Comcel Haiti

Comcel Haiti
Communication Cellulaire d'Haiti
Type Private
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 1998
Headquarters 56, ave Martin Luther King
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Key people Robin Padberg (CEO)
Services Wireless
Telephone
Parent Trilogy International Partners
Website www.voilacomcel.com

Communication Cellulaire d'Haiti, S.A. or (ComCEL), now known as Voilà, is a telephone company in Haiti which primarily deals in mobile phone service. It is a subsidiary of US-based Trilogy International Partners.[1]

History

Comcel was awarded a license to construct and operate a nationwide TDMA mobile communications network in September 1998. A year later, in September 1999, Comcel launched commercial service in Port-au-Prince, and has since developed the largest mobile phone coverage area in Haiti.

Comcel, at the same time, was also granted the right to build and operate payphone services and planned to have over 500 phones in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel by year-end, with expansion to other provinces in 2006.

In 2002, Comcel was granted the right to operate an international gateway and began carrying international calls in August of that year.

In August 2005, Comcel received a license to operate a nationwide GSM network that launched on October 21 with nationwide coverage under the Voilà GSM brand, which has become its trade name since.

The company's services temporarily came to halt following the 12 January 2010 Haiti earthquake. While the company's facilities were not seriously affected by the earthquake, 5 of its 575 employees had died and 35 remained missing[1][2][3]

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