New\u00a0claim on BTC proceeds<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 The government did not net anywhere near $200 million from the sale of 51 percent of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), businessman Franklyn Wilson has claimed\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Cuba <\/i>\u2013 Cuba\u2019s state-run telecom company ETECSA plans to begin offering in-home Internet connections by late 2014, a director of the company told Efe\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says the Ministry is taking full advantage of the offerings of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in combating crime across the island\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 The new BlackBerry Q10 is finally here\u2014and Digicel customers came out recently at the company\u2019s Trincity Mall flagship store to be among the first to purchase the device and get tips from the experts on hand\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Cable Bahamas has urged regulators to intervene in its long-running dispute over the Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) alleged \u2018blocking\u2019 of calls to international mobile roaming customers, demanding that it provide call termination on a \u201ccost oriented basis\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Prime Minister Perry Christie has called accusations made by Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash that a secret deal has been made with Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) \u201centirely wrong\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n St. Maarten <\/i>\u2013 Last week, the Server of the St. Maarten Medical Center malfunctioned due to a failure of one of the hard disks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 TO mark the 40th Anniversary of Independence, the Bahamas Telecommunications Company announced it is investing more than $320,000 in several community programmes and charitable causes, as well as launching a series of BTC customer discounts via specialty promotions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) majority shareholder believes the company can be developed into \u201ca world class service\u201d provider equivalent to its Macau business, which it sold last week for $806.8 million\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) CEO Geoff Houston is confident that the company is supplying its customers with world-class service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) President Bernard Evans said yesterday that extending the date for the full liberalization of the telecomunications sector would be a price worth paying if it would mean regaining majority shares in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 A cellular operator beating on the door to invest in the Bahamas has urged regulators to introduce mobile call termination rates prior to the sector\u2019s liberalisation, arguing it will \u201cenhance competition\u201d when it arrives\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Dominica<\/i> \u2013 A man who, it is said, is a supervisor at Phone Tech, has been arrested and charged for reportedly stealing over $51,000 from the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/i>\u2013 The seventh Annual Review of the Electronic Communications Sector released by the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) reveals steady growth in broadband subscription in its Member States for the twelve months ending March 2012… more<\/a><\/p>\n St. Kitts\u00a0 & Nevis <\/i>\u2013 With the aim of the Advancement of Children Foundation (ACF) being \u201cto positively affect the life of the children and youth in our community\u2026\u201d LIME came on board in 2008 to partner with this life changing organisation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has blasted Cable Bahamas\u2019 call termination rates for being \u201cdouble\u201d its own, arguing that this results in \u201cunfair competition\u201d by creating a \u2018subsidy\u2019 that allows its rival to undercut its fixed-line voice prices\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 AN ANGRY Gary Griffith, National Security Adviser to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday demanded that police return his computer and Blackberry cellular phone which he gave them, over a month ago\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad & Tobago<\/i> \u2013 Pre-paid phone cards have become one of those indispensables products that tens of thousands of people depend on. Even if vendors are charging a price higher than what is printed on the card, customers will still pay for it\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Extending the Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) cellular monopoly will \u201cbe harmful to the Bahamian economy and the Bahamian people\u201d, a former Cabinet Minister warned yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts said he supports the idea of extending the Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) cellular monopoly in return for two percent of shares in the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Dominica<\/i> \u2013 The construction of an Information Technology Center in Dominica is one of the commitments made by the government on India\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Grenada <\/i>\u2013 Digicel has upgraded its Smile promotion in Grenada. Digicel prepay customers will now receive double the rewards offered through the Smile promotion\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Telecommunications firm LIME and leading Cloud-controlled WiFi solutions provider Cisco Meraki have teamed up to offer Jamaican businesses technology aimed at increasing revenues and improving the attractiveness of their establishments to an increasingly technologically driven market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/i> \u2013 Martin Roos has been named to the position of Acting Chief Executive Officer for LIME\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional \u2013 Saint Lucia\u2019s Minister for the Public Service, Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology, Hon. James Fletcher, has been invited to deliver the Feature Address at the regional launch of the World Bank-funded Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP) in Grenada on Wednesday 26th June, 2013\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 CHAIRMAN of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Prof Ramesh Deosaran believes technology courses should be made available to persons in the security industry so there would be no need to import IT experts to investigate email transmissions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Grenada <\/i>\u2013 Legislators in Grenada have approved a bill that makes it a crime to offend people through websites such as Facebook and Twitter\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute\u2019s (Cariri) Centre for Enterprise Development (CED) secured a $US3.5 million World Bank project to establish a Regional Climate Innovation Centre for the Caribbean even before the doors to its spanking new $15 million facility were formally opened on Wednesday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 All network $2.99 prepaid one rate sends clear value signal, company says\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Police have detained nine people in the western part of the island as they continue investigations into money laundering and lottery scamming activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image credits: \u00a0Salvatore Vuono (FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/a>); \u00a0The Eleutheran<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n _____________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 24 June to Sunday 30 June 2013. 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Gov’t Making Use of ICT in Fighting Crime<\/h4>\n
New Blackberry arrives in T&T<\/h4>\n
Tuesday, 25 June 2013<\/h3>\n
Cable Blasts BTC On Roaming Call ‘Block’<\/h4>\n
PM:\u00a0No secret BTC deal<\/h4>\n
IT Malfunction at the SMMC.<\/h4>\n
Wednesday, 26 June 2013<\/h3>\n
$320,000 Handed To Community Causes By BTC<\/h4>\n
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BTC Can ‘Equal’ $807m Macau Unit<\/h4>\nBTC\u00a0confident it\u2019s delivering \u2018world-class service\u2019<\/h4>\n
BTC\u00a0monopoly extension \u201cprice worth paying\u201d<\/h4>\n
Digicel Urges Mobile Termination Re-Think<\/h4>\n
Phone Tech supervisor arrested for theft<\/h4>\n
ECTEL Member States Record Five Per Cent Increase in Fixed Broadband Subscriptions<\/h4>\n
LIME makes major contribution to the Advancement of Children Foundation<\/h4>\n
Thursday, 27 June 2013<\/h3>\n
BTC Attacks Cable’s ‘Double Rate Subsidy’<\/h4>\n
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I want back my phone, computer<\/h4>\n\u2018Phone card vendors jacking up prices\u2019<\/h4>\n
Friday, 28 June 2013<\/h3>\n
Extending BTC Monopoly Will ‘Harm Bahamians’<\/h4>\n
Roberts\u00a0supports extending BTC monopoly<\/h4>\n
India promises IT center<\/h4>\n
Digicel Grenada upgrades Smile promotion<\/h4>\n
LIME, Cisco Meraki unveil WiFi earning opportunity for businesses<\/h4>\n
LIME appoints Acting CEO<\/h4>\n
Regional Carcip Launch<\/h4>\n
Deosaran: Time to train locals in IT<\/h4>\n
Saturday, 29 June 2013<\/h3>\n
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Grenada to punish offensive online comments<\/h4>\nEnterprise Centre lands US$3.5 million project<\/h4>\n
Sunday, 30 June 2013<\/h3>\n
LIME: Consumers prefer our value and simplicity<\/h4>\n
Nine Jamaicans detained in lottery, money laundering scams<\/h4>\n