The Jamaican operation is shipping eight complete 1900MHz transmission sites to be deployed in the Cayman Islands.  Cable & Wireless' bmobile service in Cayman is currently functional and serving customers, and the cell sites being sent from Jamaica will help Cable & Wireless Cayman cope with the growing demand now being placed on its services.

Similar assistance is being extended by Cable & Wireless Barbados to Cable & Wireless Grenada where the situation is much the same, with the Cable & Wireless bmobile service facing increasing demand from customers.

The ability of Cable & Wireless in Jamaica and Barbados to assist companies in neighbouring islands is a critical advantage for the company as time required for manufacture and delivery of equipment that is needed is normally in the range of 8 - 12 weeks.

'We are happy to be in a position to help the people of Cayman in this way', commented Gary Barrow President of Cable & Wireless Jamaica.  The equipment being sent to Cayman is a small portion of the inventory being held for deployment under Cable & Wireless Jamaica's ongoing development programme.