Barbados can become \u2018a tech hub\u2019<\/h4>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 A Barbadian software developer believes Government should pay more attention to mobile application development which is emerging as one of the strongest growth areas in information and communications technology (ICT) globally\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/i>\u2013 The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company \u00a0(GT&T) on Monday urged pre-paid customers to use phone cards rather than top-ups as technical experts try to resolve a number of problems associated with the installation of a new billing and customer management system\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) is reminding Jamaicans that the hacking of data from a computer or telephone is against the law and persons caught engaged in such illegal activity could be charged under the Cyber Crime Act 2010\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/i> \u2013 Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s Rick Cooper claimed the PitchIT Caribbean grand prize today with Interact XL, an online math tutoring platform. The info<\/i>Dev-run pitching contest sought to make the region\u2019s mobile and web startups more attractive to investors through hands-on pitch coaching\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 UTT\u2019s Valsayn Campus buzzed from two days of exciting competition which culminated with an awards ceremony for UTT\u2019s IDEAS competition on March 6. Dr Fazal Ali, acting president and provost of UTT, was on hand to congratulate the 22 finalists selected to pitch their ideas from among 289 entries in eight categories\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Turks & Caicos Islands<\/i> \u2013 Caribbean mobile telco Digicel plans to cover 75% of the population with its LTE offering in Turks and Caicos (TCI) in 18 months and 98% of the population within 30 months, Digicel Turks and Caicos CEO, E Jay Saunders, told BNamericas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Cable Bahamas will be carrying out emergency fibre optic rerouting exercises in various communities in western New Providence commencing Wednesday, March 20 and ending Tuesday, March 26, due to the ongoing Airport Gateway road project\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Digicel Limited (“Digicel”) today announced that it has priced its private placement of 6.00% US$300 million of senior notes due 2021. Digicel previously issued US$1 billion of its 6.00% senior notes due 2021 earlier this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Cable Bahamas yesterday announced it will start emergency re-routing of its western New Providence fibre optic cable systems, starting today and ending next Tuesday, due to the ongoing Airport Gateway road project\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Cable Bahamas will be carrying out emergency fibre optic re-routing exercises in various communities in western New Providence beginning today\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Cable Bahamas is carrying out emergency fibre optic re-routing exercises in several areas in western New Providence beginning March 20 and scheduled to end Tuesday, March 26\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Cabinet ministers and high-ranking representatives from Customs, Labour, Finance and other government departments and agencies will be on hand when the Ministry of Finance hosts its first ever E-Government and Business Forum this Thursday, March 21 from 9 a.m. \u2013 12 noon at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort Independence Ballroom A\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana<\/i> \u2013 On September 27, 2011, former President Bharrat Jagdeo signed the Broadcasting Act 2011 into law paving the way for the Broadcasting Authority to start the process for the issuance of new television and radio licences\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana<\/i> \u2013 The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has started processing applications for more radio licences with about 50 submissions to be dealt with, including new ones… more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 Client records of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank have been accessed by outsiders, but the bank says the breach should not be described as a hack\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has congratulated telecommunications company Digicel, for its bold investment in downtown Kingston and the role it continues to play as a full service Information and Communication Technology (ICT) provider in Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 Minister of Science Technology, Energy and Mining the Hon. Philip Paulwell this week called on regional mobile telecoms operators Digicel and LIME to abolish roaming charges for inter-Caribbean calls on their networks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n St. Kitts & Nevis <\/i>\u2013 ThaDailyGeek is to shed light on pockets of excellence in the Caribbean. My colleague Fitzroy Edinborough is a lecturer at the CFB College in St Kitts, and CEO of Muscovado\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n St. Maarten <\/i>\u2013 TelEm Group technicians will be carrying out major repair work to a main telecommunication cable in the Pelican area Wednesday morning and as a result telecommunication services to residential and business properties will be affected\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana<\/i> \u2013 Brian Yong, one of the persons favoured by former President Bharrat Jagdeo to receive a cable licence to operate his digital TV and satellite communications business, has now admitted that he got more than he asked for\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana<\/i> \u2013 Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang has issued an order blocking one of the controversial new radio licencees, Telecor and Cultural Broadcasting, from setting up its broadcasting tower and offices\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 The two-year partnership between Digicel and Avaya has reaped benefits. Most recently, for example, Enterprise Account Manager Duwayne Watson was awarded the prestigious award of Avaya’s Top Sales Executive for the Caribbean and Central America\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 In what could prove to be a significant lift for Jamaica\u2019s capital, Digicel has officially opened its new regional headquarters in downtown Kingston\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 There is no denying social media\u2019s impact on human as well as business communications\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n US Virgin Islands <\/i>\u2013 The V.I. Next Generation Network is continuing its trenching work across the territory, installing underground conduit that will house fiber-optic cable\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Cable Bahamas Ltd is gearing up for a major change in the way that it communicates with its customers via telephone\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Minister of Social Services and Community Development, the Hon. Melanie S. Griffin, Thursday urged parents to pay closer attention to the sites their children are visiting online, adding that more and more unscrupulous persons are using those sites to advance and promote child