Mobile Phones Rule In Haiti May 11, 2009
Posted by aikservices in Haiti, Mobile, Telecom, Wireless.Tags: Haiti, Mobile, Telecom, Wireless
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Mobile phones are likely to remain the main form of telecommunications in Haiti for the short-to-medium term, a new report says. A new report on the state of Haiti`s telecommunications by Research and Markets, claims that `given the stagnating fixed-line infrastructure and poor fixed-line penetration rates, mobile is likely to remain the principal form of telecommunications,` at least for now. Citing hurricane damage to fixed lines and the fact that the privatization of Telco seems to have slipped from the government’s agenda, the report, `Haiti: Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband,` insists that more and more, people are turning to mobile phone service. Researchers also cite the fact that political and economic turmoil has kept Haiti’s telecommunications sector as one of the least developed in the world, so mobile phone service is a welcome option.
Cellcos decry new tax plan (Haiti) January 16, 2009
Posted by aikservices in Digicel, Haitel, Haiti, Mobile, Telecom, Voila, Wireless.Tags: Digicel, Haitel, Haiti, Mobile, Telecom, Voila, Wireless
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Haiti’s mobile operators, Digicel, Voila and Haitel, have joined together to denounce planned taxation changes to the Telecommunications Act of 2002 which appear in the government’s draft 2008-09 budget, reports Radio Kiskeya in Port-au-Prince. In arguments presented to the local press, the trio said they believe that the government’s decision to establish new taxes on telecoms services will not increase state revenue as planned, but will instead lead to lower usage due to increased end-user tariffs, in turn leading to lower tax payments. Reportedly, under the proposed new tax structure, in addition to the HTG4.7 (USD0.12) per minute call charge (with a 10% revenue tax already factored in), subscribers will pay HTG3.6 per minute for local calls and HTG4 per minute for international calls. Over the past ten years more than USD600 million has been invested in networks and services by the three mobile operators, which directly employ over 2,000 people, with around 55,000 indirect jobs also dependent on the sector. The telecoms sector was the main source of tax revenue over the past decade. For the fiscal year 2007-08 its contribution represented 28% of the total revenue of the General Tax Directorate (DGI), the Haitian institution for the collection of taxes. The cellular industry also invests more than USD7 million per year in social projects.
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