Dominica has ranked high in the region in terms of the use of cell phones and cell phone subscription, according to a report in the Caribbean Journal.
As a matter of fact, Dominica was ranked third in the entire region with the data showing many Dominicans having more than one cell phone subscription.
The most recent edition of the World Bank’s World Development Indicators report shows that Dominica has 152 mobile subscription to every 100 people.
Leading in the region is the Cayman Island with 172 subscription per 100 people with St. Kitts and Nevis in second place with 157 subscriptions.
St. Lucia fell in a distant eighth place with 126 subscription for every 100 people. Cuba ranked last with just 15 subscriptions.
The World Bank based its report on the database of the International Telecommunication Union’s World Telecommunication/ICT indicators.
See the full listing below. (Graphic by Caribbean Journal)
and i dont even have a phone can you imagine lol
You people are such idiOts.. I’m reading these comments and all I see is people having 2 phones or more or has expensive phone or putting data on both phone spending how much money a month or “labourites” everything is about politics with you people….has it ever occured to you something called freaking wi-fi where u getting it almost every village you go to in dominica? I agree that calling a lim phone from a digicel phone is expensive . That’s y they buy lime and digicel phone. But that doesn’t mean both phones are expensive phones… Always quick to judge. Get ur facts str8 and then come bk and malpalay the gov’t and the country… Small minded set of freaking people.
Dominica has approximately 70,000 people there are approximately 152 cell phone subscription per 100 people. There are approximately 46,052 people with cell phone subscription. St Lucia has 126 cell phone subscription per 100 people with a population of approximately 140,000. They have approximately 111,111 people with cell phone subscription, approximately 65,059 more subscriptions than Dominica… how interpretation of data can appear to be misleading…lol
Not surprised, Dominica will LEAD the telecoms market in the Caribbean in the near future.
They don’t even have food to eat and nothing to give their children but they have two and three cell phone what a shame.
I just got back from DA last week and this visit was my first experience with TopUp. My cousin lent us (one of) his phone because for some reason he had two or three. I thought it was because of his business he needed multiple phones; no idea it was a normal thing! But it took no time at all to real to realize this top up nonsense is a COMPLETE SCAM!! $20 EC goes before you can even finish your concersation practically. Dominica needs more competition in the mobile marketplace. If I had any interest in that industry I’d do it.
And please stop saying “Things are good in Dominica.” I can’t stand when Dominicans ignore reality to embrace something you damn well know is not true. This is the biggest weakness in this society. This tiny island with a relatively small population and high unemployment is THIRD in the Caribbean for cell phone subscriptions; that’s not problematic?? People REFUSE to be honest because they think they’ll lose face or something stupid like that that I can’t figure out. All is NOT good in DA. I visit and can’t find a single friend because EVERYBODY IS LEAVING as fast as they can. It ain’t cuz everything’s okay. Stop being so hypocritical.
Dominican saying things hard and they have more than one cell phones.I have never own more than one phone. I came to DA and most people i saw had more than one phone so that’s very true.Allyou better than people overseas and allyou crying.Waypapa.
So true, wicked they wicked. Most Dominicans living here are better off than those who went to live abroad
So true, wicked they wicked. Most Dominicans living here are better off than those who went to live abroad
The article is so true. I could never understand why one individual needs more than one phone. Every cell phone company that reaches Dominica means one more phone. People see the need to have a phone with all the cell phone companies. This report puts the icing on the cake I have been trying to sell to some of my friends for the longest while.
YEAHHH WI rank third but we still tho havor 4g or 3g
This is cell phone SUBSCRIPTIONS! Not minutes used. Meaning number of phones per capita (per person). Makes sense for us as obviously, several people own both LIME and DIGICEL phones and our population is small.
we are not too smart, are we?
People still do not realize that talking, talking and more talking only bring more hardship on them.
Talk less on the phone D/ca and save your personal economy.
This news should be a wake up call.
I want to lead consciousness mission against the multi national corporations that are draining our pockets; PUT OFF YOUR CELL PHONE FOR ONE DAY!
