Flow Launches Columbus Business Solutions In Jamaica

Port of Spain, Tuesday 22nd March, 2011: Columbus Communications Inc., parent company of telecommunications providers throughout the Caribbean operating under the Flow brand, launched its Columbus Business Solutions brand in Jamaica on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

Columbus Business Solutions, recently launched in Trinidad, is the newest and most exciting business development in Jamaica, and is set to propel local and regional enterprises to greater levels of competitiveness. Columbus Business Solutions provides solutions to Micro, Small, Medium and Large Enterprises and is the combined effort of Flow’s superior business services and Columbus Networks’ regional state of the art, scalable, network, boasting the latest high tech infrastructure, found in the region. Colubmus’ sub-sea fibre optic network touches 22 countries in the region and carries over 60% of all internet traffic in the Caribbean.

Michelle English, President and Chief Operating Officer of Flow Jamaica, anticipates the development and expansion of new industries as “Broadband impacts effective modern communication and a country’s investment climate. It is seen as a catalyst for business growth and the stimulus for the emergence of new industries including health care systems and offshore data centres,” English said at the launch.

Columbus Business Solutions products and services include: Direct Fibre or Dedicated Internet connections, Wide Area Network solutions and Flow’s commercial video, voice and broadband services. With the launch of Columbus Business Solutions, the product suite has expanded to now include more enhanced business solutions such as:

• Business Continuity solutions to protect critical business data -- from simple data storage, co-location, to full data replication and Disaster Recovery (DR);>
• IP surveillance for increased security for your homes and businesses via digitized, networked version of closed-circuit television (CCTV)
• Video Conferencing Solutions which helps to connect Jamaica to a greater international network allows large businesses to maintain their global reach, and reducing travel time and expense.

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Company History:

Flow is the brand of Columbus Communications Trinidad Limited, the largest cable television service provider in Trinidad. The company is wholly owned by the international telecommunications company, Columbus Communications Inc., a leader in broadband network construction and in the provision of telecommunications services in the Caribbean and Central America.