ECTEL Celebrates 25 Years of Advancing Digital Connectivity

Courtesy of ECTEL

May 5, 2025 – The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) proudly marks its 25th anniversary, celebrating a quarter-century of pioneering regulatory leadership in the electronic communications sector in its five Contracting States: the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Established on the 4th of May 2000, ECTEL has been instrumental in promoting open markets, fair competition, and harmonised policies to ensure efficient and modern electronic communications services for all. Some of the Directorates key milestones include an exponential fall in prices for all electronic communications services in the sub-region; the implementation of Mobile Number Portability in 2019, and the establishment of the Universal Service Fund (USF) in 2008. Through the dedicated work of National Telecommunications Regulatory Commissions (“NTRCs”) USF projects have enabled or promoted affordable and even free access to electronic communications services and devices for members of the public in all Contracting States, and benefitted low-income households, persons with disabilities, schools, community Wi-Fi points, health centres, and police stations.

To celebrate this milestone, ECTEL will be launching several activities, including its ‘25 Years, 25 Questions’ trivia contest in May, a “Girls in ICT” competition for students, a special episode of ECTEL Bytes and the airing of a special commemorative public service announcement outlining some of ECTEL’s major accomplishments since its establishment in 2000 on all its social media platforms. A longer, specially commissioned documentary will also be part of the celebrations, highlighting some of the organisation’s achievements and challenges over the past quarter-century, and its work to collaborate with NTRCs to positively impact the lives of people in the Contracting States. ECTEL will also be launching the Pearl Allison Lake (P.A.L) Scholarship Fund in early June in memory of the late employee, who served as one of its longest-serving staff members, before her untimely passing in June 2024.

In observance of the milestone, ECTEL’s Managing Director, Mr. David Cox, noted:

“The creation and establishment of ECTEL, including the march to liberalisation from monopoly, and all the political and social drama that attended it, is a unique and remarkable story about the ingenuity and resilience of the people of the Eastern Caribbean. Those of us who have had the privilege to work with ECTEL, are proud to be carrying on the legacy of those visionaries who saw the need to create the institution. We continue to fight every day, to improve the lives of the people we serve, by working to bring down prices, improve the quality of their services, and enable the most advance technology we can.”

ECTEL remains committed to fostering a connected, sustainable, and inclusive digital future for the people of its five Contracting States. To learn more about what we do, visit www.ectel.int, or follow us on Facebook and YouTube @ectel and on Instagram, X and LinkedIn at @ectelauthority.

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About ECTEL:

The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is the regulatory body responsible for electronic communications in its five Contracting States: Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. ECTEL aims to promote open markets, fair competition, and harmonised policies to ensure efficient and modern electronic communications services for all.


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🎉Happy Anniversary ECTEL: 25 Years of Leadership in Regulation! 🌐

 

 

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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an International Organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance among independent and non-independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The OECS came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other while promoting unity and solidarity among its Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed. The OECS today, currently has twelve members, spread across the Eastern Caribbean comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint Martin. 

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