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Communication Cellulaire d'Haïti

Type	Private
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1998
Headquarters	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Key people	Bernard Fils-Aime (managing director)
Services	Wireless Telephone
Parent	Digicel
Website	www.digicelhaiti.com

Communication Cellulaire d'Haïti, S.A. or (ComCEL), became known as the trademark Voilà, was a telephone company in Haiti which primarily dealt in mobile phone service. It was a subsidiary of US-based Trilogy International Partners.^[1]

History[edit]

Comcel was awarded a license to construct and operate a nationwide TDMA mobile communications network in September 1998. A year later, in September 1999, Comcel launched commercial service in Port-au-Prince, and had developed the largest mobile phone coverage area in Haiti.

Comcel, at the same time, was also granted the right to build and operate payphone services and planned to have over 500 phones in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel by year-end, with expansion to other provinces in 2006.

In 2002, Comcel was granted the right to operate an international gateway and began carrying international calls in August of that year.

In August 2005, Comcel received a license to operate a nationwide GSM network that launched on October 21 with nationwide coverage under the Voilà GSM brand, which has become its trade name since.

In 2009, Comcel received the U.S. Department of State Award for Corporate Excellence (Multinational).^[2]

The company's services temporarily came to halt following the 12 January 2010 Haiti earthquake. While the company's facilities were not seriously affected by the earthquake, 5 of its 575 employees had died and 35 remained missing^[1][3][4]

The company was sold to Digicel group on March 30, 2012 and ceased to operate independently on October 12, 2012.^[5]

Nous sommes sur place. Nous sommes la compagnie de téléphone de Haïti. Voilà.

Questions Et Reponses

Le 12 janvier, Haïti a souffert dune terrible catastrophe. Nous exprimons nos sincères condoléances à tous ceux qui ont subi la perte d´un ami ou d´un membre de leur famille, en raison de cet événement tragique.

Depuis le tremblement de terre, la totalité de la famille Voilà travaille en permanence pour assurer la continuité des communications, en soutien des organismes de secours et d´aide et en œvrant à stabiliser le réseau, ainsi qu?à fournir des téléphones et des services gratuits, comme soutien aux efforts de sauvetage.

Cela fait plus de 10 ans que Voilà se consacre au peuple de Haïti et nous sommes engagés à la reconstruction de notre pays. Ensemble, nous sortirons de cette catastrophe plus forts et plus unis que jamais, dans nos efforts de création d´un avenir brillant pour Haïti.

Voilà: The Voice of Haiti

Voilà is a subsidiary of Trilogy International Partners, LLC, a privately held company based in Bellevue, WA. Since our founding in 1998 under the name Comcel, Voilà has grown steadily to become one of Haiti's leading wireless communications providers, serving over a million customers. Voilà's vision is that by providing superior service, we can help strengthen Haiti both economically and socially. Over the past decade, we have spent over $200M on the Voilà network, making us Haiti's largest U.S. investor and one of Haiti's largest taxpayers. Our staff now numbers 540 people, and our operations support thousands more - 35,000 - who distribute phones and service to customers throughout the country.

Supporting the Haitian community has been a core value for Voilà since its inception. Our Voilà Foundation has been involved in a variety of philanthropic projects, focused primarily on sports and educational programs for Haiti's youth and we are the largest corporate sponsor of primary school scholarships in Haiti.

In December 2009, Voilà and parent company, Trilogy International Partners, were honored with the prestigious "Award for Corporate Excellence" from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in recognition of Voilà's record of corporate social responsibility in Haiti.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcel_Haiti

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