{"id":2621,"date":"2011-12-26T09:01:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2011-12-26T09:01:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T14:01:33","slug":"roundup-for-the-week-ending-25-december-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2011\/12\/roundup-for-the-week-ending-25-december-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 25 December 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a roundup of the ICT\/technology news across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 19 December to Sunday 25 December 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/garyth123\/\"<\/a>Monday, 19 December 2011<\/h3>\n

Digicel wants parties to stick to liberalized telecoms sector promise<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 Digicel (Guyana) on Monday expressed cautious optimism that political parties would stick to their election campaign promises and liberalise international voice and data\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 20 December 2011<\/h3>\n

Antigua Youth Develop Mobile App<\/h4>\n

Antigua & Barbuda<\/em> \u2013 After four days of intense training, Antigua’s youth celebrated the development of their first mobile app. Most of them had no prior programming experience\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Mansoor Dishes Tech Plans for 2012<\/h4>\n

Antigua & Barbuda<\/em> \u2013 Come 2012, Antigua & Barbuda stands to be one of the only Caribbean countries to offer 4th Generation (4G) technology, with the further liberalisation of the telecommunications sector and the expiration of LIME’s monopoly\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Report finds lack of co-operation between gov\u2019t entities<\/h4>\n

Antigua & Barbuda<\/em> \u2013 Rather than concrete findings into the substantive matter, Acting Chief Town and Country Planner Frederick Southwell has hinted that the report requested of the Development Control Authority (DCA) into the erection of cellular phone towers will highlight a lack of institutional memory and lack of co-operation among government agencies\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Coordinated Caribbean approach to technology adoption needed<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Public Administration Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan made a strong call for Caribbean governments to adopt a unified approach to information and communication technologies (ICT) development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

GT&T calls out Digicel on its revenue claims<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 The Guyana Telegraph and Telephone Company (GT&T) has called on its competitor Digicel (Guyana) to publish its revenue figures to substantiate its claim that its returns are sub par because of the monopoly on international data traffic enjoyed by GT&T\u2026more<\/a><\/p>\n

Telecoms liberalization\u2026Digicel confident Bills will be passed in new Parliament<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 Digicel Guyana is confident that telecommunication reforms which were postponed by the government at the very last moment as it was about to be debated in Parliament last September will finally be passed by that law-making body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Jamaican broadband gets leap-forward in speed<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications’ (CWC) Caribbean business, LIME, has launched an up to\u2028100 megabits per second (mbps) residential broadband service in Jamaica, delivering speeds more than 12-times faster than the company’s previous fastest broadband service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 21 December 2011<\/h3>\n

Coordinated Caribbean approach to technology adoption needed<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Public Administration Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan made a strong call for Caribbean governments to adopt a unified approach to information and communication technologies (ICT) development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Liberalisation row\u2026GT&T challenges Digicel to release its financials<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 The debate over liberalisation of the telecommunication industry has revved up once again with the two giants\u2019 Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and Digicel (Guyana) trading blows\u2026. more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 22 December 2011<\/h3>\n

Government continues march towards a digital society<\/h4>\n

St. Kitts & Nevis<\/em> \u2013 he Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports, Information Technology, Telecommunications and Post will be rolling out a number of new programmes in 2012 to enhance digital literacy and ultimately move towards an E-Knowledge Society in St. Kitts and Nevis\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 23 December 2011<\/h3>\n

Digicel repeats call for end to telecoms monopoly<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 Mobile giant Digicel yesterday repeated calls for the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME provides free wireless internet to community centres island-wide<\/h4>\n

St. Kitts & Nevis<\/em> \u2013 Users of community centres around the island of St. Kitts will be able to access and use wireless internet service at the community centres for free\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 24 December 2011<\/h3>\n

\u2013 nil \u2013<\/p>\n

Sunday, 25 December 2011<\/h3>\n

\u2013 nil \u2013<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Gary Thomson<\/a>, Flickr<\/em><\/p>\n

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