{"id":1431,"date":"2011-08-15T09:57:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T14:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2011-08-15T09:57:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T14:57:42","slug":"roundup-for-the-week-ending-14-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2011\/08\/roundup-for-the-week-ending-14-august-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 14 August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a roundup of ICT\/technology news across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 8 August to Sunday 14 August 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n

Monday, 8 August 2011<\/h3>\n

BTC Launches Mad Mondays<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013<\/em>\u00a0On the heels of launching EZTop-Up, an expanded distribution network for adding cell phone airtime, BTC today unveiled the first phase of a promised $1 million in promotions, Mad Mondays, adding value to every minute of cell phone air time purchased on Mondays\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Jamaica Education Ministry partners with Blackberry RIM<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013\u00a0<\/em>The Ministry of Education has partnered with Research In Motion (RIM), the technology company behind the Blackberry product line, to provide some 20,000 teachers throughout the island’s school system with Blackberry smartphones\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 9 August 2011<\/h3>\n

St Kitts-Nevis receives 2,400 laptops for student<\/h4>\n

St. Kitts and Nevis<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas has accepted 2,400 laptop computers from Taiwan\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

APUA says imobile well received<\/h4>\n

Antigua<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 The island\u2019s lone indigenous mobile phone company said it is already seeing encouraging signs of growth in its customer base since rebranding from APUA PCS\u00a0 to imobile last month. That\u2019s the word from Head of Telecoms at APUA, Curtis McKay\u2026.\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 10 August 2011<\/h3>\n

Cable Bahamas sees spike in profits<\/h4>\n

Bahamas\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Cable Bahamas Limited has seen a 6.5 percent spike in revenue for the first six months of this year, growing to $47.2 million during that period. \u2028The figures were revealed in the company\u2019s second quarter financial results, which also indicated that revenue for the three months ending in June 2011 increased by 10.8 percent to $24.6 million from $22.2 million during the corresponding period in 2010\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

New network means cheaper data<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands \u00ad<\/em>\u2013 LIME has announced that, effective immediately, data prices will be plunging in preparation for the introduction of its 4G mobile network in September\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 11 August 2011<\/h3>\n

ITU meetings on Digital Switchover, legislation<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) organised in collaboration with the Government of Barbados separate meetings this week on Digital Switchover and legislation related to Cybercrime, Interception and e-Evidence\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Phone card vendors on BTC warnings<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013<\/em>\u00a0Like most phone card vendors across New Providence, Watson Petit sold cards at discounted rates to lure pre-paid cellular customers to his booth on Thompson Boulevard\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cable Bahamas fiber optic lines cut<\/h4>\n

Bahamas\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 able Bahamas customers in western New Providence had their internet and cable television services interrupted for several hours yesterday, after an excavation crew at the Baha Mar site unintentionally cut several fiber optic lines\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 12 August 2011<\/h3>\n

Government legislators laud new telecom bill<\/h4>\n

Guyana\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Government legislators have voted to send to a parliamentary special select committee, the Telecommunications Bill with Prime Minister Samuel Hinds indicating that the amendments will create a level playing field as well as a clear, harmonised, transparent and non-discriminatory legal regime\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME signs MOU with trade unions<\/h4>\n

Jamaica\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 In a move designed to forge a closer working partnership and drive operational efficiencies, LIME Jamaica and the trade unions which represent the majority of its employees \u2014 the University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU), the National Workers Union (NWU) and the JTC Executive and Allied Staff Association (EASA) have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Access to social networks and free email accounts blocked for government of Montserrat workers<\/h4>\n

Montserrat\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 As of August 1, most of the employees of the government of Montserrat can no longer access social networks and free email account websites from their desktops, in an effort to increase productivity and offer a more stable web experience for users\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 13 August 2011<\/h3>\n

Digicel welcomes gov\u2019t plan to break monopoly<\/h4>\n

Guyana \u2013<\/em> Digicel today welcomed government\u2019s plan to break the monopoly of GT&T on the International gateway. Legislative reform is expected to give Digicel access to the international gateway without having to go through GT&T\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Laptop distribution begins in October; not an election gimmick<\/h4>\n

Guyana\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Authorities are continuing their verification and training exercises to start delivering computers under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project during October.\u00a0Labour Minister, Manzoor Nadir told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com<\/a>\u00a0) that at least 17,000 remaining households are to be verified\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

“Significantly lower” int’l rates under new telecoms law \u2013 Digicel<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Cellular service provider Digicel Guyana says it welcomes the government\u2019s plans to loosen GT&T’s grip on international calls and is promising even lower international rates once the new telecoms legislation is enacted\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel’s ‘green’ headquarters on track<\/h4>\n

Jamaica\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 The new Digicel headquarters on the waterfront in downtown Kingston is going up fast as seen in this photo taken on Thursday\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 14 August 2011<\/h3>\n

LIME pleased with Dream Weekend investment<\/h4>\n

Jamaica\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 TELECOMMUNICATIONS provider LIME says it is extremely pleased with the success of the Smirnoff Dream Weekend, which it sponsored. LIME was a first time sponsor this year and invested heavily in the party series. And its regional special projects manager Stephen Price said the firm was not disappointed with the return on investment\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

Govt wants Digicel help to tap cellphones<\/h4>\n

Trinidad & Tobago\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 The National Security Council (NSC), headed by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has met with Irish-owned mobile operator Digicel to express concern about the difficulties in implementing legal intercept capabilities on the Digicel network\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

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