FREELANCE MECHANIC WINS DIGICEL'S $4M LIVE FREE FOR ONE YEAR GRAND PRIZE

-          Muneram Nageshar gets a dream vacation, instant cash, monthly bills paid and other fantastic prizes

January 12, 2009 – Georgetown, Guyana: Travelling mechanic, Muneram Nageshar, has been granted his wishes by the Digicel fairy after winning the Digicel Live Free for one Year promotion. Berbician, Muneram Nageshar, who is a mechanic that travels from place to place in search of work, is now the winner of a $1M Dream Vacation, $100,000 every month for one year, $400,000 for a charity of his choice, $250,000 in free credit for one year and $1M instant cash.

Muneram is still overcome with joy and excitement at his good fortune in Digicel’s Christmas promotion that came to an end on Saturday, January 10 when the Digicel team traveled to Berbice to surprise Muneram and his family. At the presentation show held in Berbice last Saturday, a delighted Muneram (Nageshar) who was randomly selected from more than two million qualifiers through Digicel’s Automatic Selection System, was invited to be a part of the audience but he had no idea that he was the grand prize winner.

As the excitement and adrenaline got more intense with MC’s Melissa and Tenecia, Muneram was called on stage for what he believed was a chance at a minor prize for the day, but after the suspense and what was a lucrative wait, he got the great news and the crowd burst into wild cheers and celebration. The elated Munream said, "this is like magic for me, it's like the fairy granted me all my wishes. I never had a vacation and I have so many plans for my wife and new born baby. Thank you Digicel." Muneram is 26 years old and recently got married. He and his wife have a seven (7) month old baby.

Digicel Marketing & Communications Manager, Ramesh Rupchand said, "We are always trying to find innovative ways to enhance the mobile experience for all our subscribers and we are elated that this well deserving family will be able to realize some of their dreams and aspirations in 2009."

During the Digicel Christmas promotion which started November 15^th, 2008, over 3500 customers also won MP3 players and Mini Radio Boom Boxes.