Editing Kingston, Jamaica (section)

==Telecommunications==

===Fixed voice and broadband===
Fixed voice and broadband services in Kingston are provided by either [[Flow (brand)|FLOW]] and [[Digicel]] (via their new Digicel Play service which is exclusive to the Kingston Metropolitan Area). FLOW uses a [[Hybrid fibre-coaxial|Hybrid Fibre and Coaxial]] network to provide IPTV, VoIP & POTS and broadband capable of speeds up to 100&nbsp;Mbit/s. FLOW also uses a Copper network to provide [[Plain old telephone service|POTS]] and [[ADSL]] capable of speeds up to 12&nbsp;Mbit/s. Digicel uses a [[GPON]] fibre-optic network, providing IPTV, VoIP and broadband speeds of up to 200&nbsp;Mbit/s. Digicel's Fibre-optic network boasts capacity of up to 10&nbsp;Gbit/s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2016/05/digicel-tests-huawei-s-xg-pon-in-jamaica.html|title=Digicel tests Huawei's XG-PON in Jamaica|website=Lightwave|date=23 May 2016}}</ref>

===Mobile voice and broadband===
Mobile voice and broadband services in Kingston are dominated by incumbents, [[Flow (brand)|FLOW]] and [[Digicel]]. Both carriers provide GSM, EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE connectivity in and around the city.

FLOW offers HSPA+ of up to 21&nbsp;Mbit/s on 850&nbsp;MHz and 1900&nbsp;MHz. FLOW also offers [[DC-HSDPA]] (commonly known as DC-HSPA+) allowing capable devices speeds of up to 42&nbsp;Mbit/s on contiguous 1900&nbsp;MHz spectrum.

Digicel also offers 21&nbsp;Mbit/s HSPA+ however, they also offer [[DC-HSDPA]] (commonly known as DC-HSPA+) allowing capable devices speeds of up to 42&nbsp;Mbit/s on contiguous 850&nbsp;MHz spectrum. Digicel was also first to market with LTE in Jamaica. Their network covers all of Kingston Parish and most of the populous areas in the Kingston Metropolitan Area, capable of speeds of up to 75&nbsp;Mbit/s on 10&nbsp;MHz of Band 17 spectrum.

FLOW also offers LTE in Kingston.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2016/01/18/flow-jamaica-begins-4g-deployment/|title=FLOW Jamaica begins 4G deployment|last=TeleGeography|website=Comms Update|date=18 January 2016|access-date=25 April 2016|archive-date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128220037/https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2016/01/18/flow-jamaica-begins-4g-deployment/|url-status=dead}}</ref> FLOW's LTE network is accessible on Band 4 or AWS spectrum. Due to the network delaying its rollout to acquire more spectrum, its network is theoretically faster than both Digicel and Caricel, to the tune of 150&nbsp;Mbit/s (20&nbsp;MHz of Bandwidth)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20160726/flow-jamaica-applies-lte-spectrum-high-speed-internet|title=FLOW Jamaica applies for LTE spectrum for high speed Internet|newspaper=The Gleaner|first=Steven|last= Jackson|date=2016-07-27}}</ref> with further plans to add low band spectrum, possibly increasing theoretical speeds up to 225&nbsp;Mbit/s.

Kingston is also home to [[Caricel]], Jamaica's newest telecoms operator, which deployed its LTE network first to the Kingston Metropolitan Area.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

In addition, both carriers have their Jamaican head offices in the city (with the exception of Digicel, which has its company headquarters in Kingston rather than a regional office there as is the case with FLOW, which is based in [[Miami]]).