Cable & Wireless St. Kits & Nevis - Cell Phones St. Kitts and Nevis

History of Cable & Wireless St. Kitts - past to present
Cable & Wireless St. Kitts & Nevis Ltd, formerly St. Kitts and Nevis Telecommunications Limited (SKANTEL), operates the local and international telephone service in St. Kitts and Nevis. This followed a joint venture agreement between Cable & Wireless and the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in 1985, which formed the then SKANTEL. As part of Cable & Wireless' thrust to establish a global identity and positively leverage the Cable & Wireless brand, the company was re-branded to Cable & Wireless St. Kitts and Nevis Limited in 1999.

Following the sale of shares in 1990 and 1992, the respective share holdings are: Cable & Wireless 65%, Government 17% and the public 18%. Government's representatives on the company's Board are Joseph Edmeade, Chairman and Mr Fred Lam OBE and Mr Theodore Hobson from the Nevis Island Administration.

Our switching facilities were upgraded to MMP13 in November 2000. Services offered include International Direct Dialing, ADSL, Frame Relay, Direct Connect, International Private Circuits, Mobile Roaming, Managed Router Service (MRS), among others.

Currently there are approximately 22,000 lines serving both islands. St. Kitts and Nevis is linked to the Eastern Caribbean Fibre optic System (ECFS), which was commissioned in 1995. The company employs 147 persons.