Union Blasts Govt As BTC \u2018Anxiety\u2019 Grows<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) line staff union is warning that worker \u201canxiety\u201d is increasing as it blasted the government\u2019s \u201chands-off approach\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Belize <\/em>\u2013 Following a series of leaked sexually explicit videos over the weekend, Attorney Lisa Shoman has decided to work on draft cybercrimes legislation for Belize\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 The Utility Regulation and Competition Office, known as OfReg, has released a set of rules intended to make sure that the companies it regulates do not market themselves in a manner considered deceptive or unfair\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Universal Service Fund (USF) will be setting up more Community Access Points (CAP) across the island this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/em>\u2013 The Department of Environment commissioned of two pieces of equipment, hydromet station and a Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) in January to collect data, which will be used to collect data, generate information and make decisions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago<\/em>\u2013 Digital or virtual kidnapping is a term which enjoyed heightened interest around 2015\/16 mainly in the US, in part due to the phenomenon being featured on the popular daytime reality show Dr Phil\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago<\/em>\u2013 The Special Operations Response Unit (SORT) used drone technology in the arrest of 20 persons and the seizure of firearms and quantities of ammunition and narcotics and a police jacket in the Southern Division\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Only months after GIBC Digital officially launched in The Bahamas through the government\u2019s Commercial Enterprises Act, it has had to lay off about half of its Grand Bahama staff, Guardian Business<\/em> understands\u2026more<\/a><\/p>\n British Virgin Islands<\/em>\u2013 Premier Dr. Orlando Smith says the British Overseas territory needs to deepen its worldwide connections in order to boost national development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 OfReg, the regulatory body which now has oversight of all utilities in the Cayman Islands, has opened a public consultation on proposed new rules to ensure that these providers tell the truth in their advertisements and promotions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/em>\u2013 The Work At Home Agent (WAHA) phenomenon is well-established in the United States, and the market is now looking to the Caribbean basin for opportunity\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/em>\u2013 To start off, let us be brutally honest with ourselves when answering the following questions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/em>\u2013 The Scotiabank ‘Digital Mania’ Customer Appreciation promotion has now ended with over 4,500 customers from the Caribbean North & Central (Bahamas, Cayman and Jamaica) set to benefit from over CA $76,000 in prizes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/em>\u2013 Scotiabank recently launched its new alerts feature for debit and credit card transactions, which gives real-time notification once a debit or credit card transaction is conducted\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 ONE year since the controversial deal with \u201cmissteps\u201d was inked, officials are still struggling to set a date with Oban Energies to renegotiate the Heads of Agreement for its proposed $5.5 billion oil refinery and storage terminal on Grand Bahama\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The company that gave life to the government\u2019s Grand Bahama \u201ctechnology hub\u201d ambitions yesterday denied making any one-shot lay-offs while admitting business was \u201cslower than expected\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Government has lost approximately $4 million as a result of having to dump about 500,000 chip-based identification cards, Minister of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology Senator Kay McConney has revealed\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados <\/em>\u2013 The Government of Barbados is looking to launch the Barbados Electronic Single Window (eSW) as part of their overall digital transformation strategy\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados <\/em>\u2013 If the regional economy is to be transformed, technology must be incorporated, according to Daniel Best, Director of the Projects Department at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), as he delivered brief remarks during the Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurship Programme (CTEP) Stakeholder\u2019s Summit and Launch, which was held at CDB yesterday morning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Belize <\/u><\/em>\u2013 A person opens the election management body\u2019s website, registers to vote, and then votes by inserting his\/her ID in the computer\u2019s card reader\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Belize <\/u><\/em>\u2013 While the Attorney General is looking at ways to combat cyber bullying through the passage of legislation, Minister of Education Patrick Faber says it is equally important to discourage the production and sharing of pornographic images\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Sint Maarten <\/em>\u2013 On March 7 and 8, 2019, the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS) will hold its annual board meeting in Willemstad, Cura\u00e7ao (Dutch Caribbean), which will be followed by an open workshop for all members. This international event will take place in the Renaissance Cura\u00e7ao Resort & Casino\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Citizens are being asked to be careful when selling personal items on social media accounts\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Public Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte