TeleBarbados
Encyclopedia
TeleBarbados Inc. is a recent start-up
telecommunications company in the country of Barbados
.
Started as one of the first competitors in the new liberalised telecommunications market of Barbados, TeleBarbados is reforming itself to be a major competitor of the long time monopolistic
incumbent telecommunications provider Cable and Wireless. Principal investors of TeleBarbados include Barbados Light and Power Holdings
(LPH) (25%) and Canadian International Power Company Ltd. via their parent company Leucadia National Corporation (75%). Leucadia also controls a 37% stake in Barbados Light and Power Company.
To date, TeleBarbados has formed a new under-sea fibre link from Barbados and Saint Lucia
to the Eastern United States
. This was carried out under the subsidiary called Antilles Crossing
.
Startup company
A startup company or startup is a company with a limited operating history. These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets...
telecommunications company in the country of Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
.
Started as one of the first competitors in the new liberalised telecommunications market of Barbados, TeleBarbados is reforming itself to be a major competitor of the long time monopolistic
Monopoly
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
incumbent telecommunications provider Cable and Wireless. Principal investors of TeleBarbados include Barbados Light and Power Holdings
Barbados Light and Power Company
The Barbados Light & Power Company Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Light & Power Holdings and currently the sole electricity utility provider in the country of Barbados...
(LPH) (25%) and Canadian International Power Company Ltd. via their parent company Leucadia National Corporation (75%). Leucadia also controls a 37% stake in Barbados Light and Power Company.
To date, TeleBarbados has formed a new under-sea fibre link from Barbados and Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
to the Eastern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. This was carried out under the subsidiary called Antilles Crossing
Antilles Crossing
Antilles Crossing is an underwater 20 gigabit per second fiber optics ring network connecting several countries in the Caribbean Sea.It was built by TeleBarbados, and is one of the newer important network connections to the Internet for Caribbean countries in the Windward and Leeward Islands...
.
External links
- Strategic partnership coming - Wednesday, Novovember 1, 2006: Barbados Advocate
- TELEBARBADOS EXCITED ABOUT ITS SERVICES - Monday, October 30, 2006: Barbados Advocate
- Telebarbados and SolutionInc form strategic partnership to provide internet services - Wednesday, October 25, 2006: Barbados Advocate
- TeleBarbados to acquire Freemotion ISP - Tuesday, September 5, 2006: Barbados Advocate
- NEW COMPETITOR ENTERS BARBADOS TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET
- Marine Fibre Communications - Bridging the Digital Divide