Digicel boosts its revenue by 11%

DENIS O’Brien’s Caribbean-based mobile communications network provider, Digicel, has reported an 11% rise in revenues for the year to the end of March to $1.73 billion (€1.25bn).

The company has also seen total subscriber levels go from 7.1 million to 9.2 million people, rising by 34% in the last year.

The company, which was established by Mr O’Brien in 2001, now covers 31 geographical markets from the Caribbean and Central America to parts of Oceania and the southern Pacific Ocean.