Contacts:

Fusikaunanga Kupu

Marketing, Digicel Tonga

Mobile: +676 841 5019

Email: fusi.kupu@digicelgroup.com

 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AT TONGA’S BIGGER BETTER NETWORK

Monday 18^th July 2011: Key personnel from Digicel Tonga recently completed a three day training course in “Advanced Communication Skill within the Workforce” in line with company goals to develop talent from within.

This certificate course was facilitated by Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc and coordinated by David Hennon from New Zealand in collaboration with Tonga Business Enterprise Centre (TBEC).

The course, also known as ‘Advancing Business’, was funded by New Zealand Government through New Zealand Aid Program.

The main objective of the course was to further develop staff communication skills in the workplace and further to enhance the skills of those around the attendees  at work, increasing effective and collaborative communication.

The attendees found the course ’interactive and professional’ with plenty of practical role-plays and relevant communication skills.

Digicel Tonga’s Human Resources Manager Nailoni Maue commented: “We are continually looking for ways our staff can develop and grow. Our business is communication, and what better way to support that but by enhancing the communication skills of those behind the scenes.”

About Digicel

After ten 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.