New cellular sites.

United Telecommunication Services (UTS) and CariGlobe Telecommunications marked the first phase of the construction of their telecommunications transmit-receive sites or cellular sites with a groundbreaking ceremony, reports Caribbean Net News (Nov. 12, 2004). The first site is being constructed at Belle Vue. There will be a total of 16 sites constructed, nine of which will be erected during the first phase. The infrastructural phase is projected to last for a period of three to five years at a cost of US$20 million. The St. Kitts-Nevis Development Bank had an instrumental role to play in the venture. Assistant Manager of Development Bank, Lenworth Harris, said the undertaking was was the first collaboration with the European Investment Bank, which made an equity input.