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            Indra Singh

Public Relations and Community Manager, Digicel Fiji

+679 701 5031

indra.singh@digicelgroup.com

Digicel THANKS CUSTOMERS FOR REGISTERING EARLY AND CHOOSING DIGICEL

Digicel rewards customers with daily cash prizes, organizes Family Fun Day on Saturday and ropes in Digicel Fiji Sevens Reps to join the registration events

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 – Suva, Fiji: Digicel Fiji today has thanked its customers for their efforts in registering under the Telephone Services Decree and has also roped in members of the Digicel Fiji Sevens team to be part of the registration drive.

Digicel customers have been flocking to numerous different venues throughout the country to register, and to reward its loyal customers, Digicel Fiji will have the members of the Digicel Fiji Sevens team registering their phones and meeting the members of the public on Saturday in Nadi and Suva.

Members of the public will get to meet the Digicel Fiji Sevens team members at Sukuna Park in Suva during the Digicel Family Fun Day and at Nadi’s Tabua Park. Both events start at 9am with live radio broadcasts throughout the day. An outdoor broadcast for customers in Lautoka will also take place on Saturday at the flagship store with giveaways galore.

Digicel SIM cards will be on sale during the day, and customers can sign up for Digicel’s latest service-- Digicel Mobile Money- which turns your phone into an electronic wallet and you can send and receive money nationwide, pay your Digicel postpaid bill or top yourself up.

Digicel is using every possible method to make the process easy for its customers, by providing photocopying facilities at the main stores, selected dealer stores and at mobile registration units, as well as cameras at main stores.

Digicel Fiji Director Marketing, Niamh Byrne said, “We would like to thank our customers for their effort in taking the time out to register. Our advice for customers is to register early, in order to avoid the rush. With the registration deadline on August 21, we urge customers to register as soon as possible. As part of an incentive to reward customers for registering early, Digicel is giving away daily cash prizes and other special gifts to customers who register their numbers on or before August 15.”

As part of Digicel Fiji’s Island Drive, registration is taking place today in Koro, Taveuni, Mamanuca, Lau and Vanuabalavu, in the Yasawas tomorrow and Rotuma on Wednesday August 4.

The schedule for the West and Southern/Eastern areas are as follows:

Ongoing in Lautoka, Nadi, Ba and Sigatoka with the Digicel Gig-Rig in Sigatoka tomorrow. The registration is happening at Hansons in Makoi today, with USP tomorrow and Nausori on Friday.

ABOUT DIGICEL GROUP

After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 10.8 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Championships and the Copa de Naciones Digicel. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

It is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com  for more information.