A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 30 December to Sunday 5 January 2020.
Monday, 30 December 2019
Digital B$ Provider Eyes 3% Banking Profits Rise
Bahamas – The digital Bahamian dollar’s technology provider believes its roll-out can increase bank profits by three percent despite its US counterpart’s dominant role in circulating currency… more
Digital currency is the future of all transactions, says service provider
Bahamas – Chairman and chief executive of one of the country’s newest digital wallet service providers, Keith Davies, called the launch of The Bahamas’ first digital currency, the Sand Dollar, a historic milestone that will revolutionize how transactions are made between merchants and consumers… more
Tobago tech wizard blazing a trail
Trinidad and Tobago – Sekani Solomon is a down-to-earth, quirky, driven Tobagonian living in New York City. He is a senior motion designer currently working at Cash App in Square… more
Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Barbados Telecommunications Market by Size, Segment,Share, Industry Growth, Business Analysis and Regional Opportunity
Barbados – Barbados Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Barbados’s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments… more
Belize Telecommunications Market by Size, Segment,Share, Industry Growth, Business Analysis and Regional Opportunity
Belize – Belize Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Belize’s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments… more
Cayman Islands Telecommunications Market by Size, Segment, Share, Industry Growth, Business Analysis and Regional Opportunity
Cayman Islands – Cayman Islands Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Cayman Islands’s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments… more
Flow restores services to customers in St. Ann
Jamaica – Flow Jamaica says it has restored mobile, landline, cable and internet services to customers who were impacted by fire at a distribution centre in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, nearly two weeks ago… more
Wednesday, 1 January 2020
The Bahamas Digital Currency
Bahamas – The Bahama digital currency or the pilot project went live in Exuma on Friday, December 27, 2019… more
Shamed on social media, her message to T&T
Trinidad and Tobago – Chief Executive Officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Hospitality Institute (TTHTI) Brian Frontin is just one of many people that has rushed to assist Shania Moonsammy, the owner of the online cake store Oh Yum Yumm… more
Thursday, 2 January 2020
More than 1,000 sign up for Kanoo digital payments app
Bahamas – More than 1,000 Bahamians have already downloaded the country’s newest digital payments mobile app, less than one month since it was formally launched… more
Morton: Disruptive technology, competition testing financial services sector
Bahamas – Disruptive technology and competition from non-traditional financial service providers continue to test the durability of The Bahamas’ financial services sector, according to Chief Executive Officer of Deltec Bank & Trust Limited Odetta Morton, who contended that the key to the industry’s survival is efficiency, automation and innovation… more
Friday, 3 January 2020
Cable Bahamas warns users of phishing scams
Bahamas – Cable Bahamas has warned of ongoing attempts by cyber criminals to obtain information from its customers in the form of “phishing”, a common online scam that tricks unsuspecting victims into giving personal information… more
GTT’s mobile data service in the North Rupununi is poor
Guyana – Dear Editor, For the longest while, cell phone customers in the North Rupununi have been getting the proverbial “shaft” when it comes to GTT’s mobile data service… more
GTT ups Demerara River submarine fibre optic capacity
Guyana – The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Friday said it has begun increasing its submarine fibre-optic capacity across the Demerara River with the replacement of its cable… more
Crunch time for Denis O’Brien as Digicel bond clouds loom
Regional – When Denis O’Brien sold out of Ireland’s biggest newspaper group in 2019, the billionaire drew a line under an investment that had cost him more than €450 million… more
Online streaming service Vincyflix now available
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – At least one businessman is doing his part to ensure that Vincentians have an opportunity to view unique local content no matter where they are in the world… more
Saturday, 4 January 2020
GTT replaces damaged cable in Demerara River
Guyana – Six months after marine activity damaged its cable in the Demerara River – in the vicinity of Craig, East Bank Demerara – the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) yesterday announced that it has commenced the replacement process… more
Sunday, 5 January 2020
Antiguans to be fined if caught using cellphones while driving
Antigua and Barbuda – Motorists who have been “observed and caught” by police using a cell phone while driving will have to pay a fine of EC$500 (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) immediately, the Ministry of Legal Affairs has said… more
Be cyber well
Regional – IT is almost natural for civilised nations to acknowledge the importance technology has played in advancing the social health and welfare of man… more
Image credits: Karolina Grabowska (Pixabay); Wikipedia; Wikipedia