Haitians,Spanish and Chinese people that make d/ca rating so high.. Just now they will over throw us…
Maybe the political parties should see this as an opportunity to spread their message via text.
Anyway, Cellphone ownership is certainly an indicator of the economic situation in Dominica.
I heard the UWP leader tell Matt on Q95, that Dominicans are forced because of our Governments customs duty policies, to “import 10 years and older Junk (vehicles) from Japan”
But to me, the much increased numbers in privately owned vehicles on our roads is another indicator that all is not Unwell in Dominica
Dominica always rank high in consumption of good. Still they do not produce any.
If it was an indicator of standard of living I do not mind. But that simples says we are still being abused by the mobile providers. We are spending a lot on telephone calls. Like one blogger put it as soon as you top up; its done.
there a lot of people with two or more phones .When I go home I dont buy a phone a just get one from my friends because they have more than one
so am I to understabd from this article and research that Guadeloupe, Jamaica and st. marten etc are not in the region?
such rubbish!!!!
Wished you would explain your comment.
Wait wait wait. People, just because Dominicans use their cell phones a lot doesn’t mean that the land is flowing with milk and honey. Things can be challenging in a country and its people are still high consumers of a particular thing. This chart was created to show cell phone subscription, not GDP or minimum wage. Get a grip.
Maybe not but it is an indication that to many Dominicans make inappropriate choices.
So Dominica is near the top of some ranking
. Oh how I wish it this list was the standard of living ranking.
I live in the Uk and understand why Dominica is 3rd in this list. Whenever I come home and I buy credit from Digicel and call a Lime phone, the minutes hardly last anytime. Calling cross network is expensive and costly and one thing I noticed was that Dominicans have either 2 mobiles or dual sim phones.
Everyone seems to think that this is a snapshot of how good things are but I think its contrary. I think Dominicans are trying to beat high tariffs set by these two mobile companies so they are having to use Digicel and Lime sims.
If you look at the countries like Jamaica, Guyana, Puerto Rico, Colombia, they are lower than Dominica and that indicates that there is more competition in the communication market as opposed to Dominica.
The exception is Cuba where the laws relating to the freedom of communication is very different to the rest of the Democratic countries on the list. Most Communist countries would rank at the bottom of such a list except China.
In England where there is fierce competition this trend we see in Dominica is the reverse because of the competitive tariffs.
The eastern Caribbean seems to be getting a rough deal but Dominicans need start being smart and disciplined and use their phones wisely instead of trying to beat the system . What Dominicans will find is that they are spending a huge amount of their disposable income to service their phone tariffs. For those who don’t work well God only knows how they can afford two phones never mind one smart phone. I hope none of you are doing anything naughty to service such habit
What on EARTH are you talking about. Clearly you did not understand what you read.
THIS IS ABOUT DOMINICANS OWNING MORE THAN ONE CELL PHONE. NOT THE RATE OF PHONE CALLS.
FOR EVERY 100 DOMINICANs WHO PART-TOOK IN THE SURVEY, THEY (together) OWNED 152 CELLPHONES.
Folks this data really says nothing about your economy.
1. Where these phones bought from the providers?
2. What is average purchase cost per cellphone base on the data in Dominica?
3. Is this data heavily link to low cost phone given away for free or at a very low cost(50.00EC) from the providers when they launch new promotion?
4. How many of these phones are smartphones?
There is so many question to ask here….I can tell you Bahamas has a lower subscription rate because there is only one mobile provider on island . Compared to DA, no need to carry around two phones to reduce you spending depending on which network is called. I can guaranty the average dollar spent in Bahamas on cellphone purchase is much higher than Dominica by far.
Data is so mis-leading for people who don’t understand this industry.
I will end by saying “Things are bad in Dominica”
Living Poor In Style
Good job Dominicans. Now go text about how hard life is living in paradise
My expense is buying the phone…. after that i pay a max of 10 a month…. all other expenses are covered with wifi……….
So it is not correct to say our priorities in this country are wrong.
I like what you said “the phone not phones”. but logically thinking, can you rationalize the reason for one person having two or maybe three phones?
