This is a roundup of the ICT/technology news across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 15 August to Sunday 21 August 2011.
Monday, 15 August 2011
No double-cross intended by cable provider
Antigua & Barbuda – Since a deal was struck between Turner Broadcasting System Latin America, Inc (TBSLA) and Karib Cable giving them exclusive rights to broadcast TBSLA programming, the cable provider is speaking for the first time, saying they did not double-cross CTV with the July agreement… more
Jamaica looking for technology partners
Jamaica – Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, says the government of Jamaica is eager to partner with technology providers on major projects that will revolutionise the use of computer technology locally and increase productivity and value-added… more
Tourism Department adopts smartphone app
St. Thomas, USVI – My Virgin Islands, an application for smartphones first developed by St. Croix native Shomari Moorehead, has been adopted as the territory’s official app by the V.I. Tourism Department… more
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Phone tap, e-mail snoops OK
Cayman Islands – New rules allow “any person employed by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service to intercept a message in relation to a matter or person” for the purposes of gathering intelligence… more
Ministers mum on cellphone tapping
Trinidad & Tobago – Both Minister of Communication Dr Suruj Rambachan and Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh on Sunday declined to comment on recent reports that the National Security Council, headed by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, had met with Digicel to get assistance in tapping cellphones… more
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Cable Bahamas To Launch New Service
Bahamas – Cable Bahamas will introduce its brand new fixed line telephone service at the end of the month, marketing manager Dave Burrows told Tribune Business yesterday, stating that the company is confident its REVOICE offering would bring serious competition to the fixed line market…. more’
Phone tapping: Who has the oversight?
Cayman Islands – The motivation for and oversight of Cayman’s new telecommunications interception regulations – the rules that govern how and when police can monitor telephone, email and postal communications – is being questioned by the leader of the country’s opposition political party… more
LIME rolls out ‘FLIPtop’ plan to push Internet access
Jamaica – Telecommunications Company LIME yester-day rolled out a new plan aimed at increasing Internet penetration across the island, offering new customers a low-cost laptop with two-year residential Internet service packages… more
LIME Launches Low-Cost Laptop
Jamaica – Telecommunications firm LIME Jamaica has launched a low-cost laptop, available for customers who sign up for its Internet service, as part of its drive to increase Internet penetration in the island… more
Thursday, 18 August 2011
BTC Stock Sale To Boost Bahamas Exchange
Bahamas – The Bahamas’ Ministry of Finance has invited proposals from financial groups to advise the government on the sale of a 9% tranche of its shares in Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC)… more
New call centre opens in Dominica
Dominica – Over 150 Dominicans are expected to gain employment in the coming months, as Wikibuli Communications Inc. commences operations on the island… more
Friday, 19 August 2011
Government reacts to CCJ ruling
Belize – The Belize government says its welcomes the decision by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to grant special leave to the British Caribbean Bank Limited (BCBL) to appeal against part of the judgment of a lower court relating to the nationalization of the country’s sole telecommunication company… more
Digicel not ruling out investment in local landline service
Guyana – DIGICEL Chief Executive Officer Gregory Deane says the company is not ruling out post-liberalization investment in the country’s domestic landline telephone service though he says that the first order of business once the monopoly comes to an end would be to move to reduce the rates for overseas calls by providing competition in that area… more
LIME Jamaica posts losses of $1.3b for the first quarter
Jamaica – Integrated telecommunications services provider, LIME Jamaica, continues to rack up losses for the three months to June 30, 2011. Its Income Statement for the period under review, reveals that LIME Jamaica generated revenues of $4.609 billion which produced a loss of $1.3 billion dollars. This comes on the heels of the telecoms company posting a whopping loss of $3 billion for year end March 2010… more
Saturday, 20 August 2011
APUA illegally constructs cell towers
Antigua & Barbuda – A minister of government has identified the state- owned Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) as one of the main culprits engaged in unauthorized construction of cell phone towers and other telecommunications facilities… more
Sunday, 21 August 2011
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