{"id":145069,"date":"2019-01-14T06:15:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T11:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=145069"},"modified":"2019-01-13T19:28:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T00:28:17","slug":"roundup-week-13-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2019\/01\/roundup-week-13-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 13 January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 7 January to Sunday 13 \u00a0January 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Monday, 7 January 2019<\/h3>\n

QC: Web Shop Tax Hikes Breach EU\u2019s Demands<\/h4>\n

Bahamas\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Island Luck\u2019s attorney yesterday warned that the web shop tax hikes place The Bahamas \u201cin clear and present danger\u201d of violating the European Union\u2019s (EU) anti-tax evasion offensive\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel rival files Caribbean lawsuit in bid to get licence revoked<\/h4>\n

Grenada <\/em>\u2013 \u00a0A Caribbean mobile operator controlled by John Malone\u2019s\u00a0Liberty\u00a0Latin America\u00a0is suing a regional regulator in an attempt to get a 4G-style licence revoked from Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Digicel in Grenada and surrounding areas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Flow files legal action to have LTE license revoked from Digicel<\/h4>\n

Grenada\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Minister of Infrastructure Development, Public Utilities and Energy, Gregory Bowen has broken his silence on a looming battle between the two major telecommunications companies on the island, FLOW Liberty Global and its competitor, Digicel over the granting of Long Term Evolution (LTE) license\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

e-Learning upgrading, monitoring and evaluation of services, says chair<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 E-LEARNING Jamaica, the government agency promoting the integration of technology into the education system has appointed a new CEO as part of plans in improving the monitoring and evaluation of its services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

FLOW Channel Cut Breach Of Contract<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: FLOW has started the new year in the same way it ended the last one – abusing its customers. They have removed a new range of channels from their cable line-up, including several from what was originally the Watch Sports Package\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 8 January 2019<\/h3>\n

QC: Web Shops Must Publicise Patron Bans<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 A well-known QC yesterday said predicted that the proposed five per cent stamp tax on web shop patrons will push them to gamble illegally and have the opposite effect to the Government\u2019s intention\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cabinet Approves Full Roll-Out of Tablets in Schools Programme<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Cabinet has approved the full roll-out of the Tablets in Schools Programme in 1,106 educational institutions and a pilot \u2018Bring Your Own Device\u2019 initiative in 25 schools\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

bmobile provides educational support to the Plum Mitan community<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The bmobile Foundation has donated free internet service to the newly established Computer Lab at the Plum Mitan Community Centre\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Buyer beware of cryptocurrencies<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The 609,574 customers of the Unit Trust Corporation (UTC) are no safer than cryptocurrency holders, when it comes to having a third-party authority intervening on their behalf, officials said last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 9 January 2019<\/h3>\n

Technology In Focus | New Apps, Not New Tech Development, Will Be Biggest Trend For 2019<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Dr Wayde Marr, president of the Vector Technology Institute, is noting that in recent times, trends in information technology have primarily been in the form of new applications rather than emerging technological development or discoveries\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"TelEm Group issuing 9-digit Customer account numbers and new Bank payment Account numbers for Cable TV customers.<\/h4>\n

Sint Maarten <\/em>\u2013 TelEm Group Cable TV customers now have new Customer Account Numbers they can refer to when carrying out transactions, making enquiries or making payments \u2013 especially online\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media in finance<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 SOCIAL media is having an impact on our business lives. The immediacy of response, once an expectation, is now a given. How do finance functions address this\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 10 January 2019<\/h3>\n

Harmonizing digital and traditional investment through blockchain<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 With the Securities and Exchange Commission moving to crack down on fraudulent crypto-schemes, the allure of crowdfunding capital through initial coin offerings on blockchain platforms appears to be fading\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media scammer pretends to be governor<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Governor Martyn Roper alerted the public on Thursday that a scammer has set up a fake LinkedIn social media account purporting to be his\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel Group Limited Announces Final Results of Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Group Limited (“Digicel”), along with Digicel Group One Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Digicel (“DGL1”), and Digicel Group Two Limited, a direct subsidiary of Digicel and the parent of DGL1 (“DGL2” and, together with Digicel and DGL1, the “DGL Companies”), announced today the results of their previously announced offers (the “Exchange Offers”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the confidential offering memorandum dated August 31, 2018, as supplemented by Supplement No. 1 dated September 7, 2018… more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 11 January 2019<\/h3>\n

BUSINESS BYTE: Digicel LTE is just days away for Dominica<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 As total telecommunications and entertainment provider Digicel makes leaps with its upgrades, by introducing its LTE network to the country, Dominicans can look forward to a significantly improved network in short order\u2026more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Caricel still active, despite legal challenges<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Caricel Jamaica says it has continued to provide world-class service to its more than 15,000 clients, despite the significant legal challenges being faced by the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel secures 98% bondholder acceptance on swap deal<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel is reporting that nearly 98 per cent of\u00a0 creditors holding US$3 billion of\u00a0 its bonds have taken up an offer to postpone getting their money back\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

PM says BPO sector must shift to higher-value services<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 PRIME Minister Andrew Holness is calling on players in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry to start shifting from call centre operations to higher-value services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

US$68m for implementation of NIDS<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE total budget for implementation of the National Identification System (NIDS) is US$68 million, Prime Minister Andrew Holness told Parliament this week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel Fibre: A World Class, High Tech Future For Saint Lucia<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 With the recent announcement that Digicel is ready to roll out its new fibre optic infrastructure, Saint Lucia is set to enter a new era of global competitiveness and economic development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cable Customers To See Increased Internet Speeds<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 The Cable St. Kitts says its customers will now be seeing increased internet speeds to their homes and businesses after the telecommunication company completed an upgrade to its network\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 12 January 2019<\/h3>\n

The accelerator of Haitian companies Banj seeks 6 startups<\/h4>\n

Haiti<\/em>\u2013 The Haitian firm Banj officially enters the acceleration of full-time companies and seeks 6 startups (local or international) focused on Haiti, using technology to develop and at the stage of minimum viable product, for a 4-months intensive program\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Saint Lucia Adds More Wi-Fi Zones<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 Saint Lucia has expanded an initiative to add free Wi-Fi zones across the island\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Union reps skip meeting with PM when told to surrender cell phones<\/h4>\n

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines <\/em>\u2013 Representatives of local public sector unions chose not to attend a meeting today at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office when they were told that they had to surrender their cellular phones or leave them outside\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 13 January 2019<\/h3>\n

Numerous problems with FLOW<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Dear Claudienne, I have made 35 visits to the FLOW Telephone (Liguanea) Office since September 9, 2017 to report that my two telephones were out of order and that while I cannot make any calls, one line still had my live internet up to Monday, October 8, 2018\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sex, lies and the Internet …the Gen Z Edition<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Adolescence has been described as the time of incredible physical, social and emotional growth, and peer relationships, especially romantic ones, are a major social focus of many teens\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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