National ICT Strategic Plan Government of St Kitts and Nevis In St. Kitts and Nevis there is one fixed line provider (C&W), two ISP’s (C&W and The Cable), and three mobile providers (UTS-CariGlobe, Digicel and C&W). Cable & Wireless (St. Kitts and Nevis) Ltd. has deployed a double fibre ring around St. Kitts and a fibre link to its international gateway switch. The islands of St. Kitts and Nevis are connected via microwave. The Cable, C&W’s licensed fixed wire competitor, also has deployed a fibre ring plus fibre strands to high-density business sites. Its traditional cable subscribers are served over a hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network. Three service providers have been licensed to compete against C&W - The Cable in fixed services, including high-speed Internet access, and CariGlobe and Digicel in mobile wireless. With two fibre rings, St. Kitts is better provisioned with modern transmission facilities than Nevis. The principal reason for this disparity is that C&W faces vigorous competition from The Cable, whose operations are limited to St. Kitts, where its serves roughly 10,000 households, Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Development, Information and Technology November, 2006 18