A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 12 August to Sunday 18 August 2019.
Monday, 12 August 2019
Cayman taxi fare app launched
Cayman Islands – A digital taxi fare calculator, CI:GO, is now available as a free mobile app. Launched by the Ministry of Transport, CI:GO can found in the App Store and Google Play by typing “CIGO” or “Taxi Fare Cayman” in the search bar… more
Haiti’s best and brightest building local tech hub
Haiti– A group of talented executives are returning home with the goal of turning their beloved Haiti into a regional tech hub by 2030… more
Big Data for Big Trade
Regional – When it comes to tracking trade the numbers can be dizzying. Volume of exports, number of suppliers, net profits, logistics costs — the sector generates an enormous amount of vital, but long-winded, paperwork… more
New laws needed to deal with advancing technology, says telecoms minister
Turks and Caicos Islands – MODERN laws on cyber security and data protection must be put in place in the TCI as technology continues to progress, according to telecoms minister Goldray Ewing… more
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
BTC Voluntary Separation Roll-Out ‘In Coming Days’
Bahamas – The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) chief executive has confirmed it will roll-out its latest employee voluntary separation programme (VSEP) “in the coming days”… more
S.S.B. Going Digital
Belize – The Social Security Board is also going digital allowing persons to readily access information by the touch of their fingertip… more
Public WiFi planned for George Town
Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands could get its first public WiFi hot spots within the next few months… more
Caribbean farmers could be going digital
Regional – Blockchain might be best-known for disrupting the financial sector, thanks to Bitcoin and more recently, Facebook’s Libra… more
CXC to be fully digital by 2020
Regional– An e-learning hub and on-demand testing are among innovations the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced, as it moves ahead with the full digital transformation of regional secondary education next year… more
What makes a business technology champion?
Trinidad and Tobago – TODAY’S business world is a digitally connected one: a fast-paced environment where firms are required to keep “moving”… more
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Bahamas Customs Department Launches New Education Campaign for its New Online Portal
Bahamas – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest launched The Bahamas Customs and Excise Department’s public education campaign for the Customs Modernization Initiative, and the User Registration Drive for Click2Clear, the new Customs Online Portal, which represents the future of Customs… more
Bahamas Industrial Tribunal goes digital with new e-filing system
Bahamas – For the first time, litigants, advocates and legal representatives accessing the Bahamas Industrial Tribunal will now be able to file their cases anytime, from anywhere, including the Family Islands, following the launch of e-filing and case management at the Tribunal… more
GTT deploys 3G site to replace fallen cell tower at Diamond
Guyana – The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) says it on August 8 deployed a 3G site at the Diamond, East Bank Demerara to provide services following the collapse of its cell site tower in July, resulting in the full restoration of all services affected in the area… more
Flow adds free data to mobile plans for YouTube usage
Jamaica – More Jamaicans are now on YouTube says Flow, these utterances comes in the wake of a surge in the number of the communications and entertainment company’s mobile customers utilising the popular social media network… more
Jamaica Government Fast-Tracking Legislation to Give Citizens More Protection Online
Jamaica – Science, Energy and Technology Minister Fayval Williams, says that the Government is “moving rapidly” to complete the Data Protection Bill, which would better enable Jamaicans to safeguard their personal information online… more
Sabga upset over Facebook
Trinidad and Tobago – Global technology giants like Facebook that operate online in TT without paying taxes undermine local media houses that make investments and create jobs, Ansa McAl chairman, Norman Sabga said yesterday… more
Thursday, 15 August 2019
Airbnb Unveils Offering Expansion Into Hotels
Bahamas – Airbnb’s expansion into “boutique-type” hotels and local “experiences” was among the items discussed at The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) recent Board meeting… more
Making Belize Businesses Modern
Belize – The rest of the world is surging ahead with the adaptation of technology in the market place, to form successful digital ecosystems, where goods and services are sold online… more
BVI Cable accuses BVIEC of discrimination, forced to suspend redeployment of network
