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FibraLink Jamaica is an
international telecommunications company that owns and
operates a sub-sea fibre optic network that links Jamaica to
the continental United States. In January 2005,
FibraLink Jamaica was awarded a coveted telecommunications
license by the Government of Jamaica to build and operate a
submarine fibre optic cable system linking Jamaica to the
rest of the world. During 2005, FibraLink Jamaica
engineered, designed, obtained the requisite regulatory
approvals in Jamaica and Dominican Republic, financed, and
substantially completed the construction of the FibraLink
Network. During the first quarter of 2006, FibraLink, with
the help of its technical partners, Alcatel, IT
International Telecom and New World Network provisioned,
tested and brought into service FibraLink’s network.
FibraLink Jamaica is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Columbus Communications Limited, (“Columbus”) a
Barbados-based International Business Corporation that holds
investments in telecommunication providers throughout the
greater Caribbean region.
Columbus provides strategic direction, private equity,
capital market expertise, marketing support and general
management oversight to each of its investments, but does
not actually operate any of the businesses or hold any
assets other than the shares of each investment entity.
Corporate Holdings of
Columbus
- Columbus Communications Ltd.
(100% subsidiary of Columbus) A Bahamian corporation
that holds approximately 30% of the common equity of
Cable Bahamas Ltd. and through embedded rights in the
incorporation documents of Cable Bahamas, holds the
right to nominate the majority of the board of directors
of Cable Bahamas Ltd.
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Cable Bahamas Ltd.
A publicly-traded Bahamian corporation that is a
broadband service provider in The Bahamas. (indirect
controlled subsidiary)
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Caribbean Crossings Ltd.
Owns and operates an undersea fibre-optic cable system
linking four largest islands of The Bahamas - Grand
Bahama, New Providence, Eleuthera, and Abaco - to the
continental United States. (100% subsidiary of Cable
Bahamas Ltd.)
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Merit Communications Ltd.
A Jamaican corporation that was acquired by Columbus
effective February 1, 2005. Merit is a broadband service
provider in Jamaica and operates under the brand name
Flow. (100% subsidiary)
- FibraLink Jamaica Ltd.
A Jamaican corporation
incorporated in June 2004, and holds a license from the
Government of Jamaica to build and operate a submarine
cable system from Jamaica to the United States. (100%
subsidiary)
- Columbus Communications Trinidad
Limited
A Trinidad corporation which
is a broadband provider in Trinidad with over 115,000
customers. (100% subsidiary)
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New World Network International, Ltd.
A Barbados corporation that owns a 92% undivided
interest in the Americas Region Caribbean Optical-ring
System ("ARCOS"), an undersea fibre-optic cable network.
(100% subsidiary)
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