The proceeds of this offering will be used to acquire a 35.8% stake in Digicel Holdings (Central America) Limited (DHCAL), which currently owns mobile phone operations in Panama and Honduras launched in November-December 2008. Digicel Limited will pay US$215 million for the stake in DHCAL, and from the rest proceeds will provide funding for general corporate purposes. The balance of the money raised in the transaction and not used for the acquisition will remain in Digicel Limited for general corporate purposes.

Since 2001, Digicel has become the largest wireless telecoms operator in the Caribbean; with more than 7 mln customers, it has become the leading brand in the region, and now it is entering the Central American market.