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Marcelo Cataldo, CEO of Digicel: “As an operator, it is appropriate that we focus on 4G”

Four months after moving into Digicel's headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, Cataldo explains that LTE has a lot of room for growth in the Caribbean, especially in relation to the penetration parameters in South America. He highlights the financial objectives along with the possibility of infrastructure business and rules out the incursion into new countries.

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