When the government issued the telecommunications licence for Digicel, in March, 2006, the Commission noted that the company was going to introduce roaming capability on its GSM network through the use of a Home Network Identifier (HNI) code based in Jamaica. The reasoning for this was primarily because the company had already negotiated roaming agreements with global companies for its other operations in the Caribbean, and this mechanism allowed them to start offering truly global roaming from the opening day of its operation in Turks and Caicos Islands. Clearly, this enabled the company to be competitive in the Turks and Caicos marketplace without delay.
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