mobile telecommunications founded 3 november 2008 key people iran campbell jr chairman owner cable & wireless communications website www.lime.com lime an acronym for landline internet mobile entertainment was a communications provider owned by the british based cable & wireless communications for its operations in anguilla antigua & barbuda barbados british virgin islands cayman islands dominica grenada jamaica montserrat st. kitts & nevis st. lucia st. vincent & the grenadines and turks & caicos in the caribbean . 1 the company formed from the integrated businesses of cable & wireless in the caribbean which adopted the lime name on 3 november 2008 . lime operates as the native incumbent telecommunications service providers in many of the islands where they reside . 2 the company also operated mobile telecommunications under the bmobile brand from 2003 until rebranding them as lime in 2008 . competitors include digicel largest mobile competitor . cable & wireless communications lime s parent company also owns a 49 % share in tstt in trinidad & tobago and a 49 % share in batelco in the bahamas . the company is the only authorized carrier licensed by apple to sell iphones under contract as well as being the only approved carrier for use by apple in the english speaking caribbean . this was obtained in 2011 after claro s exit from the jamaican market . in 2015 lime s parent company cwc acquired columbus communications and decided to adopt the brand name flow for its consumer facing business . this meant that it would replace the name lime . currently cwc no longer operates as lime in any territory they used the brand in . the brand name lime has been disused by cwc as of may 2016 ; heralding in the full branding of lime to flow . the site now redirects to flow s page . contents 1 services 2 background 2.1 cable & wireless plc regional profits 3 see also 4 references 5 external links services edit international and domestic voice telephone services ; data ip services such as adsl frame or isdn ; mobile wireless services including 3g 4g across smartphone platforms such as samsung and apple . other services including satellite based communications and television services for select countries . background edit the history of cable & wireless network build out in the caribbean region dates back to the 1880s . in recent times the west indies unit has been considered key in global revenue turnover . bmobile s headquarters in the bvi . bmobile won one of the three franchises to offer cellular telephone services in the british virgin islands in 2007 . 3 however rival operator digicel issued court proceedings against the british virgin islands regulator arguing that he had acted improperly by imposing a limit of three licenses one of which was awarded to a local cable television company and has not been exercised . bmobile was joined to the suit as an interested party . high court judge rita joseph olivetti found in favour of digicel and quashed the original decision 4 which had been controversial . 5 however despite the court s ruling digicel has yet to be granted a license to operate in the territory . digicel lost separate proceedings against cable and wireless as bmobile s parent company in the english courts claiming that cable & wireless has unfairly stifled competition in several caribbean jurisdictions . 6 during the intervening period bmobile has obtained a virtual stranglehold on the cellular telecommunications market in the british virgin islands by a combination of low prices and aggressive advertising as well as significant investment in infrastructure and technology . 7 cable & wireless plc regional profits edit in 2005 according to the 2005 cable & wireless plc annual report united kingdom turnover 1 602 million caribbean turnover 550 million panama turnover 257 million macau turnover 117 million monaco telecom turnover 100 million rest of the world turnover 167 million figures are from the financial report released to its shareholders the current listed financial breakdown for cwplc is as formentioned by regional business segment . in march 2010 the cable & wireless plc split into cable & wireless worldwide plc now a subsidiary of vodafone and cable & wireless communications plc. lime became a subsidiary of c & w communications . in november 2014 the brand s parent company cable & wireless communications announced its merger with columbus communications . the merger has since become a hot button in the region especially since the company s largest competitor digicel lacks sufficient fixed line voice and data capability.this would make the amalgamated entity hold a monopoly on such services . the merger despite being green lit by key markets such as jamaica is still being awaited regulatory approval by other markets . it was announced in april 2015 that the brand will be retired in favor of the name flow in summer 2015 which is the customer facing brand name of the company being acquired by cable & wireless communications plc named columbus communications . reasons cited by the company for the name change were results from an independent study which indicated that customers perception of lime s brand was that of lackluster customer service and at times spotty service . the study also found flow s to be much more positive and all round well received . this name change will occur across all the markets in which cable & wireless communications operates as lime . see also edit ecfs cable system references edit cable & wireless communications caribbean . cable & wireless communications . retrieved 2 april 2010 . business news america . cable & wireless barbados limited . archived from the original on september 4 2009 . retrieved 2 april 2010 . bvi platinum news 26 may 2007 archived january 16 2009 at the wayback machine . bvi platinum news 25 may 2007 archived january 16 2009 at the wayback machine . bvi platinum news 23 may 2007 and bvi platinum news 4 june 2007 archived january 16 2009 at the wayback machine . bbc world news 19 july 2007 bvi platinum news 8 june 2007 and bvi platinum news 25 june 2007 archived january 16 2009 at the wayback machine . external links edit official website flow cable & wireless communications v t e caribbean mobile phone companies at & t mobility bmobile caricel centennial communications choice wireless claro americas digicel etecsa flow orange sprint t mobile tracfone tricom trilogy dominicana viva retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lime cable % 26 wireless & oldid 739172396 categories mobile phone companies of the caribbeanhidden categories articles with wayback machine linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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