Digicel Bermuda is offering its customers three months of free service if they sign up for a voice plan during February.

And if users add on extras, such as ‘Unlimited Local SMS‘, ’100 International SMS’, or ‘Unlimited Nights & Weekends’, they will also be free during March, April and May.

“In this economic climate, we know finances can be stretched; why not give customers a break for a few months out of the year?” said Digicel Bermuda’s CEO Wayne Caines.

The promotion applies to new customers, but current customers can also take advantage of Digicel’s ‘Refer a Friend’ programme.

M3 Wireless is still taking donations for Haiti Relief. Over 150,000 lives lost so far. Please help the people of Haiti by continuing to donate via text if you are an M3 customer. Digicel and Celluar One Bermuda are also both taking donations as well.

Text Help to 3001: donate $1

Text Help to 3005: donate $5

Text Help to 3010: donate $10

The amount will be billed on your next invoice. Prepaid customers will have the amount deducted from their balance. M3 will calculate the total donations and donate to two charities: The Salvation Army and Haiti Village Health.

Haiti Village Health is a registered Bermuda charity headed by Dr. Tiffany Keenan, an emergency room physician at KEMH. Her organization provides front line medical care in the rural areas of Haiti. Since the earthquake, Dr. Keenan has been in charge of a clinic in Jacmel, 25 miles south of Port au Prince. Our donation will help purchase much needed medical supplies, food and water. For more information on Haiti Village Health, visit www.haitivillagehealth.ca.

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Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Friday night’s star-studded “Hope for Haiti” telethon has raised a record-breaking $58 million, with more donations continuing to pour in from around the world, the benefit’s organizers announced Saturday.

The preliminary figure is a record for donations made by the public through a disaster relief telethon, according to a news release from telethon organizers.

Additionally, the “Hope for Haiti Now” album, a compilation of the night’s musical performances made available on Apple’s iTunes, was the No. 1 album in 18 countries Saturday. Sales figures for iTunes are still being calculated, and the preliminary figure of $58 million does not include donations from corporations or large private donors.

People will be able to make donations to “Hope for Haiti” via phone, Web, text messaging and regular mail for the next six months, according to the news release.

A moving performance by Alicia Keys opened Friday night’s telethon, and actor George Clooney, serving as the Los Angeles host for the event, made the first appeal for donations to raise money for relief efforts after last week’s devastating earthquake.

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Please be advised that M3 Wireless has set up a text campaign for Haiti Relief. Customers can donate $1, $5 or $10.

Text Help to 3001: donate $1

Text Help to 3005: donate $5

Text Help to 3010: donate $10

The amount will be billed on your next invoice. Prepaid customers will have the amount deducted from their balance. M3 will calculate the total donations and donate to two charities: The Salvation Army and Haiti Village Health.

Haiti Village Health is a registered Bermuda charity headed by Dr. Tiffany Keenan, an emergency room physician at KEMH. Her organization provides front line medical care in the rural areas of Haiti. Since the earthquake, Dr. Keenan has been in charge of a clinic in Jacmel, 25 miles south of Port au Prince. Our donation will help purchase much needed medical supplies, food and water. For more information on Haiti Village Health, visit www.haitivillagehealth.ca.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Jan 15, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — As Digicel continues to work around the clock to restore vital communications in Haiti, the company today expressed grave concern that flights carrying the necessary experts and equipment are not able to land at Haiti’s international airport.

A fully operational communications network is of critical importance to the relief efforts that are currently underway and, to date, four flights carrying Digicel technicians and equipment have been turned away from the airport in Port-au-Prince.

Digicel Chairman, Denis O’Brien, said: “We have been in contact with the United Nations and numerous NGOs who are telling us that restoring Haiti’s communications network is a vital first step in this relief effort. It is critical that our planes carrying all the necessary equipment and technicians be allowed to land in Haiti.” Following the earthquake on Tuesday, January 12th, Digicel deployed a team of technical experts to Haiti. Digicel’s three switches — which serve the entire country — have been assessed by the team and they are operational. However, a number of sites have been damaged — specifically some roof top sites in Port-au-Prince. Congestion also continues to be an issue which Digicel will be able to resolve once the necessary equipment arrives.

“Over the past three days, our teams — both on the ground in Haiti and around each of the countries we operate in — have been working around the clock on the relief effort for Haiti. The response from our customers has been incredible and we have received a wave of donations which we are using to send emergency aid such as food, water and medical supplies to NGOs on the ground in Haiti. It is vitally important that we keep this momentum going over the coming days,” Mr. O’Brien added.

In addition to the equipment and technicians that Digicel is trying to send to Haiti, a 30,000 lb cargo of medical supplies, food and water is ready to be dispatched from Jamaica once the situation in the airport has been resolved.

ABOUT DIGICEL GROUP After eight years of operation, Digicel has 8.8 million customers across its Caribbean and Central American markets and is renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, superior customer care, a wide variety of products and services and state-of-the-art handsets. By offering innovative wireless services and community support, Digicel has become a leading brand in the Caribbean and has placed the region at the cutting-edge of wireless communications — the company is also a recent entrant to the Central American and Pacific markets.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and now has operations in 32 markets world-wide. Its Caribbean and Central American markets comprise Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, St.

Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos. The Caribbean company also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barths. Digicel Pacific comprises Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.

In total, across its 32 markets, Digicel has 10.3 million subscribers.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean and Central American sports teams, including the West Indies Cricket Team and Special Olympics teams throughout the region. Digicel is also title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Championships and the Copa de Naciones Digicel, which are the Caribbean and Central American qualifiers to the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com for more information on Digicel.

Contact: Emma Hynes Digicel Tel: +1 876 881 8421 emma.hynes@digicelgroup.com SOURCE: Digicel mailto:emma.hynes@digicelgroup.com