Kingston: LIME, the leading telecommunications company in the Caribbean, announced today (Thursday) that it will be launching Mobile Television in Jamaica. This will make LIME the first mobile carrier to deliver mobile television services in the Caribbean.
Live television on a mobile phone is presently available in very few markets across the world but it will be a reality in Jamaica before Christmas 2010.
That is the promise from Chris Dehring, Chairman of LIME Jamaica and CMO of LIME Caribbean.
“LIME customers will be able to enjoy some of their favourite TV channels anytime and anywhere they want to,” he said, during a glitzy media briefing at the SportsMax Sports Zone. “It’s fantastic technology, but we are going to make it very affordable, and we are convinced that customers will be really excited by the possibilities. It will truly be a service for living, everyday.”
Mr. Dehring added that one of the very pleasing aspects of imminent launch of Mobile TV is that it has come out of a partnership between LIME and a group of “home-grown” technology experts at DC Digital, led by David Cassanova.
In a humorous reference to one of his company’s competitors, Mr Dehring added: “I’ve noticed one of our competitors is claiming to have 4G. Well if they have 4G… we must have “more G” since they don’t have this on their mobile network.”
LIME’s imminent launch of mobile TV follows on its historic first this year when the company streamed the Boys and Girls Athletic Championships (Champs) live to Blackberry customers on its 3G network. It was the first time an event had ever been shown live on a mobile phone in the Caribbean.
fellow dominicans.
as a concern citizen let me just inform you that these telecom giant cominig with features please read the fine prints..This is a costly feature that should not be priced by day but rather by payt per use..you the customer should demand that choice. there is no reason why this should cost over $1000/year ridiculous
Now guess who has a sudden interest in acquiring a smart phone? Modern mobile phone here i come…
my phone as an app for online tv and guess what it’s free.. haha i win.
You realise that that this $3.00/day “carrot” LIME think they dangling in Dominicans faces is actually costing customers up to $93.00 per month? And if u put that $3.00 and u dont use it for whatever reason, crapo smoke your pipe
@desmond: Write a letter to LIME, do it the right way, you guys are soo unethical and youre missing the point.
LIME IS THE BEST .
lime could you please tell the dominican public when you going to remove the rental charge on our home phones….thanks