Multilink S.A. appoints Mr. Jephté Toussaint as Director of Infrastructures

(Port-au-Prince, July 20, 2010) – M. Paolo Chilosi, CEO of Multilink S.A., is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jephté Toussaint as Director of Infrastructures.

In his new position, Mr. Toussaint will work at maximizing the performance and operation of the company’s infrastructures. He will also monitor the deployment of the Multilink’s new WiMax network and its further extension to major towns in Haiti.

Mr. Toussaint’s professional qualifications include a degree in Engineering and Computer Science and a degree in Electrical Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montreal. He has a vast knowledge of IT, including networking and communications, and many years of relevant experience. His presence as part of the Multilink team represents a great asset for the company.

In recent years, Mr. Toussaint worked as an IT business analyst and project officer for the Canadian Forces. Among other tasks, he had to assess the feasibility of projects in terms of costs, needs, impacts and strategic alignment as part of the implementation of new networks and telecommunications systems. Mr. Toussaint was also the CEO of BSYSTEM INC.

His appointment as Director of Infrastructures comes at an important moment for Multilink, as the company is developing its expansion plan. According to this plan, Multilink will extend its network nationwide and provide innovative Internet services that will be accessible to the vast majority of Haitian families and businesses.

Paolo Chilosi,

Chief Executive Officer

Multilink S.A.

About Multilink S.A.

Founded in 1995, Multilink is the number one choice of large companies and institutions in Haiti for its fast and reliable technologies and the outstanding quality of its customer service. Over the last ten years, Multilink has successfully marketed a comprehensive range of services to residential customers, SMEs, corporate clients and institutions.

Multilink strongly believes that Internet Service Providers have an important mission to carry out with regards to the economic and social development of Haiti. Our goal is not only to develop a market; it is also for us to contribute to the development of a country and improving prospects for its people.

Konkou Business Ayiti: Green Businesses Wanted. Green and renewable technologies are the future of Haiti.

AIDG is pleased to announce its 2nd business plan competition, Konkou Business Ayiti.

In response to the devastating January 12 earthquake, the theme of this year's contest is Haiti Renewed. Specifically, Konkou Business Ayiti is seeking Haitian entrepreneurs and sustainable businesses that can aid in the country's reconstruction. Konkou Business Ayiti invites applications from businesses that provide increased access to energy, water and sanitation and housing using green and renewable technologies. If you have a promising idea or business that falls into these categories, Haiti needs you!

What type of business Konkou Business Ayiti is looking for?

• "Green" businesses that are either established (less than 100 employees) or new.

• Examples of businesses: biodiesel, biogas, clean burning stoves, disaster-resistant housing, hydroelectric, plastics recycling, solar energy, water pumps, wind energy, or any other business that uses green technology to increase access to energy, water, sanitation or safe housing in Haiti.

• The business may be a product distributor, service provider or manufacturer.

• The business must present a positive environmental, social and/or economic impact in Haiti.

• The business can be based in any of Haiti's 10 departments.

What is the prize?

• A $10,000 grant

• Additional financing in the form of a very low interest loan (up to $40,000)

• Two years of technical and logistical assistance

• Two years of business planning and administrative support.

How to participate?

• The application will be available at this website on September 1st 2010.

• Each applicant will have until October 29 2010 to email their application.

For more information visit www.konkoubiznisayiti.com

Multilink offers CakeMail’s email marketing solution in Haiti and the Caribbean

Port-au-Prince, June 4, 2010 – Multilink is proud to announce its appointment as an authorized reseller of CakeMail, a powerful web-based email marketing solution. This reseller agreement allows Multilink to sell the solution in Haiti and across the Caribbean.

CakeMail sets itself apart from other email marketing platforms by offering a flexible and comprehensive web-based solution with a user-friendly interface that makes it as easy to use as a word processor. It allows businesses to manage and upload mailing lists, create and run targeted campaigns, and track their results in real time. With CakeMail, businesses and organizations can easily identify the best time to send emails and optimize the effectiveness of their campaigns. In addition, this multilingual and open-architecture solution can be seamlessly integrated with a variety of third party tools.

