A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 16 October to Sunday 22 October 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 THE Government expects to roll-out its electronic procurement tendering system by mid-December 2017, according to its main co-ordinator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Kwasi Thompson says the concept of The Bahamas as a Technology Hub is not a new idea, however making Grand Bahama the center of that technology hub just makes sense\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 WEB shops have filled the money transfer void because commercial banks \u201cfell down big time\u201d, a Chamber of Commerce director is arguing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Since the British Virgin Islands (BVI) was pounded by Hurricane Irma, a number of individuals and organizations such as\u00a0Government\u00a0have taken to the World Wide Web with outstretched palms seeking financial donations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel customers in: Woodfordhill, Wesley, Anse Du Mai, Anse Sul Dar, Campbell, Layou Valley and sections of Warner are now re-connected to the network\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Indian professional services firm Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) is\u00a0reportedly considering expanding\u00a0its Jamaica operations\u00a0outside of\u00a0capital Kingston, where its three operational units are based\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 \u00a0A Trinidad and Tobago national, and one of the region’s most prominent technology advocates, Bevil Wooding, has been appointed as Caribbean Outreach Liaison at the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), one of five registries that coordinate Internet number resources worldwide\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 EVERY day, every minute, sometimes every second the world continues to advance technologically\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Information and Communications Technology, or ICT, goes hand in hand with development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Antigua and Barbuda<\/em> \u2013 The Caribbean nation is preparing for the\u00a0upcoming launch of a\u00a0maritime single window for ship notifications\u00a0with the launch of the first phase\u00a0on October 9, 2017\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 THE Bahamas’ second mobile operator yesterday said more than 4,000 subscribers have switched to its network, with regulators releasing $5.6 million from its performance bond\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 A total of 89 out of 100 Dominicans now have a mobile, equivalent to 9.3 million mobile subscribers, reports local daily Listin Diario, citing Jose del Castillo, chairman of telecommunications regulator Indotel\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 Deep Blue Cable has today announced plans to extend its pan-Caribbean subsea network to Colombia and Panama\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 Liberty Global, the parent company of Cable and Wireless, said it expects to receive insurance proceeds to cover the losses to operations in the Caribbean following the passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/em> \u2013 Sporting organisations at the top of the sport hierarchy pyramid are fading towards irrelevance\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Antigua and Barbuda<\/em> \u2013 Operation hours at the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting Telecommunication and Information Technology headquarters has been reduced to four hours, starting today\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 THE Bahamas’ second mobile provider yesterday predicted it will complete its nationwide roll-out “well ahead” of target, having attracted 13,000 subscriber ‘ports’ at an “accelerating pace”\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The Deputy Prime Minister has not ruled out new or increased taxes for web shops, saying the Government had to consider sector integrity as well as revenues\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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Belize <\/em>\u2013 The long-awaited consolidated appeals and cross-appeals between the government, Dunkeld International Investments Limited and Dean Boyce and the B.T.L. Employees\u2019 Trust were heard this morning in the Caribbean Court of Justice in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominica <\/em>\u2013 The Yasme Foundation, Yaesu USA, the Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service (FAIRS), and individual GoFundMe donors have joined forces to restore country-wide Amateur Radio communication on Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Around the world, the growing sophistication of cyber criminals is challenging the capacity of governments, businesses and individuals to defend themselves\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Smartphones are quickly making their mark as a major device in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the age of technology fusion.. more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 The Bustamante Hospital for Children’s Learning and Activity room has been outfitted as a state-of-the-art learning centre with the donation of several computers and accessories through the Governor-General’s ‘I Believe’ initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir:\u00a0 It was only back in 2013 that then CEO of LIME (now Flow), Mr Garfield Sinclair, was busy on every radio and TV talk show and in the daily newspapers posing as the great defender and ‘Value Champion’ of lower mobile termination rates for the benefit of overburdened consumers who were paying as high as $17 per minute to make a local call\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Local information technology solutions company, tTech Limited is onboard with the Jamaica Computer Society (JCS) to host the 2017 BizTech IT Conference alongside top names in the global technology community such as IBM, Google and Microsoft\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/em> \u2013 Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunication Union Bernadette Lewis sat down with ITU on the sidelines of the\u00a0World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-17)\u00a0to