British Virgin Islands – An ongoing dispute between BVI Cable TV and the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has resulted in the cable company — which has not been operational since the September 2017 hurricanes — having to suspend its network’s redeployment… more
Liberty Latin America (LILA) (LILAK) Q2 2019 Earnings Call Transcript
Regional – Good morning and welcome to Liberty Latin America’s second quarter 2019 investor call… more
New Mobile App For Dining Launched In Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia – W2E (Where 2 Eat) is the newest Mobile App in St. Lucia which serves as a single source for the menus of all restaurants in St. Lucia! W2E allows St. Lucians to browse the menu of all restaurants on the island-from Cap Estate to Vieux Fort, from their phone… more
Friday, 16 August 2019
Anguilla Telecommunications Market Size, Share, Growth, Demand, Opportunities and Forecast 2019-2025
Anguilla – Anguilla Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Anguilla’s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments… more
Antigua and Barbuda Telecommunications Market Size, Share, Growth, Demand, Opportunities and Forecast 2019-2025
Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua & Barbuda Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Antigua & Barbuda’s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments…more
Bahamas Telecommunications Market Size, Share, Growth, Demand, Opportunities and Forecast 2019-2025
Bahamas – Bahamas Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Bahamas’s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments… more
Barbados Telecommunications Market Growth Trends, Key Players, Competitive Strategies and Forecasts, 2019 to 2025
Barbados– The future value proposition for telecommunications market in Barbados to 2025 is detailed in the report. It also provides imperatives for gaining market share in highly competitive telecom industry… more
Wi-Fi City
Barbados – Free community Wi-Fi is to be made available in the heart of The City by the end of this year as Government rolls out its promised Smart Bridgetown project, the Government’s chief information technologist said Friday… more
Belize Telecommunications Market Trends, Segment and Future Growth to 2025
Belize– The future value proposition for telecommunications market in Belize to 2025 is detailed in the report. It also provides imperatives for gaining market share in highly competitive telecom industry… more
BVIEC fires back: BVI Cable TV misleading, unsafely connected to poles without permission
British Virgin Islands – The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has refuted accusations by BVI Cable TV that claimed the electricity company was using discriminatory industry practices against the cable company… more
GNBA denies terrorising broadcasters
Guyana – Yesterday, Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), Leslie Sobers, made it clear that the Authority is not in that business. Rather, its mandate is very clear… more
App being developed for citizens to bring attention to communities issues
Jamaica – Jamaicans will soon have access to a technological application that should help bring attention to problems in their communities… more
Use digital media to drive sales urges Bumble Bee expert at local conference
Jamaica – Jamaica’s reliance on existing, new and emerging digital technologies has increased in the last five years and will continue to grow steadily. That’s the consensus from Bumble Bee Digital Agency’s Chief Executive Officer Keerene Carty… more
TelEm Group & Equipment vendor aiming to stabilize Cable TV power issues this weekend.
Sint Maarten – TelEm Group technicians and engineers will be installing new power-related equipment at Cable TV’s headend facility at Madame Estate this weekend with the possibility of interruptions to Cable TV, TelTV and CableNet services… more
Saturday, 17 August 2019
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Sunday, 18 August 2019
Dead air
Barbados – Efforts to restructure the massive debt of Ozone Wireless, the embattled two-year-old third player in the Barbados mobile market, have failed and as a result Digicel has followed Flow in barring the cash-strapped telecommunications provider from using its signal stations, Ozone Wireless investor Dr Nicholas Kelly has revealed… more
FLA Goes Hi-Tech – Agency Overhauls System To Arrest Corruption
Jamaica– Breaches of previous systems at the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) have forced the entity to now implement a technologically driven structure that limits corruption and improves efficiency, according to chief executive officer (CEO) Shane Dalling… more
Mathematics is a Must
Saint Lucia– This week the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) released Saint Lucia’s 2019 CSEC results, which showed a welcome improvement from 76.46% to 76.85% in the overall pass rate, compared to the prior year’s results… more
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