 Despite wide-ranging poverty, Haiti increased its mobile phone coverage rate from 6% to 30% in one year (May 2006 to May 2007).Haiti is now the driving force in mobile phone growth in the Caribbean, while radio remains the primary information medium for most Haitians.In May 2006, Comcel and Haitel had a total of about 500,000 subscribers - a cell phone coverage rate of 6% for a population of 8.2 million.