CCT Boatphone, the exclusive wireless service provider of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, has awarded Tecnomen a contract to deliver and install a complete value added service solution during the last quarter of 2003. Tecnomen will provide CCT Boatphone with such messaging systems as prepaid and voice mail, as well as a Multimedia Messaging Service Centre (MMSC), unified messaging service and a WAP gateway. The solution will be taken into commercial deployment in March 2004.
Based in Tortola, the largest of the islands, CCT Boatphone provides on-board wireless services to sailing tourists and island visitors, as well as wireless services to residents and local businesses in the British Virgin Islands.
The British Virgin Islands have a population of approximately 20,000 and are a self-governing territory of the United Kingdom. The economy, one of the most stable and prosperous in the Caribbean, is highly dependent on tourism, generating an estimated 45 per cent of the national income. All charter yachts in the British Virgin Islands, 99.9 per cent, are equipped with boat phones.
2003-10-07
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