has reported that TSTT CEO Ronald Walcott receives a salary of $180,000 a month\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Anguilla <\/em>\u2013 MarketResearchNest.com adds \u201c2019 Future of Anguilla Telecommunications Market- Trends, Outlook and Growth Opportunities of Mobile, Fixed Landline and Broadband Markets\u201dnew report to its research database. The report spread across in a 65 pages with table and figures in it\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 A Bahamas-based blockchain group recently took the first steps to further train and connect skilled local software developers in preparation for the billion-dollar industry\u2019s projected 70 per cent growth in the next five years\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) last night showed signs of \u201cbottoming out\u201d in its battle with Aliv after its mobile subscriber loss rate was cut by two-thirds in late 2018\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC) is officially announcing the introduction of the upgraded \u201cMy BTC\u201d mobile app. The new mobile app is now available for download in the IOS App Store and the Google Play store\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 In order to attract technology firms, become more competitive in the information technology (IT) sector, and become the \u201cSilicon Valley\u201d of the region, The Bahamas has to get a handle on energy costs as well as the cost of internet bandwidth, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Sun James Clarke told Guardian Business recently\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Belize <\/em>\u2013 In addition to the student, a teacher in Orange Walk was also asked by her administration to leave the school after intimate images of her were also publicized on social media that is also in addition to several other cases in the past few months\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 A group of elderly persons from the National Council for Senior Citizens has welcomed the move to include them in activities to promote Safer Internet practices\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/em>\u2013 A community of volunteers, drawn from the stakeholders who design, maintain and safeguard the computer networks of the Caribbean, is actively partnering with like-minded professionals from other parts of the world to speed up the development of the Internet in the region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Saint Maarten <\/em>\u2013 St. Maarten has to make its decision on the sale of United Telecommunications Services (UTS) soon and sell its minority shares at the same time as Cura\u00e7ao, or risk having its shares diluted\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Trinidad and Tobago has launched a new online \u2018My PAL\u2019 portal, which it says will enable its customers to do more with less effort\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 DEVELOPERS, non-government organisations (NGOs) and people who want to do good in the world can access Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Good grant programmes called AI for Earth and AI for Accessibility\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 President of the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU), Dino Rolle, on Thursday alleged that the government has been offering top jobs at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to foreigners, and the move is gravely impacting the morale of employees\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) owner yesterday hailed the carrier as \u201ca gift that is going to keep on giving\u201d through increased profitability despite its mobile struggles\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 One week after Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) employees staged a sickout across The Bahamas, union leaders are calling on the government to intervene as tensions heighten between management and staff over reported stalled contract negotiations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 LEGISLATION for the creation of a \u201cBH-1B visa\u201d is being finalised to boost Grand Bahama\u2019s attraction for relocating technology companies, a Cabinet Minister revealed yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados <\/em>\u2013 MarketResearchNest.com adds \u201c2019 Future of Barbados Telecommunications Market- Trends, Outlook and Growth Opportunities of Mobile, Fixed Landline and Broadband Markets\u201dnew report to its research database\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Belize <\/em>\u2013 MarketResearchNest.com adds \u201c2019 Future of Belize Telecommunications Market- Trends, Outlook and Growth Opportunities of Mobile, Fixed Landline and Broadband Markets\u201dnew report to its research database\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 I am following up my letter of last week, \u201cCyberattack victim recounts his ordeal,\u201d to alert voters to possible external interference in our election, without compromising police investigations into the incidents. Foreign interests may have been influencing the Virgin Islands for years, and perhaps are to blame for the deplorable state into which the House of Assembly has fallen\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Cuba <\/em>\u2013 After a tornado slammed Havana in late January, Mijail Ramirez complained on Twitter that authorities were threatening to evict him from his damaged home\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 MarketResearchNest.com adds \u201c2019 Future of Jamaica Telecommunications Market- Trends, Outlook and Growth Opportunities of Mobile, Fixed Landline and Broadband Markets\u201dnew report to its research database\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/em>\u2013 The Caribbean can create a unique flavour on the Internet by using effectively managed and financially stable Country Code Top Level