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Now, all Cabocom ((Livre)) customers can play online and compete. In addition to the server Cabocom has also put online a ranking page where the players can visualize their statistics and overall ranking.

The main purpose of this project is to introduce the online gaming community concept in Cape Verde using a game that has become a huge worldwide hit since the early 2000’s.

Once a high enough number of players has been achieved, Cabocom will create a Pro League in which real prizes will be awarded and the opportunity to participate in international competitions will be given to the winners.

To adhere to this new concept and to the Counter Strike Source Community all that customers need to do is send an e-mail to cstrike@cabocom.cv with the subject: “I want to play!” and full instructions on how to play will be sent over.

To know more about this game go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike Source.

Cabocom, the already well known wireless internet provider in Santa Maria, after sponsoring the PWA windsurfing championship by supplying wireless internet to all participants, journalists and general public, allowing all the commodity of using their laptops on the spot, in the Ponta Preta Beach, has now started upgrading the speed of its internet subscriptions.

Eight months after the start of the Cabocom ((Livre)) wireless service, the company has now started upgrading the subscriptions speed to 512kb, and also planning to extend it to all its packages within the next few months while still practicing the same prices as before.

Along with this upgrade, Cabocom has been perfecting its coverage within the area of Santa Maria as well as in the hotels, resulting in the addition of Hotel Sab Sab to the already existing list of hotels with the ((Livre)) connection, namely Hotel Dunas de Sal and Hotel Crioula.

In most of these hotels, clients can purchase their ((Livre)) vouchers which allow them internet wireless access in the reception area. In addition, the number of agents selling vouchers in Santa Maria has also increased, creating more spots where tourists can purchase their vouchers without having to go too far.

Cabocom’s main purpose is to achieve full coverage within all hotels of Santa Maria as well as within the village itself before effectively expanding to Murdeira and Espargos, which is already being planned by the company.

List of Agents selling ((Livre)) Vouchers
- Hotel Crioula
- Hotel Dunas de Sal
- Restaurant Turtle Shack
- Café Cultural
- Surf Shack Bar
- Angulo Windsurfing Centre
- Terrazza Bar
- Blue Bar

List of Tariffs

Portugal Telecom has committed to invest $25 million US dollars in a new undersea cable system in Cape Verde, as part of the project covering the entire West Coast Africa. The system, which is part of a joint venture with national provider Cabo Verde Telecom, will “guarantee connections to some of Portugal Telecom’s main operations on the African continent as well as internet connectivity with the main European telecommunications centre in London” and will be ready by the end of 2010.

Source: Telecompaper

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Cabo Verde Telecom, the national communications network operator for Cape Verde, reported a 45.6% increase of subscribers to 324,000 Read the full story

Cabocom S.A. is a telecommunications company that has showed up in the Cape Verdean market to implement a completely different concept in the internet providing services and to revolution the existing technologies.

Apart from having very competitive prices, the great novelty introduced by Cabocom is a completely wireless internet service named ((Livre)). As the name of this services clearly states, this system allows total freedom and mobility enabling the user to work from anywhere with total commodity and comfort and being ideal for tourists, companies, residents and any other visitors to the island.

Having a really easy access, residents and all those living in Santa Maria on a more permanent basis can use the system by making a monthly subscription. Tourists and general visitors are not left out and can also access the internet by using vouchers that can be purchased in the company’s office, at an authorized agent and, in most of the cases, in their hotel’s reception.

In a place with such an excellent climate and perfect beaches, Cabocom’s ((Livre)) wireless internet has turned out to be the perfect working tool allowing people to do their work or simply browse the internet without missing out the lovely sunny days.

Santa Maria, in Sal Island, already has full ((Livre)) coverage and the company is already expanding the system so that very soon it will also be covering the village of Espargos. The next step will be moving on to the other island until full national coverage has been achieved.

Cabocom’s CEO, Miguel Lopes, states “We, at Cabocom, aim to provide, first and foremost, a quality and efficient service. Our system ((Livre)) has allowed everyone to have an easy wireless access to the internet, making people’s lives much easier. Simultaneously, our purpose in implementing this new technology is to bring a new direction to the telecommunications market and open the doors to the entrance of several other new technologies, thus contributing for the already ongoing development. ”