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Flow launches TV service

Flow launches TV service

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist Adding to the phone and internet services it already offers in the British Virgin Islands, telecoms provider Flow yesterday launched its television service, which is being dubbed Flow TV. The service gives television […]

by / on July 21, 2017 at 6:19 AM /
Digicel announces unlimited rollover data and talk

Digicel announces unlimited rollover data and talk

PRESS RELEASE – With Digicel’s Unlimited Rollover Data and Talk, lost data and talk are a thing of the past. This week, the total communications and entertainment provider announced that prepaid and postpaid customers can browse, stream, share and chat […]

by / on July 21, 2017 at 5:36 AM /
Jamaican promoted to Digicel’s top job in BVI

Jamaican promoted to Digicel’s top job in BVI

Telecoms company Digicel today announced the promotion of Kevin Gordon to Chief Executive Officer of its operations in the British Virgin Islands effective immediately. In this role, Gordon, a Jamaican national, will have oversight for all areas of business and […]

by / on July 20, 2017 at 7:00 PM /
Cable TV laments ‘malicious acts’

Cable TV laments ‘malicious acts’

BVI Cable TV has claimed that a number of its fiber optic cables are being damaged mainly as a result of ‘malicious acts’ in a number of communities on Tortola, resulting in widespread disruption in service. Based on photographs posted […]

by / on June 21, 2017 at 8:24 AM /
BVI to pursue number portability – Vanterpool

BVI to pursue number portability – Vanterpool

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Minister responsible for telecommunications Mark Vanterpool has disclosed that Government intends to put legislation in place to facilitate local number portability in the British Virgin Islands. Local number portability essentially allows a cellphone […]

by / on June 14, 2017 at 8:20 AM /
Minister’s guest: When is the next boat to USVI?

Minister’s guest: When is the next boat to USVI?

Minister responsible for telecommunications Mark Vanterpool yesterday made reference to internet speeds in other Caribbean countries while he detailed an embarrassing situation in which slow internet speed almost resulted in his guest leaving the territory. “A guest I had at […]

by / on May 18, 2017 at 7:12 AM /
Flow pays mothers’ shopping bills

Flow pays mothers’ shopping bills

Flow was at various supermarkets in Tortola and Virgin Gorda on the weekend surprising almost 30 unsuspecting mothers at the check-out. As mothers completed their weekly shopping, representatives of the telecoms company assisted with packing their bags. When they were […]

by / on May 15, 2017 at 6:58 AM /
Fraser appeals for phone number portability

Fraser appeals for phone number portability

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff While declaring that he is tired of complaining about the relatively poor service being provided by telephone companies in the British Virgin Islands, member of the parliamentary opposition Julian Fraser today called for […]

by / on March 21, 2017 at 6:46 PM /
We will definitely catch you, Flow tells serial vandal

We will definitely catch you, Flow tells serial vandal

Telecommunication company FLOW BVI said it will beef up its security measures to catch a serial vandal who has been targeting and destroying its cable network since last year. The company’s Managing Director, Tim Ringsdore, while labelling the action as […]

by / on March 21, 2017 at 5:29 AM /