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Fusikaunanga Kupu

Marketing, Digicel Tonga

Mobile: +676 841 5019

Email: fusi.kupu@digicelgroup.com

DIGICEL (TONGA) SUPPORTS ATTEMPT TO BREAK WORLD RECORD!

Thursday May 12th 2011: A handful of Digicel (Tonga) staff together with over 400 other Zumba fans sweated for Air NZ’s initiative to break Guinness Book of World Record on the evening of Thursday May 12th, 2011.

Rainbow colors filled Teufaiva Stadium as Zumba teams poured in wearing different colours to represent each of their respective companies as they joined together in an attempt to break Guiness Book of world records “Biggest Zumba Class”.

A turnout of over 480 participants joined the fun at Teufaiva in an attempt to break the current record of 250 participants attending a Zumba class for atleast 30minutes. Air NZ has submitted the attempt to Guiness Book of World Records in London for review, and will announce result in the next coming weeks.

Weekly Zumba classes at 6pm every Thursday in Teufaiva Stadium is proudly sponsored by Air NZ and Digicel Mobile Money and is led by one of Tonga’s best fitness instructors, Dana Stephenson.

About Digicel

After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 11 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com  for more information.