discuss what the Caribbean island nations are doing to attract investment in information and communication technologies (ICTs) to boost their future socioeconomic growth\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 Saint Lucia\u2019s leading telecommunications service provider, Flow, is giving customers something extra\u00a0this Friday, as Christmas gets underway early for citizens on Saint Lucia\u2019s fastest network\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sint Maarten<\/em> \u2013 Bureau Telecommunications and Post (BTP) St. Maarten says creating one infrastructure will be the most efficient and cost-effective way to restore the telecoms infrastructure in St. Maarten, which was damaged extensively by Hurricane Irma on September 6\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Antigua and Barbuda<\/em> \u2013 The government is making yet another commitment to improving the internet connectivity within all school plants on the island\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Antigua and Barbuda<\/em> \u2013 Relocating from their office at the Sealy Building to what they believe is a clean and safe workplace will appease the 20 workers who said that for the past eight years they have been working a 40-hour week in unsanitary conditions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday warned against a viral false advisory on social media monitoring\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize <\/em>\u2013 Today\u2019s session of the House of Representatives had a loaded agenda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize <\/em>\u2013 Over the last few months, many videos have been surfacing on social media exposing police brutality in Belize\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize <\/em>\u2013 Later, when the bill was brought up for debate on the second reading, Opposition Leader Brice\u00f1o landed a telling blow when he brought up the extensive salary and benefit package for C.E.O. of Belize Telemedia Limited Rochus Schreiber\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Radio Cayman\u2019s senior technician, Dean Bremmer, has returned to Cayman after helping restore the Turks and Caicos Islands\u2019 broadcast system, which was largely destroyed last month by Hurricane Irma\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Vice-President for Investment Promotion at JAMPRO, Claude Duncan, says Jamaica has positioned itself as a major business process outsourcing (BPO) destination, attracting several of the major players in the global industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is developing three mobile applications (apps) that will revolutionise policing in Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 The public is invited to participate in Cyber Security Awareness activity day at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road in St Andrew on October 25 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 Flow is delivering a unique and exciting proposition for Christmas 2017, with Grand Prizes, guaranteed winners from every district in Saint Lucia, as well as support for community projects\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 The Samsung Galaxy Note 8, which was launched in T&T yesterday is being described as, “the most powerful device on the market” according to Samsung’s Manager, Sales, Latin America, Terry Weech\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize<\/em> \u2013 At yesterday\u2019s house meeting, Leader of Opposition, John Briceno told parliament that BTL\u2019s CEO Rochus Schreiber makes over US$380,000 dollars per year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize<\/em> \u2013 The Government of Belize and the Michael Ashcroft companies which formerly controlled Belize Telemedia Limited before the 2009 nationalization appeared before justices at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in Port of Spain, Trinidad, this morning, as they argued in a session spanning almost three and a half hours, over how the remaining 50% of the nearly half-a-billion arbitral award is to be split up\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel customers in Marigot, home to the Douglas Charles Airport, are now re-connected to the network\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Haiti <\/em>\u2013 This week at the Marriott Hotel in Port-au-Prince, Tessa Jacques, the Director General of the Center for Investment Facilitation (CFI), in the presence of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse and his wife Martine, Koldo Echebbaria Representative of the Inter-American Bank Development Bank (IDB), members of the diplomatic corps, investors, entrepreneurs and representatives of the private business sector, officially launched the “Haiti Open Data” internet platform\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: I write to express my total disgust with the inefficiency and incompetence of FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 ATTORNEY General Marlene Malahoo Forte came in for some sharp criticism on social media this week when she posted on Twitter that she was polling her colleague law ministers from around the British Commonwealth about non-citizens sitting in their houses of parliament\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 “No temptation has overtaken you that is unusual for human beings. But God is faithful, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. Instead, along with the temptation he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to endure it.” – Corinthians 10:13 \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications giant FLOW has launched a brand new television service in St. Kitts and Nevis which according to one top company official is the best TV service in the world\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Puerto Rico<\/em> \u2013 Google’s parent Alphabet Inc said Friday that its stratospheric balloons are now delivering the internet to remote areas of Puerto Rico where cellphone towers were knocked out by Hurricane Maria\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Image credits:\u00a0\u00a0Nicolas Alejandro<\/a> (flickr); Wikipedia<\/a>;\u00a0 Wikipedia<\/a>;\u00a0 Wikipedia<\/a>;\u00a0 Belize Web<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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