A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 4 December to Sunday 10 December 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Regional<\/em> \u2013 As the curtains closed on ICT Week \u2013 The Bahamas, participants and speakers were in high praise for the information disseminated, the rich discussions and the unfolding of development plans and initiatives during the Caribbean\u2019s foremost ICT educational event\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines <\/em>\u2013 Rising cyber crime is stoking growing concern among legislators, law enforcement officials, business leaders and millions of affected citizens across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 \u201cThis pilot eLearning Project was designed to involve ten public pre-schools, five of which are in New Providence and five in the Family of Islands,\u201d he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados \u2013 GIVEN THE FAST-PACED technological world in which we live, it is necessary for Barbadian students to take more of their examinations digitally\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Just a couple of weeks after approving Altice\u2019s request to\u00a0merge its Orange Dominicana and Tricom units, Dominican Republic telecommunications watchdog Indotel has amended the\u00a0conditions\u00a0previously applied to the transaction\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Guyana has set aside US$37.6 million to provide\u00a0access to high-speed internet\u00a0to more\u00a0than 89,000 residents in 170 communities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) says that it will be targeting investors and other influencers in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector as Jamaica hosts the Outsource to the Caribbean (OCC) 2017 conference tomorrow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/em> \u2013 In another round of recognition for best infrastructure and customer service excellence, once again emerged with top billing, this time winning the award for Best Network and Service Innovation in the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) Region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 More communities on Virgin Gorda are being reconnected with electricity with the assistance of Flow BVI\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 A consortium of \u201cbluff\u201d and \u201cfluff\u201d projects; that is People\u2019s Progressive Party\/Civic (PPP\/C), Gillian Burton- Persaud\u2019s description of Budget 2018\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Tourism\u00a0Minister Edmund Bartlett is elated that community tourism got a major boost after Jamaica’s tourism officials deepened ties recently with Airbnb, the world’s largest home lodgings platform… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Jack\u00a0Dorsey, CEO and founder of both Twitter and Square, relishes the idea of opening up an office in Jamaica in the near future\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Jamaica is going through the looking glass, taking advantage of technology and launching a National Identification System (NIDS) in 2018, according to reports\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/em> \u2013 Which top Caribbean television series concept will claim the Flow People\u2019s Choice Awards selected from this year\u2019s CaribbeanTales Incubator (CTI) program? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 Top military officers from across the Caribbean, North America and Europe are meeting in Guyana to, among other things, hammer out a strategy to address threats by trans-national extremist groups\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 bmobile has licensed two new channel partners to operate full service stores that provide customers with its entire range of mobile and residential services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 In mid-November, the Telecommunications Authority held another consultation on over-the-top (OTT) services, the technologies that ride on an open internet and provide value for the digital channels that users pay for\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Trinidad & Tobago’s state-run operator TSTT has rebranded its recently-acquired fixed line operator Massy Communications as Amplia Communications, reports local daily the Guardian\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Digicel Barbados is continuing to play its part in sharing expertise and knowledge to students about the exciting and developing telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Customers across Barbados are experiencing internet outages\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Digicel BVI has announced that not only is it moving ahead with plans to fully restore its infrastructure that was hit hard by Hurricane Irma, but that faster internet speed is in the pipeline for its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 The Czech Republic is one of the safest countries regarding cyber threats, according to a survey released Thurs by Chech Point, a multinational provider of hardware and software products for IT security, radio.cz reports\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 JAMAICA lost US$100 million to cybercrime in 2016, with 200 such cases reported, the Cybercrimes Unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force has reported\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 1. Microsoft is a global giant of the technology industry. What role does the T&T market play from a corporate perspective?… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Government agencies must get their house in order when it comes to Information Technology in order to handle the setting up of procurement procedures under the Public Procurement and Disposal of Property Act 2015 when this legistation comes into effect\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Government wants to boost online transactions\u00a0by the business community and is expected to introduce an e-commerce platform once the legislative framework is in place\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 On Monday, The Bahamas officially launched the Government\u2019s Over-the-Hill Rejuvenation Pre-Assessment Phase Programme with the first of its effort: a pilot eLearning project at the Willard Patton Preschool\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cuba <\/em>\u2013 Cuban telecommunications monopoly Etecsa Friday authorised Cubans to send text messages to the United States, lifting a restriction which has long frustrated the population\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 As regulators move to clamp down on the use of drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), a number of stakeholders have started meeting on the issue\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 A week after the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) turned the spotlight on Jamaica’s two major telecommunication service providers, Flow and Digicel, amid a spike in complaints from their customers, Digicel has reportedly promised changes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/em> \u2013 Colm Delves is stepping down as chief executive of\u00a0Digicel, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean mobile phone company, after more than a dozen years at the helm\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/em> \u2013 Digicel announced the appointment of Alexander Matuschka Greiffenclau\u00a0as Group Chief Executive with effect from February 2018\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sint Maarten <\/em>\u2013 Sint Maarten telephone company TELEM GROUP, represented by CEO Kendall Dupersoy and Senior IT Administrator Edgardo Lynch, were at DELL EMC Executive Briefing Center in Santa Clara California this week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel has been successful in restoring Home TV and Internet services in key areas on the island\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 For the first time ever, Scotiabank has seen more users of digital banking platforms than people who actually walked into a branch over 25 per cent of transactions taking place online compared to 22 per cent in branch\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 TELECOMMUNICATIONS company FLOW says its fibre network has been hit by vandals again, which it said is threatening its ability to function properly, particularly in Montego Bay and its environs in St James, where the perpetrators struck this week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, are a part of our everyday lives, and they are also a manifestation of how digital technology has changed the way we live, work, study and play\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Last week, one of Jamaica’s most senior journalists raised the issue of the veracity and accuracy of information purveyed by social media and suggested that the better option is to rely on the traditional news media because they adhere to standards which do not constrain social media\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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