Digicel to support PGA world cup
The International Federation of PGA Tours today announced that Digicel a Caribbean mobile telecommunications operator, has been selected as the wireless communications provider for the World Golf Championships – Barbados World Cup.
As a result of its partnership with Digicel, the 2006 PGA tour will be the first ever World Golf Championships event to employ all wireless technology, eliminating the traditional requirement of trenching multimillion dollar golf courses for underground telecommunications cabling.
Taking advantage of Digicel’s advanced GSM and Fixed Wireless Broadband technologies, Barbados World Cup officials, administrators and media centres will be provided internet, voice, fax and data services.
Digicel will also introduce its latest product, the Digicel GSM desk phone, which looks and functions like a standard fixed line phone, but carries a SIM card.
Marketing director for Digicel's Eastern Caribbean markets Errol McGlothan, says that being selected by a major international sporting event, such as the PGA, represents a historic milestone for the five-year-old company and it is a "tremendous honour to be recognized as a preferred provider".
