A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 3 September to Sunday 8 September 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Hon. Jeffrey Lloyd, Minister of Education, said “students and teachers throughout The Bahamas will benefit from equal access to modern technology,” during a press conference announcing the signing of a five-year technology upgrade agreement between the Ministry of Education and the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The educational system in the country is on the cusp of a digital revolution as government signed a multi-million-dollar contract with Bahamas Telecommunication Company (BTC) for fiber optic infrastructural upgrades, and donated 2,500 tablets for teachers and students in public schools nationwide\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Embattled third player in the Barbados mobile market, Ozone Wireless, has been dealt a massive blow by Flow Barbados, which has barred the cash strapped mobile provider from using its signal stations because of its failure to pay an outstanding debt\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Barbados customers who have been complaining about their data plans ending “too quickly” are getting some relief\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Dear Editor, It seems we have become so inured to inefficiencies in Guyana that the current erratic DSL internet service in Georgetown is simply accepted as \u201cnormal\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 The decision by telecommunications giant Flow Barbados to bar its cash strapped competitor Ozone Wireless from using its signal stations due to an unpaid debt, may have been a power play to drive out the competition, a local consumer rights advocate charges\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 J. Paul Morgan, the first CEO of the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg), has left office after just over 18 months on the job and the board of directors has now appointed two people to act in the post while a recruitment process to fill the CEO post is undertaken\u2026more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 A legal team from the Chambers of the Attorney General is actively reviewing the agreement between the Government of Guyana and Hong Kong Golden Telecom Limited (HKGT) with regard to monies owed for the purchase of shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has fired 12 persons following the discovery of \u201csuspicious activities\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 The telecommunications company launched its newest promotion, \u2018The Digicel One Million\u2019 at an event held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Monday in the presence of specially invited guests\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Digicel is promising nationwide 4G LTE by November\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The ongoing pay dispute between the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) and its workers is now before the Industrial Court\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 ABOUT 700 OZONE CUSTOMERS are without service after Cable & Wireless abruptly pulled the plug last Friday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominica <\/em>\u2013 The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica \u2013 and by extension the people of Dominica – are poised for a major technology transformation with the news that ICT managed services provider, Digicel, has officially been selected as the winning bidder to provide the rebuild of the Telecommunications and ICT services to the country\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has sacked 12 staffers for alleged fraud with its Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 After 35 years in charge of the St Kitts-Nevis Cable Communications Ltd (The Cable), Managing Director Bill Ewing is stepping down and handing the reins over to Patricia Walters, a former CEO of Cable and Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Teleperformance, an international call-centre hub, says it intends to employ about 20,000 people in Guyana within the next five years, significantly more than the 600 it currently hires\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Dear Editor, I have seen, with distress, the daily deterioration of the standards at GTT\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Over 600 BTC customers in the Sunrise Park community in Grand Bahama were again inconvenienced due to a deliberate act of sabotage\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 A Grand Bahama-based cypto-asset firm plans to brief Nassau residents today on its initial coin offering (ICO), which is scheduled to take place in 42 days\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 The Governor\u2019s Office and Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI), on Thursday tested new emergency satellite communications equipment on the roof of the Government Administration Building\u2026more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 The Dominican Republic is among the countries with greatest growth in the implementation of electronic government, local media reported today in this capital\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC) is collaborating with United Kingdom (UK) based company, Ordnance Survey (OS) to build capacity and implement the use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has criticised the current state of the Business Process Outsouring (BPO) sector in Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Group Limited (“Digicel”) today announced that two of its subsidiaries are extending the early tender date (the “Early Tender Date”) of each of their previously announced Exchange Offers (as defined below) with respect to certain series of Digicel Group Limited’s outstanding senior notes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 Simultaneous with the Jamaica roll-out of MyCash, Digicel Group will be offering the mobile wallet and prepaid card to subscribers in the United States, but there its banking partner is Metropolitan Commercial Bank\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 Trinidad and Tobago will host a major regional gathering to advance Internet development in the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis highly endorses the new Chief Executive officer (CEO) of the St. Kitts-Nevis Cable Communications Ltd- The Cable, Patricia Walters, who assumed the position on Wednesday, September 5\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 The Belize Broadcasting Authority (BBA) met with local broadcasters who are licensed by the BBA to discuss the importance of copyright compliance\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 It’s estimated that at least 25 per cent of Jamaicans have mental illness\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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