URCA Unveils Consumer Protection Regulations<\/h4>\n
Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) yesterday released its draft consumer protection regulations, which seeks to address contracts and services, customer complaints handling ands billing and credit management\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) said yesterday that number portability for landline services would be launched on September 3, creating a \u201cstrong competitive enabler\u201d in the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) is launching a public awareness campaign leading up to the implementation of number portability in September\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ronald Jones, has lashed out at Barbadians he says have Facebook and other social media \u201cplastered with death and mayhem\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has lodged an official complaint by filing a Dispute Report with The Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) over Cable Bahamas\u2019 (CBL) refusal to air BTC television advertisements whilst contracted to do so from June 15th 2012 through June 14, 2013\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 IF union leaders want BTC re-Bahamianised they will have to fight for it themselves, Labour Minister Shane Gibson said yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/em> \u2013 A local company\u2019s bid to stop another Barbadian entity and associated organisations from using the business name \u201cFLOW\u201d while they battle it out in court has failed\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Telecommunications company Cable & Wireless\u2019 latest restructuring of its Caribbean business and management has reportedly reached Barbados\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana<\/em> \u2013 GT&T has again broken ground with the installation of a Cellular site in the Aranaputa Valley, North Rupununi District\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Some years ago as the General Manager of Television Jamaica (TVJ) a senior technocrat told me that news did not count as a local TV programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 THE Jamaican Government, in an effort to boost the island’s cybercrime fighting capabilities, is moving to establish a Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) to deal with an emerging global threat\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Government has formed an alliance with a group of \u2018ethical hackers\u2019 as part of efforts to beef up the country\u2019s resistance to cybercrimes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 HEAD of the Constabulary’s Forensic and Cybercrimes Unit, Inspector Warren Williams, is urging parents to monitor their children’s use of the Internet to protect them from cyberbullying and paedophiles\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/em> \u2013 Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/em> \u2013 Our Q213 Caribbean report analyses latest industry, regulatory and macroeconomic developments in the telecoms markets of 10 countries… more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday accused Cable Bahamas of anti-competitive behaviour intended to cause it \u201closs of market share\u201d in broadband Internet, claiming its main rival had breached their $150,000 advertising contract\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Belize<\/em> \u2013 After ranking dead last in a recent survey of Internet pricing and speeds in English-speaking Caribbean countries<\/a>, Belize is taking steps to improve\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana<\/em> \u2013 Digicel, the leading mobile communications provider in Guyana, today announced that the sleek BlackBerry Q10 will be available to Guyanese consumers from Friday, June 14\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana<\/em> \u2013 GCCI president Clinton Urling is calling on government to liberalise the telecommunications industry as the chamber is taking steps to develop ICT as a productive sector critical to the nation\u2019s long-term economic development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Digicel Jamaica today unveiled six new plans, which the telecoms company says offer customers the \u201clowest rates and increased freeness.\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Digicel has unveiled a range of new plans less than a week after its competitor, LIME, slashed its rate to $2.99 across network and to US and Canada plus UK landlines\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Lured by the offer of a free cell phone with the purchase of J$1,000 of credit, just over 20,000 persons descended on LIME Jamaica stores during the two-day promotion, the telecom said Tuesday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n St. Lucia<\/em> \u2013 LIME yesterday launched the new BlackBerry\u00ae Q10 smartphone powered by BlackBerry\u00ae 10 in Saint Lucia\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 Cable Bahamas yesterday hit back at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) with its own accusations of alleged \u201canti-competitive behaviour\u201d, as the battle for broadband Internet market dominance heats up\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/em> \u2013 The Barbados Workers Union said today it fears for the future security of the rights and interests of LIME employees now that its two top executives have been separated from the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/em> \u2013 The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has ruled in LIME\u2019s favour regarding the dispute which arose earlier this year over landline termination rates with Digicel\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/em> \u2013 