Roundup: for the week ending 29 January 2023
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 23 January to Sunday 29 January 2023.
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Tag: Internet governance
ICTP 231: Automation software, and the threats and opportunities for the region; and IXPs, to build and develop the Caribbean’s Critical Internet Infrastructure
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?
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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ICTP 217: Comparing internet and Internet Governance challenges in the Caribbean and the South Pacific, with Maureen Hilyard and Nigel Cassimire
This August, at least three Internet Governance-related events are taking place in the Caribbean region: the 18th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), the Caribbean Youth IGF (CYIGF) Workshop, and the very first Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Internet Governance Forum (IGF). We speak with Maureen Hilyard, co-Chair of the Dynamic Coalition of Small Island States in the Internet Economy, and Nigel Cassimire, the Coordinator of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum on: the Internet Governance (IG) landscape in the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands region: key IG issues of which we should be aware; and what is in store for us at the CIGF, the CYIGF and the SIDS IGF.
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ICTP 193: Web 3.0, and how it will change the world, with Costanza Gallo of Swarm
Costanza Gallo, the Ecosystem Manager at Swarm, discusses Web 3.0 and among other things: how it is expected to change the current power dynamics of the internet; policy issues that still need to be addresses with regard to Web 3.0; and how far away we are from Web 3.0 being a reality.
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