A roundup of ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 6 October to 12 October 2014.
Monday, 6 October 2014
BTC to launch IPTV in Long Island by Oct 2015
Bahamas – Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) expects to launch IPTV services in Long Island by October 2015… more
Tell no tales: BTC unveils Deadman’s Cay store in run-up to IPTV launch
Bahamas – The Bahamian Telecommunications Company (BTC) has opened the first of four new Family Island retail stores to complement the upcoming launch of IPTV services on the islands… more
Report: Gov’t IT ‘customer service’ poor
Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands government’s Computer Services Department is not meeting the current needs of its “customers” – the rest of the government service – and generally has no strategic plan in place to improve its offerings, according to a consultant’s report… more
Telecoms not investing in Dominican Republic what is needed
Dominican Republic – Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel) president Gedeon Santos has told Diario Libre that the government wants telecommunication companies to increase their investments in quality of service, which has declined significantly in recent years… more
Microsoft at VIII Americas Competitiveness Forum
Regional – Urban areas are expected to swell to almost five billion people by 2030 with many of these urbanities being underprivileged, according to a study by the United Nations Population Fund… more
Regional Tech Experts Gather in Trinidad
Regional – Technology experts from across the region will this week gather in Trinidad for a two-day meeting at the Telecommunications Authority (TATT) office… more
TSTT increases cost of landline calls
Trinidad and Tobago – Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) has increased the cost of calls on landlines… more
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Local manufacturers compete for top Digicel Business ICT Award
Jamaica – The nominees for the coveted Digicel Business ICT Award have been announced, just ahead of the 2014 Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) Awards Banquet to be held at the Jamaica Pegasus this Thursday, October 9… more
Internet Society (ISOC) Latin America & Caribbean gathers regional tech experts in Trinidad
Regional – Technology experts from across the region will this week gather in Trinidad for a two-day meeting at the Telecommunications Authority (TATT) office… more
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
LIME: Scaring up great deals this Halloween
Cayman Islands – There is no better time to stop by LIME and see what’s in store. Beyond fantastic prices on smartphones, customers are offered a wide range of telecommunications options to keep them connected at home, in the office and on the go… more
Fed up of customers of the Digicel
Haiti – In an open letter to the National Telecommunications Council (CONATEL), Florence Élie, the Citizen Protection notes that customers of the mobile phone companies in Haiti, particularly DIGICEL subscribers continue to complain about the poor quality of services offered by this company… more
Tech experts in T&T for Internet talks
Regional – A meeting of international technology experts will consider the disruptive impact of the Internet on the telecommunications operators’ traditional business. Called INET T&T, the two-day meeting starts today at the Telecommunications Authority (TATT) office in Barataria… more
CIBC FirstCaribbean donates computers
Trinidad and Tobago – STUDENTS of the Grande Riviere Anglican School are now enjoying computers donated by CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank to provide that school with much needed technology that will help boost academic performance… more
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Big LIME drive
Barbados – LIME is in full upgrade mode, with customers set to benefit from improved services across all of its telecoms platforms in the coming weeks… more
GT&T announces service disruption due to cable theft
Guyana – The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) announced that part of its cable infrastructure along the East Coast of Demerara was vandalised… more
Caribbean cyber security awareness is still dangerously low
Regional – October is recognized internationally as “Global Cyber Security Awareness Month.” Unfortunately, cyber security awareness in the Caribbean remains dangerously low making us extremely vulnerable to cyber criminals, hackers, and predators… more
ConnectAmericas streaming online
Regional – ConnectAmericas (CA), the first online community of companies in Latin America and the Caribbean dedicated to international trade and investment, was formally launched in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday afternoon during the VIII Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) at Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain… more
Strengthening the Caribbean Internet
Regional – T&T became the latest Caribbean country to take a key step toward building a more robust domestic Internet… more
5,720 Form 1 students to benefit from blink I bmobile sponsored UNESCO Literacy Project
Trinidad and Tobago – “Benjamin Franklin once said ‘Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn’. … more
blink | bmobile Celebrates Customer Service Week
Trinidad and Tobago – It was once said by well-known author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker, Jim Rohn, that; “One customer, well-taken care of, could be more valuable than $10,000 worth of advertising.” … more
T&T has become the latest Caribbean nation to launch an Internet exchange point (IXP)
Trinidad and Tobago – Called TTIX, the local IXP brings together seven of the country’s Internet service providers (ISPs)… more
Friday, 10 October 2014
Cinestream TV launches for Barbadian film and media
Barbados – A new era has dawned in the way Barbadians and the Caribbean will be able to watch and produce their own films, and that comes with the launch of CineStream television… more
Columbus Business Solutions (CBS) supporting Barbadian businesses
Barbados – With two new advanced technologies soon to be released, Columbus Business Solutions (CBS), the business arm of Columbus Telecommunications Barbados Limited, is setting the foundation by supporting the local business industry in Barbados… more
Government won’t sell Radio Cayman
Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands government will not sell Radio Cayman, which was one of the recommendations of the Ernst & Young report on public services, Premier Alden McLaughlin announced Thursday… more
BUSINESS BYTE: LIME – The first to introduce 4G technology to Dominica
Dominica – Dominica’s only full service telecommunications provider, LIME launched the country’s first 4G data network on Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 to its corporate customers at the Fort Young Hotel… more
Lasco upgrading software to fight lotto scammers
Jamaica – LASCO Financial, which offers cambio and remittance services, will this month fortify its MoneyGram network with two software upgrades to block lotto scammers and improve its analytics… more
Tablets arouse students’ interest at Salt Savannah Primary
Jamaica – THE 236 students at Salt Savannah Primary and Infant School in Clarendon who received their tablets at the start of the new school year are reported to be very excited about learning… more
St Vincent offers grants, training to budding tech businesses
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – St Vincent and the Grenadines is making strides towards creating a new cadre of local entrepreneurs… more
Third mobile operator coming to T&T
Trinidad and Tobago – A third mobile operator will be in Trinidad and Tobago very soon, Science and Technology Minister Dr Rupert Griffith told delegates attending yesterday’s Americas Competitiveness Forum at the Hyatt Regency (Trinidad) in Port of Spain… more
T&T’s 1st Microsoft Innovation Centre to help with diversification
Trinidad and Tobago – Less than five months after the signing of memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Microsoft and the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (Cariri), a Microsoft Innovation Centre (MIC) has been launched in T&T—the 116th MIC in the world. Microsoft country manager Frances Correia said the facility, located at the Centre for Enterprise Development (CED), Innovation Avenue, Freeport, will aid in diversification of T&T’s economy away from oil and gas… more
Saturday, 11 October 2014
Demerara Rotary donates computers to prison service
Guyana – The Rotary Club of Demerara donated three computers to the Guyana Prison Service earlier this month to support the facility’s education programme…. more
Sunday, 12 October 2014
Refurbished Liguanea Post Office Internet café reopened
Jamaica – RESIDENTS of Liguanea and its environs, in St Andrew, now have improved Internet access at the Liguanea Post Office, where the service and other related activities have been upgraded at a cost of over $200,000 by the LIME Foundation… more
Connecting the Americas IDB extends a hand to SMEs
Regional – Most people following events at the Americas Competitiveness Forum VIII, which ended on Friday, would have heard about the Inter American Development Bank’s (IDB’s) launch of its Connect Americas initiative in T&T… more
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