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 […]
Category: Telecommunications
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]