Interactive communications company Oxygen8 Communications is continuing its global expansion across English-speaking territories with the acquisition of Caribbean Multimedia Services (CMS). CMS has connectivity throughout the Caribbean region and has contracts with many of the key media groups in this market.
As a result of the acquisition, Oxygen8 Communications now operates in 36 markets worldwide and is directly connected in 33 countries. It says it now has unprecedented access to the English speaking world (the English Caribbean alone adding 7.5 million people) and an increasing penetration of the Hispanic market.
The company provides services to some of the worlds leading companies, portals, national broadcasters, national and regional publishers, international carriers, network operators and independent telecommunication companies. It has offices in the UK, Ireland, Australia, the US, S. Africa, and E. Africa. 
At the heart of Oxygen8s offering is its Oxygen platform, which enables UK brands to create fully integrated interactive communications services utilising a variety of different technologies, including WAP, web, voice, video, SMS and MMS. The platform was designed to meet the requirements of customers who need to be able to roll out new services quickly and easily, both locally and internationally. Self-provisioning is at the core of the design of the platform, which means that brands have the option to develop and maintain services themselves. It also enables new applications to be rolled out in minutes.
“Oxygen8 is looking to quickly expand its business worldwide, and our acquisition of CMS is an important part of this process,” says Oxygen8 Communications Group CEO, Shane Leahy. “Increasingly, our clients are international in their focus, especially our major customers operating via the web. It also means that we are able to offer penetration in many markets that no other aggregator has access to, in fast developing regions such as Africa and the Caribbean. The acquisition also further strengthens our international management team.”