COLUMBUS\u2008Communications Ltd can continue trading as FLOW in Barbados, at least for the time being\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/em> \u2013 LIME is claiming victory over Digicel\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Dominican Republic<\/em> \u2013 The government on Thursday announced a call for tenders for radios, ambulance, surveillance cameras and systems to identify and locate first response vehicles, among other equipment, to start operating an integrated emergency system, including 911 calls\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 The Customs Department is planning a complete overhaul of its information technology system, which will be replaced by technology with the capability of interfacing with the overseers of border trade in overseas markets\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 The price war in the mobile telephone market became sweeter for consumers at the start of this morning as Digicel introduced sharp cuts in its call rates across networks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Telecommunications Company LIME has responded to rival company Digicel\u2019s introduction of a new suite of low cost call plans for prepaid mobile\u00a0customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n St. Lucia<\/em> \u2013 Digicel has launched its ‘Be Extraordinary’ brand platform in Saint Lucia. Digicel has already introduced its new ‘Be Extraordinary’ tagline and brand identity in Panama, Bermuda, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/em> \u2013 Labour commissioners and permanent secretaries from ministries of labour in the OECS have been applauded for their high percentage turnout and participation at a recently held unprecedented two day meeting in St Lucia from June 6 to 7, 2013\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n St. Vincent & the Grenadines<\/em> \u2013 Despite the current impasse in negotiations between the two mobile network operators over the local Mobile Termination Rate, LIME SVG has ploughed full steam ahead to bring significant savings to its customers, by lowering its call rates\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has lodged a complaint with the Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) against Cable Bahamas Limited (CBL), claiming that the firm did not air BTC television ads while contracted to do so from June 15, 2012 through June 14, 2013\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/em> \u2013 SIR ROY\u2008TROTMAN\u2008says he is disappointed that telecommunications giant LIME is\u2008still to tender an apology to workers, four months after promising to do so\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 THE Vision 2050 ICT programme in West Rural St Andrew is ready for take-off, according to Member of Parliament for West Rural St Andrew Paul Buchanan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 AT long last, rhetoric about the existence of a ‘Big Brother’ state can no longer be denied or treated as excessive paranoia by a public fearful of any intrusion into their private and personal lives by what Tea Party activists and arch-Republicans opposed to the policies of the Obama Administration are fond of calling ‘Big Government’\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image credit: \u00a0NS Newsflash<\/a> (flickr); \u00a0The Eleutheran<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n __________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 10 June to Sunday 16 June 2013. 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URCA\u00a0pushes awareness on number portability<\/h4>\n
Mobile madness<\/h4>\n
Wednesday, 12 June 2013<\/h3>\n
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BTC Files Complaint Against CBL With URCA<\/h4>\n\u2018Unions Must Fight For BTC\u2019<\/h4>\n
Going with the FLOW<\/h4>\n
McDonald \u2018quits\u2019 LIME<\/h4>\n
GT&T takes Cellular Service to North Rupununi<\/h4>\n
Exporting Jamaican Television<\/h4>\n
Gov’t to establish Cyber Emergency Response Team<\/h4>\n
Jamaica gov\u2019t working with hackers; moves to boost cyber security<\/h4>\n
‘Monitor your kids on the Internet’<\/h4>\n
Latin America – Mobile Voice, Data and Forecasts<\/h4>\n
New Market Report: Caribbean Telecommunications Report Q2 2013<\/h4>\n
Thursday, 13 June 2013<\/h3>\n
BTC Blasts Cable On Alleged $150k Contract Breach<\/h4>\n
Belize Takes Steps to Improve Internet Service<\/h4>\n
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Digicel Guyana introduces the new Blackberry Q10<\/h4>\nGov\u2019t must liberalise telecoms \u2013 Urling<\/h4>\n
Digicel launches new plans with \u2018increased freeness\u2019<\/h4>\n
JUST IN: Digicel announces new call rates<\/h4>\n
LIME Promo Lures 20,000<\/h4>\n
LIME Launches New BlackBerry Q10 Smartphone in Saint Lucia!<\/h4>\n
Friday, 14 June 2013<\/h3>\n
Cable Hits Back At BTC’s Own Alleged ‘Anti-Comp Actions’<\/h4>\n
Fear for future of LIME employees<\/h4>\n
LIME wins interconnection dispute<\/h4>\n
Still going with the FLOW<\/h4>\n
Sweet victory for LIME<\/h4>\n
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Dominicans could have a 911 emergency system by yearend<\/h4>\nCustoms Dept To Overhaul It System<\/h4>\n
Digicel Hits Back – Mobile Provider Reveals New Cross-Network Rates As Low As $2.49<\/h4>\n
Digicel’s new call plans are confusing, says LIME<\/h4>\n
Digicel St. Lucia intros ‘Be Extraordinary’ brand platform<\/h4>\n
OECS on course towards implementing integrated labour market information system<\/h4>\n
LIME\u2019s new rates are anything but sour<\/h4>\n
Saturday, 15 June 2013<\/h3>\n
BTC lodges complaint with URCA against Cable Bahamas<\/h4>\n
Sunday, 16 June 2013<\/h3>\n
Sir Roy: Let down by LIME<\/h4>\n
Buchanan touts Vision 2050 ICT programme<\/h4>\n
The new world \u2014 secrecy and digital tyranny<\/h4>\n