Telecommunications in Haiti

[7] The law provides for freedom of speech and press, and the government and elected officials generally respect these rights in practice.

A net generator of revenues for the government in the 1970s and early 1980s, Teleco's fortunes then began to decline.

[citation needed] Despite wide-ranging poverty, Haiti increased its mobile phone coverage rate from 6% to 30% in one year (May 2006 to May 2007).

Haiti is now the driving force in mobile phone growth in the Caribbean, while radio remains the primary information medium for most Haitians.

[citation needed] In May 2006, Comcel and Haitel had a total of about 500,000 subscribers - a cell phone coverage rate of 6% for a population of 8.2 million.

On March 30, 2012, Digicel completed the acquisition of Comcel / Voila, its main competitor in the Haitian market.