A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 9 January to Sunday 15 January 2017.
Monday, 9 January 2017
Guyana internet users blacklisted over cyber-security concerns
Guyana – Residents of Guyana who rely on the internet to handle online banking and online payment processing with a number of US banks and payment gateways, may soon be unable to do so after several US-based payment processors have decided to blacklist a number of internet protocol (IP) ranges that are being used by Guyanese to handle online transactions and general internet usage… more
33rd AGM Video
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Marketing Strategies Today: Four major Instagram updates that every marketer should know
Regional – Based on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, it’s not the strong that actually survives, it is the species that knows how to adapt. As an Instagram marketer, you should take heed from this lesson… more
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Digicel requests approval for February price hike
Antigua and Barbuda – Digicel has submitted an application for its planned 5 per cent increase for postpaid mobile services, but it is unclear if the measure will be approved in time for the February 1 launch date, Minister of Telecommunications Melford Nicholas said after Monday’s Throne Speech… more
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
ItelBPO opens fourth call centre
Jamaica – Itelbpo Smart Solutions (formerly Island Outsourcers) says it has opened its fourth site in Jamaica in the Montego Bay Free Zone… more
Bitt bringing new business to the Caribbean
Regional – Banking issues may be hampering business in the Caribbean at the moment, but that doesn’t mean the route to market is completely closed… more
Thursday, 12 January 2017
CCJ debuts electronic court management system
Jamaica – The Caribbean Court of Justice now has access to an electronic court management system that was implemented earlier this week… more
New entrepreneurial technology programme launched in the Caribbean
Regional – Do you have a startup and want to take it to the next level? Do you want to be mentored by business and tech experts? Then apply to Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurship Programme (CTEP)… more
CCN & Novo launch mobile app building platform
Trinidad and Tobago – These days, nearly everyone has a smart phone, tablet or other mobile electronic device… more
Friday, 13 January 2017
‘We are at fault,’ Digicel says
Antigua and Barbuda – Digicel is agreeing that it erred when the company failed to follow the proper channel before it announced a planned 5 per cent increase for postpaid mobile services… more
Belize Urges 11th Circ. To Toss $22M Telecom Contract Suit
Belize – The government of Belize urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to dismiss a claim it owes a company more than $22 million for leased telecommunications equipment, saying a lower court failed to properly consider Belizean law and wrongly found that it waived sovereign immunity… more
Jamaica’s Second Public Wi-Fi Facility Launched At Mandela Park
Jamaica – Mandela Park is now officially the second public Wi-Fi facility in Jamaica, following Thursday, January 12) launch staged by the Universal Service Fund in conjunction with the Ministry of Science Energy and Technology the Fund’s USF ConnectJA project… more
The Delightfully Disruptive Jamaican Tech Startup I Found at CES
Jamaica – I saw them at CES, the annual technology trade show in Las Vegas. They were in the Eureka Park showcase area—a place for startups to display their technology to the media and to potential investors… more
Digicel Transforms Lives of Customers with #GetGifted Promotion
Saint Lucia – The region’s leader in telecommunications and entertainment has yet again delivered in transforming the lives of its customers… more
Educate employees on dangers of data leakage
Trinidad and Tobago – Mobile devices (phones, tablets etc) are everywhere. Giving in to the wave of pressure and recognising the productivity improvements that are possible through the use of mobile devices, companies have increasingly begun arming their staff with mobile devices or allowed them to use such in performing their work… more
Trinidad & Tobago’s TSTT picks Ericsson to upgrade IT system
Trinidad and Tobago – Ericsson has announced a contract to upgrade the Operations and Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS) of Trinidad & Tobago’s state-run operator TSTT… more
Saturday, 14 January 2017
Telecommunications Bill to address false advertising
Antigua and Barbuda – Sanctions will be put in place for telecommunications companies that are found guilty of what the minister responsible for that sector described as “false advertising”… more
Cuba sees explosion in internet access as ties with US grow
Cuba – Two days before Christmas, Luis Gonzalez received a little Chinese modem from Cuba’s state-owned telecommunications company… more
Guyana Government Spending Millions To Improve Internet Connections At Public Buildings
Guyana – Guyana is to spend an estimated GUY$114 million (One Guyana dollar =US$0.004 cents) on installing Public Internet Access Points (PIAPs) at public buildings including government ministries in the first quarter of this year… more
Sunday, 15 January 2017
UNDERSTANDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBERALIZATION
Guyana – Guyana’s long-awaited Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill was passed into law in July 2016 and soon after, a comprehensive set of regulations were drafted… more
C&W Business: Future revolves around IoT
Regional – TELECOMMUNICATION CONTINUES TO be one of the major growth sectors for the Caribbean region… more
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