Transcript Pinkley Francis

Investing in the Sector
Issues/Opportunities
Caribbean Internet Forum
Pinkley Francis
Country Manager
Antilles Crossing
Who is Antilles Crossing?
• Antilles Crossing is a state-of-the-art submarine fiber
optic network from Needham's Point, Barbados through
St. Lucia and on to St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
From there we connect to international gateways in
Miami and New York City.
• Our wholly-owned submarine fiber optic network delivers
high capacity, high performance telecommunications
services to the Eastern Caribbean. We offer IRU and
lease arrangements to carriers and businesses needing
connectivity between Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent,
Martinique, Trinidad & Tobago and North America.
Current Situation
• Different Regulatory Regime – Harmonization necessary
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ECTEL (Eastern Caribbean)
OUR (Jamaica)
TATT (Trinidad & Tobago)
FTC / CTO (Barbados)
• Cable & Wireless the incumbent regionally
• Varying levels of telecommunication liberalization
regionally
• Mature competition in Cellular
• Growing demand for Broadband services
• Stable Political environment
• No shortage of Bandwidth at the landing sites.
Market Potential
• How BIG? Trinidad & Jamaica being the largest
territories
• Justify investment
• What are the Services/Applications?
• What Sectors will be served?
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Service Providers
International Business Companies / Call Centers / etc
Multinational and Large Regional & Local Enterprises
Government
• Competition -
Regulations/Challenges
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Small Individual Markets
Pricing implications
Legislations
Different regulatory regime may hinder growth
How effective are the Regulators?
– Interconnection
– Local Loop Unbundling
– Infrastructure Sharing
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Available Workforce and skill sets?
Taxation
Labour Laws - different in each Territory
CSME –The Impact of the CARICOM Single Market & Economy
Available funding
Thank You
Pinkley Francis
[email protected]
Tel: (758) 452 0054
Fax: (758) 452 0064