Digicel ends Cuba roaming service for U.S. customers
March 16, 2018
Mimi Whitefield,The Miami Herald
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Digicel, which provides wireless networks throughout the Caribbean, Central America and the South Pacific, is dropping its Cuba roaming service for U.S. customers on April 9.
The Jamaica-based company was one of several that saw potential in the Cuban market after the United States and Cuba reestablished diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015, and the Obama administration made it easier for Americans to travel to Cuba. Travel by Americans to Cuba has slowed somewhat since the Trump administration issued more restrictive Cuba travel regulations in November.
In a news release, Digicel did not give a reason why it was discontinuing its roaming service, and the company did not return Herald calls.