Pacific is the presenting sponsor of this IRB World Cup 2009 Oceania Sevens Qualifying tournament and is extremely proud that PNG is participating. We wish the Pukpuk team the best of luck in their quest to make it through to the IRB World Cup in Dubai in 2009.”

Digicel is the major sponsor of the Digicel Pukpuks 7’s national team. Digicel is committed in supporting rugby throughout the Pacific and is the proud sponsor of Fiji Rugby, Digicel Fiji Sevens, the Digicel Pacific Islanders Rugby Team, the Digicel Vanuatu Rugby 7’s and 15’s, the Manu Samoa Rugby 7’s and 15’s and the Digicel Tonga Ikale Tahi 7’s and 15’s. Digicel aims on becoming the sponsor of choice throughout the Pacific through its partnership with rugby union.

 

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, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. The company was recently granted a license by the Government of Fiji 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 7’s, Digicel Tonga Ikale Tahi 7’s and 15’s, the Manu Samoa Rugby 7’s and 15’s, Digicel Vanuatu 7’s and 15’s and the Digicel PNG Pukpuks. Digicel is also the proud sponsor of the Vanuatu Cricket team. For more information, please visit www.digicelpng.com or www.digicelpacific.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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