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About Cariboss
Cariboss Ltd. is a structured cabling and building automation specialist based in Barbados. It has been certified by Siemon since 2005 and is the only Siemon Certified Installer and designer in Barbados.
Our history
More than 35 years in the region
Cariboss was established in Barbados in 1990. From its base in Oistins, Christ Church, the company serves clients across the Caribbean in financial services, commercial offices, call centres, the public sector, education, healthcare, hospitality and residential.
Each client works with a single Cariboss team, which coordinates with the main contractor, electrician, IT and service providers from the first site survey through certification and ongoing support.
Siemon is the company’s longest-standing manufacturer partner. As the only Siemon Certified Installer and designer in Barbados, Cariboss is the only local company that can register a Siemon 25-year system warranty. More about the Siemon partnership.
Our mission
Practical, cost-effective network infrastructure
Cariboss designs, installs and supplies network infrastructure for banks, office blocks, government buildings, schools, hotels, condominiums and private residences across the Caribbean, and keeps every installation efficient and cost-effective.
The company installs fibre optic and free-space optics links, and shielded or unshielded copper cabling from Cat5e to Cat7. Cariboss also supplies materials and services to many IT resellers and cabling contractors in Barbados.
Milestones
Milestones since 1990
- 1990
Cariboss Ltd. is established in Barbados on 1 June 1990.
- 2001
Completes the largest structured cabling project in Barbados at the time: 1,100 data and voice points for Royal Bank of Canada on Broad Street in Bridgetown.
- 2002
Extends IT support and structured cabling to Martinique and St. Lucia.
- 2005
Becomes a Siemon Certified Installer, able to register installations for Siemon’s extended system warranty.
- 2007
Adds fibre optics and wireless networking to its services, and lays 3,200 feet of continuous fibre in a ring around the Garrison Savannah racecourse.
- 2010
Builds the fibre network for Harrison’s Cave, reaching 160 feet beneath the earth’s surface in a cavern system 1.5 miles long.
- 2011
Links FirstCaribbean International Bank’s Warrens buildings with free-space optics.
- 2012
Expands into Guyana, supplying Siemon cabling and working with Huawei Technologies on data centre services and the design of a coastal fibre and microwave link.
- 2012
Becomes one of three original shareholders of Green Technologies Inc., helping its founder, the late Orville Yearwood, launch solar and energy-efficiency solutions.
- 2017
Installs 1,500 data points for the Qualfon call centre in Guyana.
- 2023
Delivers fibre to the room for all 440 rooms at the Sam Lord’s Castle Redevelopment Project.
- 2024
Begins work on more than 700 data points and nine server rooms at the New Geriatric Hospital.
Credentials
Company profile
Established
1990
Founder and managing director
Douglas Ashby
Core business
Structured cabling and building automation
Siemon
The only Certified Installer and designer in Barbados (since 2005)
System warranty
Five-year Siemon product warranty as standard; optional 25-year system warranty on certified installations
Installation standards
ANSI/TIA-568, 569, 606, 607 and ISO/IEC 11801
References include First Citizens Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, Harrison’s Cave and The Siemon Company.
Coverage
Where we work
Cariboss works throughout the Caribbean and has completed projects in these locations.
Request a quote
Send your drawings or arrange a site survey to receive a design and quotation.
- Phone
- +1 (246) 820-3759
- dashby@cariboss.net
- Address
- Welches No. 1 cul-de-sac,
Oistins, Christ Church
Barbados, West Indies
BB17101