CakeMail’s cost-effectiveness allows Multilink to offer a complete turnkey solution to businesses and organizations of all sizes at a low monthly fee. As a direct marketing channel, email marketing offers the best return on investment mainly because of its low cost, and using CakeMail can make this return on investment even greater.

“CakeMail is a great add-on to our value-added offering to businesses,” says Stéphane d’Amours, Multilink’s Marketing & Communications manager. “This powerful platform is perfectly suited for the Haitian and Caribbean markets. It allows Haiti’s businesses to take full advantage of the many possibilities of email marketing at a very low cost.”

CakeMail has been the email tool of choice for a variety of high profile marketing campaigns, including An Obama Minute, a virtual marketing campaign that raised funds for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign. Multilink expects this web-based solution to rapidly become the number one choice for Haitian and Caribbean businesses as well.

Google appoints Multilink as an authorized reseller of Google Apps

Port-au-Prince, April 26, 2010 – Multilink is proud to announce its appointment as an authorized reseller of Google Apps Premier Edition, a web-based suite of advanced and cost-effective applications for businesses and organizations. The reselling agreement with Google authorizes Multilink to sell these services in Haiti and Latin America.

Highly efficient, secure, and reliable, Google Apps Premier Edition is a comprehensive messaging and collaboration solution that allows companies of all sizes to dramatically reduce their IT costs all the while optimizing communications and improving operations. More than two million businesses and organizations run these apps today and thousands more switch to them every day.

Multilink expects Google Apps Premier Edition to rapidly become a huge success in Haiti as well, where IT costs are an important issue for many businesses and organizations. For a modest annual fee per user, these businesses will get full access to a complete range of powerful tools that fill all their needs with respect to communication, collaboration, team work, storage, security, video, document creation and sharing, web site design and management. Moreover, each of these powerful applications is available in mobile version, allowing users to access them anywhere.

“Google Apps Premier Edition is perfectly suited for a market like Haiti,” says Stéphane d’Amours, Marketing & Business Development Manager of Multilink. “This collaborative solution is powerful, easy to implement, simple to use and very affordable. Multilink is developing partnerships with world-class companies to offer business solutions that are better adapted to the Haitian market. We want to empower Haiti’s businesses and organizations by providing them the best tools available, such as Google Apps Premier Edition.”

Source:
Stéphane d’Amours, Dir., Marketing & Communications
sdamours (at) multilink-ht.net

For more information about Google Apps Premier Edition click here

Multilink S.A. appoints Mr. Michel Pelletier as Director of operations

Port-au-Prince, April 21, 2010 – Mr. Paolo Chilosi, CEO of Multilink S.A., is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Michel Pelletier as Director of Operations.

As part of his new position, Mr. Pelletier will work at optimizing the company’s overall operations in order to ensure the successful development of its expansion plan. This expansion plan includes a nationwide extension of the network and the provision of innovative Internet services that will be accessible to the vast majority of Haitian families and businesses.

Mr. Pelletier holds a degree in engineering from the University of Quebec. He brings to Multilink a wealth of knowledge and experience, having worked for 25 years as an operations manager in Haiti.

Over the last few years, Mr. Pelletier has managed operations for Industries Acra,Brasserie de la Couronne, and Entreprises Claude Duval. He is also the co-founder and first vice-president of the Haiti-Canada Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Paolo Chilosi
Chief Executive Officer
Multilink S.A.

About Multilink

Founded in 1995, Multilink is the number one choice of large companies and institutions in Haiti for its fast and reliable technologies and the outstanding quality of its customer service. Over the last ten years, Multilink has successfully marketed a comprehensive range of services to residential customers, SMEs, corporate clients and institutions.

Multilink strongly believes that Internet Service Providers have an important mission to carry out with regards to the economic and social development of Haiti. Our goal is not only to develop a market; it is also for us to contribute to the development of a country and improving prospects for its people.

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