{"id":2843,"date":"2012-01-23T05:59:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T10:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2012-01-23T10:24:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T15:24:32","slug":"roundup-for-the-week-ending-22-january-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2012\/01\/roundup-for-the-week-ending-22-january-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 22 January 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a roundup of the ICT\/technology news across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 16 January to Sunday 22 January 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"ICT,<\/a>Monday, 16 January 2012<\/h3>\n

Digicel Hits Back<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecoms company, Digicel, yesterday told its competitor, LIME, to stop what it called the “outrageous public bashing” of Government officials and focus instead on its own business\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Mobile Development Programme To Target Youth<\/h4>\n

St. Kitts & Nevis <\/em>\u2013 St. Kitts and Nevis has one of the highest broadband penetration rates in the Caribbean and the local Government continues to design projects to position the youth population to capitalize on the expansion of technology\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Maarten Cable TV\u2019s Outage Update.<\/h4>\n

St. Maarten <\/em>\u2013 St. Maarten Cable TV today provided an update on the network modifications being made in preparation for the upgrade to an all-digital platform on February 1, 2012\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TELEM Execs visit Sint Maarten House<\/h4>\n

St. Maarten<\/em> \u2013 Last week Thursday executives from the TELEM Group of Companies visited the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague at the Sint Maarten House\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 17 January 2012<\/h3>\n

ICT Road Show Launched<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 The importance of Information and Communication Technologies, (ICT\u2019s) was underscored on Monday when Dominica launched the second edition of the ICT road show at St. Gerard\u2019s Hall in Roseau\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Trinidad, St Lucia Talk ICT Education<\/h4>\n

Trinidad & Tobago <\/em>\u2013 St Lucia Education Minister Dr Robert Lewis and Trinidad and Tobago Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh met today to focus on issues of education in the two countries\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 18 January 2012<\/h3>\n

BTC 4G Optimization Progressing Satisfactorily<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 BTC officials indicated their \u201csatisfaction\u201d with the progress of the 4G cell site optimization exercise currently underway in New Providence and Grand Bahama following the December launch of the new network\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

URCA opens enticing telecommunications spectrum bands<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) is seeking public consultation on the opening of spectrum bands that could drastically improve competition in the country and ultimately boost mobile and broadband service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME Targets SME Businesses With \u2018Cloud\u2019 Services<\/h4>\n

Caribbean <\/em>\u2013 The Caribbean business of Cable & Wireless Communications, LIME, is targeting more business from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Caribbean by extending its suite of cloud-based services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Technology cited as tool for positive change for St Kitts-Nevis<\/h4>\n

St. Kitts & Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Participants attending the January 24 to 27 Mobile Apps Workshop in St Kitts will be challenged to unleash this aspect of technology as a tool for positive change\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 19 January 2012<\/h3>\n

LIME Continues Call For Better Regulation<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Chairman of LIME Jamaica has repeated the company\u2019s call for the government to urgently level the playing field in the telecoms market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Paulwell Aiming To End LIME-Digicel Beef In Two Weeks<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, says he\u2019s aiming to resolve the conflict between telecommunications companies, Digicel and LIME, within two weeks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018No shutdown\u2019 – LIME says environment tough but it\u2019s not leaving<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 LIME Jamaica yesterday strongly denied a news report that British parent company Cable & Wireless (C&W) plc has decided it will shut down its local operation in light of a \u2018difficult\u2019 regulatory environment\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 20 January 2012<\/h3>\n

Gov’t Committed To Competitive ICT Environment<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the government is committed to cultivating and preserving a competitive environment in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Gov’t to provide more computers for schools<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Julian Robinson, says more computer equipment will be provided soon for educational institutions, under the Government\u2019s e-Learning Jamaica Project\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

‘That’s not LIME’ – Dehring distances firm from old monopoly<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 LIME Jamaica yesterday sought to distance itself from the old Cable & Wireless (C&W) Jamaica monopoly. At the same time, company chairman Chris Dehring labelled bitter rival Digicel as the biggest threat to liberalisation in the telecommunications market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean open data movement set to open a world of possibilities<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> – A Caribbean open data initiative, backed by the University of the West Indies and the International Development Research Centre of Canada, could improve the region\u2019s access to public information of national significance… more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 21 January 2012<\/h3>\n

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Sunday, 22 January 2012<\/h3>\n

JPS Invited To Offer Broadband Internet Service<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Newly returned Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell, has called for the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to enter the broadband Internet market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Image courtesy of\u00a0johnthurm, flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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