Posts Tagged LIME
LIME announces faster Internet service
Posted by ShopinJA in Science & Technology on July 14th, 2009
US $5-Million Internet Upgrade to Offer Customers Faster, More Reliable Service
LIME ROLLS OUT 8MB INTERNET SERVICE | Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Kingston, Jamaica -
Following on its recent launch of Jamaica’s fastest 3G mobile service, LIME has announced the rollout of 8MB Internet service packages and price cuts up to 24 per cent on its residential packages to make internet service more affordable and accessible across the country.
The telecoms provider is pumping US $5-million into a major upgrade of its internet infrastructure to bring its customers faster speeds and more reliable service. The upgrade project, which will run from now until September, will allow LIME to begin offering an 8MB service package in select areas.
Through to September, LIME will be introducing its 8MB offering in Portmore, Montego Bay and communities across Kingston and St Andrew. Customers will now enjoy an enhanced Internet experience as the additional speed will facilitate faster access to many of their favourite online activities including online gaming, shopping, downloading music and movies, social networking, picture sharing, video streaming and much more.
“LIME is now offering 8MB in selected areas and by the time our upgrade project is finished in September, we will be offering 8MB in most of the residential areas where we have high Internet traffic and this will give our customers more than enough speed for all their favourite online activities,” said Geoff Houston, country Manager for LIME in Jamaica.
“We are making a major investment to improve our Internet backbone to give our customers world-class Internet service with faster speeds and consistent, reliable connectivity,” he added.
Source: Jamaica Observer
New LIME Landline Rates
Posted by ShopinJA in Mobile Tech on June 5th, 2009
Well LIME once again will increase calling rates come July 12, 09′ 
With LIME basically having no competition in the Land-line market they can just about do anything or can they ?? What other alternatives do we really have? Is Flow Jamaica even a contender ?
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More for rental, local calls; less for overseas talktime | Published: Friday June 5, 2009
LIME Jamaica, saying its plan is to ‘rebalance’ income streams from its landline segment, will, in one month, charge customers less to make international calls, but more to call locally.
Effective July 12, postpaid landline customers will pay $10 per minute for calls overseas, down from $15.75 - amounting to a 36.5 per cent cut in rates. Cuba is exempt from the programme.
But LIME plans to make up the call revenue foregone from phone subscriptions, on which rental charges will grow by 12 per cent, moving from $700 to $785 per phoneline.
Off-peak calling rates will also be increased, from 65 cents per minute to 99 cents, up 52 per cent.