So some ppl going to red clinic one day and buying $2000 phone the next day?
Why is the rate so low in Cuba? Fidel doesn’t want his people to talk?
The list is not about rates but bout ownership of phones per 100 people. So every Dominican owns one phone and a half basically.
This is why the figures are so low in Cuba, Telephones – mobile cellular: One million mobile phones at the end of 2010 (9 per 100 inhabitants), up from 621,000 in 2009 and 330,000 in 2008, when all Cubans were allowed to buy and use them for the first time. Mobile-cellular telephone service is expensive and must be paid in convertible pesos, which limits subscribership.
Hope this answers your question JoJo
What about thephones tthat’s people order for themselves? And what about the people who have phones but only use WiFi? And what about the phablet? Its more than this data shows..
And they say things BAD in Dominica. Guess Dominicans priority is communication on cell phones
thank God for wifi ,for all the cellphone users if u smart like me u wont spend a cent
whatsapp 4 lyyyyyfe!
I was on a bus the other day and i was shocked when I realized everyone around me had a Samsung Galaxy phone, whether is is S3, S4 and even S5.
Mind you a Samsung Galaxy in Dominica is over $3,000, or so I heard.
Ben Dover what makes you think that majority of Dominicans purchase these phones at these prices. Most people have family abroad and in addition people collect monies to order their phones. Stupes tan.
What u have up your behind nuh Esther? I was just making an observation. I doh care where the phones come from, I just said everybody had a Galaxy and u coming with ur ‘stupes tan.’
Chill ok…..
True!
Only fools buy phones here at 3000 wen u get them online for 300 usd
and we saying things bad in Dominica ah lie that more than one HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Things are bad however we Dominicans know how to sacrifice and we go subs and we take loans. Don’t give me that crap about things being good. Go to the supermarket use a hundred dollar bill and count the amount of items you can purchase on that hundred dollar bill. You people make me so infuriated. I speak for those who are afraid to speak for fair of victimization. I know of some labourites who silently crying. When they come to your businesses they crying more ….please let us not go there
it’s not only Dominica… 100 USD not what it used to be…
Where dcans getting the money from to spend $2000 and above on a cell phone?
there are cell phones for less than $100 stop your ignorance. The report did not say it was $2000 phones . So you all like to twist and turn basic information as if its only you all that can read and understand the english language.
How many people you see these days walking around with phones that cost less than $100?
The the same Dominican crying things hard. Living above your mean. One cell phone not enough. Shows how much our lives are not prioritized….Things not no damm hard
Things not no damn hard for YOU! You can’t use this chart to suggest that things aren’t difficult for some people. Not everyone in Dominica owns a smartphone, or even a cellphone for that matter, ignorant Nimrod.
That’s certainly not true
Maybe people have multiple numbers registerred to their name but they surely not using them
You saying the information is not true and then you confirming the data.
Dominica rolling with high rollers like Cayman Islands… We nice here in truth
Thanks to the Haitians
things are good in Dominica
yes thing are good in Dominica but it also shows that people are not spending wisely why would i put Data on more than one phone? to waste $50 or $40 a month? and then we complain about these companies making big profit on us? show that the other countries a economizing better …..in years to come all these money saved will make them richer than us ………
My gosh, Cuba still in the Stone Age man. lol
Cubans not living above their means like D/cans
Ben Dover, How could you make such a statement? You are as ignorant, and rude as they get! Tons of D/cans study many different aspects of higher education in Cuba – that which D/ca can’t provide its own – in these modern times, that’s stone age defined! imbécile muet!
What you have up your rear end Brown C, (rastafari)
Have you ever heard of a word call ‘sarcasm?’ I was just being sarcastic, geez…..don’t blow a blood vessel.
Your insults still don’t answer the question of low mobile phone ownership in Cuba. If that is the response of a rasta I’d rather keep my hair short.
Actually it has to do with values and priorities. Regretfully I fall high in the statistics because I have 3 cell phones. But the Cubans certainly making more sense. As far as i am concerned. Cuba has won this one.