CariAccess Communications was a leading

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and telecommunications company in Barbados,

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and

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. The company offered Internet service,

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and domain name registration services. The company was based in the country of

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and in all countries, it competed against its main competitor Cable and Wireless. The company was founded by a Saint Vincentian, Anthony Gunn.

History

In 1999 CariAccess Communications, Inc had applied for several licenses to provide services in the southern Caribbean-countries of

, the

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, St. Lucia, St. Vincent,

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. In the

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it also operated under the name

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based-in

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. CariAccess has filed several legal challenges in recent years concerning the corporate policies of Cable and Wireless in the region. These challenges were brought under the claim that C&W engages in activities that are discriminatory of competing providers in the newly liberalised telecommunications markets in the Caribbean. CariAccess previously had an agreement to merge with Barbados-based Sunbeach Communications, Inc. at which time both companies had planned to jointly form a venture with AT&T Wireless. Soon after the deal collapsed for the joint-venture later also fell through with Sunbeach. In 2007, the company's founder Gunn died of health complications. the company continued to operate for some time before winding up operations.Update: Breaking News! CariAccess Silenced: C&W’s Main Opposer Loses Battle and Succumbs to Cancer in Barbados – Sadly True!
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Gunning for Cable & WirelessCariaccess Communications to Introduce VoIP Service to Islands of the Caribbean Using i2Telecom's VoiceStick-TM- Softphone
Internet service providers of Barbados

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