CariAccess Communications was a leading
Internet and telecommunications company in Barbados,
Saint Lucia
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and
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The company offered
Internet service,
webhosting
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and domain name registration services. The company was based in the country of
Barbados and in all countries, it competed against its main competitor
Cable and Wireless. The company was founded by a Saint Vincentian,
Anthony Gunn
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History
In 1999 CariAccess Communications, Inc had applied for several licenses to provide services in the southern Caribbean-countries of
Barbados, the
Commonwealth of Dominica,
St. Lucia
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,
St. Vincent
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People Saints
* Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), a.k.a. Vincent the Deacon, deacon and martyr
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,
Trinidad. In the
United States it also operated under the name
Phone Line Co. based-in
Atlanta,
Georgia. CariAccess has filed several legal challenges in recent years concerning the corporate policies of
Cable and Wireless in the region. These challenges were brought under the claim that C&W engages in activities that are discriminatory of competing providers in the newly liberalised telecommunications markets in the Caribbean.
CariAccess previously had an agreement to merge with Barbados-based
Sunbeach Communications, Inc. at which time both companies had planned to jointly form a venture with AT&T Wireless. Soon after the deal collapsed for the joint-venture later also fell through with Sunbeach.
In 2007, the company's founder Gunn died of health complications. the company continued to operate for some time before winding up operations.
Update: Breaking News! CariAccess Silenced: C&W’s Main Opposer Loses Battle and Succumbs to Cancer in Barbados – Sadly True!
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See also
* List of Barbadian companies
References
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External links
Gunning for Cable & WirelessCariaccess Communications to Introduce VoIP Service to Islands of the Caribbean Using i2Telecom's VoiceStick-TM- Softphone
Internet service providers of Barbados