Tag: Internet governance

ICTP 254: Digital Inclusion, and why solving it is beyond telecoms, with Kwesi Prescod and Yacine Khelladi

ICTP 254: Digital Inclusion, and why solving it is beyond telecoms, with Kwesi Prescod and Yacine Khelladi

Posted by | 31 May 2023 |

The recently published ECLAC digital inclusion study has been getting some attention across the Caribbean region, as countries continue to grapple with how to narrow the widening digital divide. With ECLAC digital inclusion study Consultant, Kwesi Prescod and international Economist and ICT4D Consultant, Yacine Khelladi, the findings of the ECLAC study are discussed. However, the conversation then veers to the role of the telecoms regulator and the telcos in addressing digital inclusion, along with the impact of the human, social and economic challenges on digital inclusion and vice versa.

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ICTP 231: Automation software, and the threats and opportunities for the region; and IXPs, to build and develop the Caribbean’s Critical Internet Infrastructure

ICTP 231: Automation software, and the threats and opportunities for the region; and IXPs, to build and develop the Caribbean’s Critical Internet Infrastructure

Posted by | 23 Nov 2022 |

In our November 2022 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Amit Uttamchandani, of CaribbeanSignal.com, and Internet Service Provider and Network Infrastructure Professional, Brent Mc Intosh, the panel discusses: automation software and the threats and opportunities for the region; and building and developing the Caribbean’s Critical Internet Infrastructure: one IXP at a time.

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ICTP 228: Should Caribbean countries follow the trend and strike down net neutrality?

ICTP 228: Should Caribbean countries follow the trend and strike down net neutrality?

Posted by | 2 Nov 2022 |

The concept of an open and equal internet for everyone, known as network (or net) neutrality, has been a topic of longstanding debate. But recently, it has been reported that South Korea and the European Union, in particular, are on the verge of striking down net neutrality, which is likely to cause other countries to revisit their stance on the issue. Former telecoms/ICT regulator, Embert Charles, and tech expert, Trevor Forrest, discuss whether Caribbean countries should adopt a similar stance to that which seems to be emerging in other jurisdictions

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