'The door isn't closed in any shape or form. Whether it's a year, two years, or whether we just continue as is...'

Digicel chief executive officer Colm Delves tells John Mulligan that the telecommunications firm can still pursue its growth strategy

Colm Delves: 'Whilst we would have maybe had a bit more firepower if the IPO had gone ahead, in terms of being able to complete and continue the investment programme that we had earmarked, we are still in the position to do that'

John Mulligan

Digicel chief executive Colm Delves has insisted the telecoms company can still pursue its growth strategy despite cancelling its stockmarket flotation plans last week.

He has also revealed that Digicel initiated a flotation process nearly a decade ago in New York and didn't proceed then either, instead securing finance via the high yield bond market.