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LIME, an acronym for 'Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment', is a communications provider owned by the British based Cable & Wireless Communications PLC operating in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean. The company formed from the integrated businesses of Cable & Wireless in the Caribbean which adopted the LIME name on 3 November 2008. LIME operates as the native incumbent telecommunications service providers in many of the islands where they reside.〔 〕 The company also operated mobile telecommunications under the ''b''mobile brand from 2003 until rebranding them as LIME in 2008. Competitors include Digicel (largest mobile competitor) and Columbus Communications (brand name Flow). Cable & Wireless Communications, LIME's parent company also owns a 49% share in TSTT in Trinidad & Tobago and a 49% share in BaTelCo in The Bahamas. The company is the only authorized carrier licensed by Apple to sell iPhones under contract as well as being the only approved carrier for use (by Apple) in the English Speaking Caribbean. This was obtained in 2011 after Claro's exit from the Jamaican Market. LIME's brand has now been replaced in Barbados, Jamaica, The Cayman Islands and St. Kitts and Nevis by Columbus Communications' existing Flow brand, and integration of its services into the new brand is underway. ==Services== * International and domestic voice telephone services; * Data/IP services such as ADSL, Frame, or ISDN; * Mobile/Wireless services including 3G, 4G across smartphone platforms such as Samsung and Apple. * Other services including satellite-based communications and television services for select countries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「LIME (Cable & Wireless)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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