Roundup: for the week ending 31 October 2021
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 24 October to Sunday 31 October 2021.
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Tag: disasters/emergencies
4 takeaways from the major Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram outage
On 4 October 2021, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp experienced a global outage, plunging a large portion of social media into darkness. We offer four takeaways from the experience.
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ICTP 170: Telecoms response and recovery in Haiti, post the 2021 earthquake
In mid-August, Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake, which was quickly followed by a tropical depression. Buildings and infrastructure, including that for telecoms, were severely damaged, but are critical to support relief efforts. Gregory Domond, an ICT Consultant based in Haiti, and Sylvester Cadette, the Programme Officer of the ITU Area Office for the Caribbean, discuss the state of telecoms in Haiti from a local and international perspective.
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Improving telecoms resilience cannot be limited to telecoms infrastructure
As we are in the throes of the 2021 hurricane season, infrastructure resilience has been gaining attention, particularly that used to deliver telecoms services, especially since we have become increasingly dependent on mobile/cellular and Internet services over the years.
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ICTP 155: Saving lives through the Tampere Convention and emergency telecommunications, with Sylvester Cadette of the ITU
Sylvester Cadette, of the International Telecommunication Union, discusses the Tampere Convention, why it is important for more Caribbean countries to accede to that Convention, along with the need for Caribbean countries to have more comprehensive emergency telecommunications plans.
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