Editing Telecommunications in Jamaica (section)

===Mobile telephony===
The country's three mobile operators – [[Cable & Wireless (Caribbean)|Cable and Wireless]] (once marketed as LIME – Landline, Internet, Mobile and Entertainment now named FLOW), [[Digicel]], and at one point Oceanic Digital (operating as [[MiPhone]] and now known as [[Claro (mobile phone network)|Claro]] since late 2008) until the carrier was acquired and the relevant spectrum sold to Digicel  – have spent millions in network upgrade and expansion. Both Digicel and Oceanic Digital were granted licences in 2001 to operate mobile services in the newly liberalised telecom market that had once been the sole domain of the incumbent Cable and Wireless monopoly. Digicel opted for the more widely used [[GSM]] wireless system, while Oceanic opted for the [[CDMA]] standard. Cable and Wireless, which had begun with [[Digital AMPS|TDMA]] standard, subsequently upgraded to GSM, and currently utilises both standards on its network.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}

With wireless usage increasing, [[landline]]s supplied by Cable and Wireless have declined from just over half a million to roughly three hundred thousand as of 2006.<ref name=EIU/> In a bid to grab more market share, Cable and Wireless recently{{when|date=January 2011}} launched a new land line service called HomeFone Prepaid that would allow customers to pay for minutes they use rather than pay a set monthly fee for service, much like [[prepaid mobile phone|prepaid wireless service]].{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}

Two more licenses were auctioned by the Jamaican government to provide mobile services on the island, including one that was previously owned by [[AT&T Wireless]] but never utilized, and one new license.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}

Another entrant to the Jamaican communications market, [[Flow (brand)|FLOW]], laid a new [[Submarine communications cable|submarine cable]] connecting Jamaica to the United States. This new cable increases the total number of submarine cables connecting Jamaica internationally to four.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}} The company's parent was acquired by Cable and Wireless Communications in November 2014 and finalized in March 2015. The new [[Flow (brand)|FLOW]] was re-launched as a successor to LIME and the old Flow on August 31, 2015; offering mobile, fixed voice, fixed broadband and TV services to the market. It has now become the first quad-play provider in Jamaica. The company runs a vast copper network (inherited from LIME) islandwide as well as a Hybrid Fiber and Coaxial network (from the old Flow) in the metropolitan areas of Kingston and Montego Bay. They also have small Fiber-to-the-home operations in certain sections of St. James that began in 2011 (under LIME). On the mobile side, the company had completed its 4G HSPA+ rollout (capable of speeds up to 21&nbsp;Mbit/s) across the island in November 2015 and has announced plans to move to LTE within the year 2016. However, [[Digicel]] has become the first LTE network operator in Jamaica, going live with their network on June 9, 2016.<ref>[https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2016/06/13/digicel-jamaica-launches-lte/ Digicel Jamaica launches LTE]</ref>