abuse\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 On March 7, 2013, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) issued a Final Determination and Order to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC) regarding the operator\u2019s network outage on June 18, 2012\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday experienced an hours-long outage of its data service on the same day the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) reaffirmed its preliminary finding that BTC breached its license last year by failing to take steps to maintain the proper and effective functioning of its telephone networks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Digicel Jamaica has launched a roaming tariff plan family dubbed \u2018Same Rates a Yaad\u2026Same Rates Abroad\u2019\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Government is in the process of rolling out an islandwide broadband network to provide universal access to digital technology for all Jamaicans\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Telecommunications company LIME was reaffirmed in its leading position for cutting-edge business telephony systems at the annual Avaya Evolutions Expo hosted on March 13 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The four men charged with extorting money from telecoms giant Digicel Jamaica were on Wednesday acquitted in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 As recently as five to 10 years ago, with the advent of point-of-sale card machines, consumers were constantly warned about leaving their card unattended, since with the card number and security code anyone could access the person’s money and confidential information, possibly resulting in identity theft and critical damage to credit, reputation and livelihood\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining has launched two web-based information systems geared at providing energy stakeholders with real time data\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/i> \u2013 As Samsung seeks to establish itself as the dominant technology provider in the world, the Korean company is moving to seal its presence in the Caribbean… more<\/a><\/p>\n St. Lucia<\/i> \u2013 Saint Lucians from all walks of life are being urged to embrace the power of ICT through the \u2018I Can\u2019 Technology, the official campaign slogan for the 4.3 million Euro Education Enhancement through Information and Communication Technology Programme (EEICTP)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/i>\u2013 With intensified vibrancy, staffers of the National Media and Publishing Company backed by concerned supporters and members of civil society yesterday continued protest action to amplify disgust about the recent unbiased granting of radio licences by former President Bharrat Jagdeo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/i>\u2013 Revelations that former President Bharrat Jagdeo farmed out radio and television licences to his friends and others close to the government just before the last elections have sparked widespread concerns and a statement of defiance from privately-owned media houses\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/i>\u2013 On September 27, 2011, former President Bharrat Jagdeo signed the Broadcasting Act 2011 into law paving the way for the Broadcasting Authority to start the process for the issuance of new television and radio licences\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/i>\u2013 President Donald Ramotar yesterday defended the granting of broadcast licences by his predecessor, Bharrat Jagdeo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 The Organised Crime Investigative Division (OCID) has issued a warning about an online scam using the website www.shopinja.com\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 Western Bureau:While the Jamaican Government is trying to stem the lottery scam, it appears that local scammers, who are being threatened with extradition, remain unfazed\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 It was definitely not a case of love at first sight for Frances Correia and computer technology\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image credits: \u00a0Gary Thomson<\/a> (Flickr); \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0The Bahamas Weekly<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n _____________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 18 March to Sunday 24 March 2013. 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Computer Hackers Warned<\/h4>\n
Interactive math learning tool wins PitchIT Caribbean grand prize<\/h4>\n
Budding UTT innovators win $30,000<\/h4>\n
Digicel to offer LTE to 75% of Turks and Caicos population in 18 months<\/h4>\n
Tuesday, 19 March 2013<\/h3>\n
Cable Bahamas to commence major fibre rerouting in western New Providence<\/h4>\n
Digicel Limited Announces Pricing Of Private Placement Of Senior Notes<\/h4>\n
Wednesday, 20 March 2013<\/h3>\n
Cable Blasts Contractors On Fibre Optic Re-Routing<\/h4>\n
Cable Customers To Be Affected By Re-Routing<\/h4>\n
Cable Re-Routing Will Affect Service<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>First e-Government Forum This Thursday<\/h4>\nBroadcasting Authority had nothing to do with recent licences<\/h4>\n
Broadcasting Authority processing more radio licence applications<\/h4>\n
First Caribbean Bank Records Hacked<\/h4>\n
PM Hails Digicel Investment Downtown<\/h4>\n
Telecoms operators should abolish regional roaming charges says Philip Paulwell<\/h4>\n
GeekUp Saint Kitts: From Student to Software Engineer, in Eight Weeks<\/h4>\n
TelEm Group carrying out emergency line repairs in Pelican area on Wednesday and Friday.<\/h4>\n
Thursday, 21 March 2013<\/h3>\n
Cable instead of radio\/TV\u2026Brian Yong admits he got more than he bargain for<\/h4>\n
Court blocks Jagdeo radio licencee Telecor from setting up<\/h4>\n
Digicel & Avaya … Enhancing Corporate Jamaica, Cutting Operational Costs<\/h4>\n
Digicel Officially Opens Regional Headquarters in Downtown Kingston<\/h4>\n
Managing the risks of social media<\/h4>\n
Raphune Hill conduit placed for fiber-optic cable<\/h4>\n
Friday, 22 March 2013<\/h3>\n
Cable Bahamas switches phone service<\/h4>\n
Parents Cautioned To Pay Closer Attention To Children\u2019s Online Visits<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>URCA issues final determination and order \u2013 BTC June network outages<\/h4>\nURCA\u2008ruling as BTC data falters<\/h4>\n
Digicel Jamaica launches roaming plans<\/h4>\n
Gov’t to Roll Out Islandwide Broadband Network<\/h4>\n
LIME Leads At Avaya Evolutions 2013 – Customers Validate Telco’s Platinum Status And Service<\/h4>\n
Men acquitted of extortion, conspiracy<\/h4>\n
Money in cyberspace<\/h4>\n
Web-Based Information Systems Launched<\/h4>\n
Samsung to open 41 stores in the Caribbean<\/h4>\n
The EEICTP \u2018I Can\u2019 Technology Campaign Takes Off<\/h4>\n
Saturday, 23 March 2013<\/h3>\n
Civil society joins private media to protest radio\/cable licence giveaway<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Media refuse to accept biased distribution of radio licences<\/h4>\nRadio\/Cable licences scandal\u2026Barefaced theft of limited national resources<\/h4>\n
Radio licence giveaway\u2026Ramotar claims that Jagdeo was fulfilling commitment<\/h4>\n
Online scam alert issued<\/h4>\n
Scammers Unfazed<\/h4>\n
Sunday, 24 March 2013<\/h3>\n
Frances Correia at the helm of Microsoft T&T- Technology kept calling me<\/h4>\n