Domains\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 MarketResearchNest.com adds \u201c2019 Future of Trinidad and Tobago Telecommunications Market- Trends, Outlook and Growth Opportunities of Mobile, Fixed Landline and Broadband Markets\u201dnew report to its research database\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Cayman Islands \u2013 <\/em>MarketResearchNest.com adds \u201c2019 Future of Cayman Islands Telecommunications Market- Trends, Outlook and Growth Opportunities of Mobile, Fixed Landline and Broadband Markets\u201dnew report to its research database\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Nanshalee Bowen of Lot 93 Middle Walk, Buxton, yesterday appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates\u2019 Courts, and was granted bail for a charge of improperly using a telecommunication system, in which she allegedly sent threatening messages via social media to Onika Frank\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 In less than 15 months as its chief executive officer (CEO) of Digicel, Justin Morin has already made a strong case for Jamaican management of globally competitive businesses, lkike Digicel, which are owned by foreign investors\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 According to a study by the Kauffman Foundation, the average age of entrepreneurs is 45, and at 33, Tyrone Wilson is well ahead of the game. He has founded three companies to date; eZines Ltd (2008), the iCreate Institute (2012) and Vertical Creative (2018). All of these businesses operate within the creative and cultural industries (CCI), which is understood globally to be a key driver of overall economic development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/em>\u2013 The leading non-profit Telecommunications Association in the Caribbean, CANTO, recently appointed GTT\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Justin Nedd, to serve as one of its Directors for the period 2019-2020\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/em>\u2013 TEN years ago if as student you were asked what you wanted to become, the answer would have been one of the \u201cbig three\u201d \u2013 lawyer, doctor, engineer\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image credits: Bernard Goldbach<\/a> (flickr); Wikipedia<\/a>; Wikipedia<\/a>; Wikipedia<\/a>; Wikipedia<\/a>; Brands of the World<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 18 February to Sunday 24 February 2019. 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OfReg proposes \u2018truth in advertising\u2019 rules for licensees<\/h4>\n
USF to Establish More Community Access Points<\/h4>\n
Data collection equipment aids climate change decision making<\/h4>\n
Digital Kidnapping, Privacy & Child Online Protection<\/h4>\n
Trinidad uses drone technology to arrest 20<\/h4>\n
Tuesday, 19 February 2019<\/h3>\n
Layoffs at GIBC Digital<\/h4>\n
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BVI: Premier says territory needs to deepen connection with the world<\/h4>\nOfReg making \u2018truth\u2019 rules for utilities<\/h4>\n
BPO Companies Should Look to Caribbean for Work at Home Agents<\/h4>\n
Mobile Phone addiction 101<\/h4>\n
Scotiabank brings smiles to customers with ‘Digital Mania’ promotion<\/h4>\n
Scotiabank targets fraud with transaction alerts<\/h4>\n
Wednesday, 20 February 2019<\/h3>\n
Now \u2018Computer Glitch\u2019 Stalls Oban<\/h4>\n
Tech Firm Denies One-Shot Lay-Offs<\/h4>\n
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Government lose millions in chip-based ID cards \u2013 Senator<\/h4>\nGOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH ESW SOON<\/h4>\n
TECHNOLOGY IMPORTANT<\/h4>\n
Belizeans, Imagine you just E-voted?<\/h4>\n
Minister of Education Denounces Cyber Bullying<\/h4>\n
Digital Revolution and its impact on the future of mankind.<\/h4>\n
Facebook bandits strike again<\/h4>\n
TSTT CEO paid $180,000 a month<\/h4>\n
Thursday, 21 February 2019<\/h3>\n
Telecommunications Market | Size | Analysis | Share | Outlook to 2025<\/h4>\n
Blockchain internship to prepare local market for billion-dollar industry demand<\/h4>\n
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BTC \u2018Bottoming Out\u2019 As Mobile Losses Cut 2\/3<\/h4>\nBTC introduces new mobile app<\/h4>\n
IT CEO: Bahamas must address Internet bandwidth, energy costs<\/h4>\n
Government crafting cyber bullying legislation<\/h4>\n
Jamaica: Seniors included in Safer Internet awareness<\/h4>\n
CaribNOG\u2019s Stephen Lee announces 2019 calendar at NANOG 75<\/h4>\n
SXM has to sell its UTS shares same time as Cura\u00e7ao or risk its shares being diluted<\/h4>\n
Digicel launches My PAL customer portal<\/h4>\n
Microsoft offers US$75m to do-gooders<\/h4>\n
Friday, 22 February 2019<\/h3>\n
BCPOU head alleges BTC offering top jobs to foreigners<\/h4>\n
BTC \u2018A Gift That Will Keep On Giving\u2019 – Unions Not So Sure<\/h4>\n
BTC workers express \u2018disgust\u2019 over ongoing issues<\/h4>\n
Tech Hub \u2018Visa\u2019 Being Finalised<\/h4>\n
Barbados Telecommunications Market Research Report \u2013 Forecast to 2025<\/h4>\n
Belize Telecommunications Industry Revenue, Sales and Growth Rate 2019-2025<\/h4>\n
Commentary \u2014 Cyberattacks feared in VI<\/h4>\n
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Cellphone internet access bringing changes fast to Cuba<\/h4>\nJamaica Telecommunications Market Size, Status and Forecast to 2025- Marketresearchnest.com<\/h4>\n
ICANN LAC-i Roadshow yields high interest in Caribbean ccTLDs<\/h4>\n
Trinidad and Tobago Telecommunications market by Type, Stage, End-User<\/h4>\n
Saturday, 23 February 2019<\/h3>\n
Cayman Islands Telecommunications Market by Type, Stage, End-User<\/h4>\n
Nursing student accused of cyber threats<\/h4>\n
Sunday, 24 February 2019<\/h3>\n
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Digicel shows steady improvements in customer sentiments<\/h4>\nSerial entrepreneur Tyrone Wilson seeks to build the creative economy<\/h4>\n
CANTO appoints GTT to serve as Board Member<\/h4>\n
The future of work<\/h4>\n