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Monday, 19 August 2013<\/h3>\nA roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 19 August to Sunday 25 August 2013.<\/i><\/p>\n
Monday, 19 August 2013<\/h3>\nDominica <\/i>\u2013\u00a0The\u00a0National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission\u00a0(NTRC) of the Commonwealth of\u00a0Dominica has taken a vital step towards creating the country\u2019s indigenous mobile app industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League (JCCUL) has been granted approval by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to launch a mobile money platform developed by Mozido, LLC, a leading innovator of white label mobile cloud marketing and payment solutions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Email hosting services for premium email communication\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 Over the last fortnight, the fortunes and prospects of two of the technology world\u2019s giants stumbled badly\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
St. Kitts & Nevis<\/i> \u2013 As the summer of 2013 winds down, so too does Digicel\u2019s 4G Summer Promotion.What has been as an Extraordinary Summer Campaignsince its launch on Friday, July 12this now into its final week, but Digicel customers still have a chance to win big with the new BlackBerry Q10 in Friday\u2019s Grand Finale!\u00a0\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013\u00a0Cable Bahamas yesterday confirmed it had closed one of its four Florida acquisitions, purchasing US Metropolitan Telecom for $23.256 million\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Cable Bahamas last night confirmed that Phaedra Mackey-Knowles, Calvin Knowles and Ministry of Finance official, Simon Wilson, have been appointed to its Board of Directors coinciding with the resignation of Anthony Butler\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 I have been reading with interest the articles published in The Sunday Gleaner<\/b> on August 18, 2013 calling for the creation of a job czar. I must state that in our existing environment, all would agree that we do something disruptive to break out of this economic malaise\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Cable and Wireless Jamaica, which trades as LIME, gained J$130 million off the sale of assets to management partner Ericsson, but did not disclose what the disposal entails\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 CONSUMERS flocked to LIME Jamaica’s mobile network but the company still recorded a $808-million net loss for the three months to June, or more than double year-earlier losses\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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General manager leaving LIME<\/h4>\nCayman Islands <\/i>\u2013 LIME Cayman Islands general manager Tony Ritch is stepping down from his position after more than 29 years with the company, including five years at its helm\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands<\/i> \u2013 Sources from inside tell Cayman 27 LIME may be cutting jobs in the next few months\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands<\/i> \u2013 After five years at the helm of LIME Cayman, Tony Ritch, has decided to step down from his position as General Manager. Mr Ritch will leave his GM role at the end of September but remain as non-Executive Chairman of the LIME Cayman business during a transition period in an advisory and consultative capacity\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/i>\u2013 Digicel has introduced a roaming tariff of GYD 30 for its subscribers in Guyana\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/i>\u2013 Digicel Guyana has launched four offers under its \u201cB Free\u201d promotion\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 As the back to school preparations of parents, educators and students move into high gear, a partnership between\u00a0 the Discovery Channel and Flow in association with the office of the Mayor of Montego Bay\u00a0 will showcase\u00a0 the importance and impact of technology-aided learning at home and in the classroom\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 SEARCH engines are the number one way people find websites. When you build a website, you want to ensure that it is found in a highly lucrative top position on the search engine results when people research the products and services you provide in your location\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Cable Bahamas believes that competition in the Bahamian cellular market is \u201cat best two to three years away\u201d, making it \u201cpremature\u201d to devise a pricing regime for calls between mobile phones\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Antigua & Barbuda <\/i>\u2013 The Antigua & Barbuda Coalition of Service Industries (ABCSI) is inviting the public and owners of micro-small-medium business enterprises to take advantage of an upcoming marketing and e-business workshop that would position them to service a variety of markets\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 It was a warm August evening as a few came out to celebrate the Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League’s (JCCUL) new business venture last Friday night. The specially invited guests were guided by bright blue lights projecting from the beautiful venue to the streets\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 Anyone holding a free account on KeepCalling.com has now the opportunity to send 100% extra credit to Lime mobiles in several countries: Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (British), Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Grenada, Dominica, Cayman Islands, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, and Anguilla\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Grenada<\/i> \u2013 The Government of Grenada is exploring the possibility of getting T&T\u2019s assistance to set up a state enterprise to advance use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for a more effective government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Image credit: \u00a0Gary Thomson<\/a> (flickr); \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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