This is a roundup of the ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 9 April to Sunday 15 April 2012.
Monday, 9 April 2012
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Tuesday, 10 April 2012
LIME takes its ‘Don’t text and drive message’ on the road
Antigua & Barbuda – Mounting support for legislation to ban the use of cell phone by motorists is coming from telecommunications giant LIME as the company over the weekend launched it’s Don’t Text and Drive campaign… more
4G For Abaco, Bimini, Berry Islands By Mid-May
Bahamas – BTC customers throughout Abaco and the northern Bahamas will experience consistent, improved cellular service including faster speeds for downloads and browsing on smart phones when the company completes its revamp of the wireless system by mid-May, officials said today… more
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
LIME offers free talk time after three minutes
Jamaica – LIME today introduced a promotion that will offer prepaid mobile customers 27 minutes of free talk time after each three minute calls… more
Thursday, 12 April 2012
GT&T shares buyer linked to Chinese military
Guyana – China’s Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group has been identified as the Hong Kong-based buyer of 20 per cent of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T)… more
Digicel giving workers option to leave voluntarily
Jamaica – Digicel today announced a re-opening of its voluntary separation programme for its Jamaica-based staff… more
LIME Rolls Out New Value Packages For Customers
Jamaica – Telecommunications firm LIME yesterday introduced a new promotion that it said would offer its prepaid mobile customers phone calls and text messages for less than one Jamaican dollar… more
Friday, 13 April 2012
Antigua & Barbuda shows interest in telecoms grouping
Antigua & Barbuda – The twin-island-state has indicated its interest in working closer with the member states of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)… more
Deadline For Registration Of Cellphones Extended
Belize – Today would have marked the deadline for cellular phone registration at both Belize Telemedia Limited and Speednet Telephone Company. The deadline; however, has once again been extended for a three month period. The last extension made was on March 15th which proposed today as the final call… more
Military ties to local telecoms investors…. This presents ominous implications – Dr. Roopnaraine
Guyana – The fact that the two Chinese companies that are heavily investing in Guyana’s telecommunications industry both share links with the Chinese military namely the Peoples Liberation Army, is a very ominous revelation… more
Digicel offers payouts to workers who choose to go
Jamaica – Digicel began cutting jobs yesterday, offering enhanced packages to its 1,170 Jamaican staff if they resign voluntarily… more
Flow’s owner looks to expand
Jamaica – Columbus International, which operates in Jamaica as Flow, is preparing to raise funds for a new round of expansion within the region… more
New Telecoms Bill Hits Hurdle
Jamaica – The technology minister, Phillip Paulwell has indicated that there will be further delays in bringing the draft telecommunication bill to Parliament because it is flawed… more
TSTT customers to get upgrade
Trinidad & Tobago – Customers using mobile phones which only use the 1,800 megahertz radio frequency spectrum will be required to upgrade their handsets as telecoms provider TSTT prepares to deactivate that component of its mobile network on May 31… more
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Digicel Expects To Shed 120 Jobs
Jamaica – Mobile operator Digicel Jamaica says that about 120 of its local staff or 10 per cent of its workforce could to take-up its ‘voluntary separation programme’ announced Thursday… more
Sunday, 15 April 2012
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