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Cable & Wireless Jamaica recently added several countries in which its mobile customers can roam service, using their local number. The countries included in the most recent batch of roaming agreements signed by C&WJ are Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, the Dominican Republic and Aruba.
At the same time, roaming coverage has been further strengthened in the USA and the UK with the signing of agreements with additional service providers in both countries, C&W says.
Under bilateral agreements reached since the start of the year, mobile customers from Sweden (900/1800MHz), Switzerland (900/1800MHz), Germany (1800MHz), USA (1900MHz), Dominican Republic (900MHz) and Aruba (900/1900MHz) will also be able to use their mobile phones on the Cable & Wireless network while in Jamaica.
The extension of roaming to these countries has been made possible through agreements reached with service providers such as Orange, Cingular, O2, Telia Sonera and Setar.
The roaming service provided to visitors to Jamaica is being launched ahead of the introduction of a similar service by AT&T, which months ago, acquired a licence to be Jamaica's fourth mobile services provider. AT&T has said that it will initially go after American tourists who visit Jamaica and who want to use their cell phones while on the island.
C&WJ says it expects to have a bilateral roaming agreement with Italian operator Wind within another week, which will bring to 30 the number of countries within which the company's mobile customers are able to roam with either GSM or TDMA service and across dual bands.
Ian Neita, senior vice president for Mobile Services at C&WJ, says that the addition of these new roaming destinations "is in keeping with our commitment to deliver services to our customers that add real value to them in the conduct of their business and pursuit of leisure".
"We have been very selective in picking our roaming partners as we want to ensure that our global roaming footprint extends to all those countries where our customers frequently visit," adds Obaid Rahman, Cable & Wireless' head of roaming services in the Caribbean.
Apart from extending voice roaming, the company is also working towards launching GPRS roaming.
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