Telecommunications company, Digicel, has been awarded a 15-year ICT-managed services contract by the governments of St Lucia, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Digicel will be working with partners, Cisco and Fortinet on the agreement which sees the telecommunications company delivering fibre-optic network infrastructure to Government buildings in the three Caribbean markets.

The agreement forms part of the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP) and will result in significantly reduced costs, improved productivity and technology benefits with Digicel committed to ensuring service delivery excellence over the 15-year term.

Ultimately, the initiative is expected to drive economic growth in the Caribbean nations.

“This is a great example of future thinking. By delivering a world-class digital highway, the governments of St Lucia, Grenada and St Vincent & the Grenadines have set the gold standard for establishing a leadership position in the global digital economy,” Digicel Group CEO, Alexander Matuschka, said in commenting on the agreement.

“The collective vision of these leaders of a digitally driven society has the capacity to create untold opportunities for the people of these countries. We could not be prouder to have been selected to deliver this transformational project and to be helping to drive economic growth and development for Governments, businesses and private citizens,” he continued.

Digicel Group is a total communications and entertainment provider with operations in 31 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. After 17 years of operation, total investment of the company to date stands at over US$5 billion worldwide.