Mobile Telecoms to Home in on Roaming, Tourism in the Caribbean

Capitalizing on the growing number of tourists visiting the Caribbean and the challenges of increasing revenue per mobile unit will be the focus of mobile telecom providers when CARICAM´s annual mobile conference begins here on November 7.

During the 4 day conference, execs from telecom operators, regulatory entities, consultancies, solution providers and research services will discuss the mobile growth in the region.

The meeting “CARICAM Mobile 2005” is organized by IBC and will also discuss the future for regional telecommunications infrastructure to supply tourisms rising demand.

The conference schedule was planned in topics, and the first day will concentrate discussions on the regulatory and policy developments. Philip Cross, representative from ITU for the Caribbean, will address the opening speech on the harmonization of the regulatory environment.

The second day will offer to attendees a practical workshop on exploiting successfully the convergence of fixed and mobile services, led by Omnitele and European operator Manx Telecom.

On the third day, presentations will contemplate issues on the network evolution and migration strategies, next generation wireless networks, VAS strategies to increase revenue and pricing strategies, including operator presentations from Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

Attendants, for their part, will have the opportunity to share experiences in mobile content and mobile entertainment strategies to increase revenue, and the mobile roaming –one of the most requested issues from the operators.