{"id":3193,"date":"2012-02-27T05:49:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T10:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2012-02-27T05:49:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T10:49:18","slug":"roundup-for-the-week-ending-26-february-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2012\/02\/roundup-for-the-week-ending-26-february-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 26 February 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a roundup of the ICT\/technology news across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 20 February to Sunday 26 February 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rmgimages\/\"<\/a>Monday, 20 February 2012<\/h3>\n

Tests show LIME boosts speed temporarily when user complains, but\u00a0then\u2026<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 \u201cThis is robbery on any scale\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 21 February 2012<\/h3>\n

LIME secures sweet partnership with sprinter Yohan Blake<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider LIME has welcomed 100m World Champion, Yohan Blake to its cadre of top athlete brand ambassadors\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Unions bat for LIME in telecoms dispute<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Two trade unions representing the majority of workers at telecommunications company LIME have added their voices to calls for the Government to revisit its telecommunications policy, which they say places LIME at a severe disadvantage, in the area of mobile telephony\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 22 February 2012<\/h3>\n

LIME, BWU talks Monday<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 The Barbados Workers\u2019 Union (BWU), telecommunications company LIME and Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo are to meet on Monday in an effort to resolve stalled wages negotiations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 23 February 2012<\/h3>\n

Sir Roy: Facts on LIME<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 General Secretary of the Barbados Workers\u2019 Union (BWU), Sir Roy Trotman, has shot down a suggestion that its request for a 17 per cent wage hike for employees of telecommunications company LIME is exorbitant\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Local number portability arrives<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands<\/em> \u2013 Local number portability has finally made its debut in the Cayman market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 24 February 2012<\/h3>\n

Caribbean telecoms mobile and broadband still growing<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Despite the fact that the Caribbean has small markets with limited potential for growth, telecommunications is set to continue being one of the region’s major growth industries\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME Jamaica \u2014 Getting on the road to recovery<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecoms company LIME Jamaica, a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless Communications, continues to rack up losses and see its market share evaporating\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Mobile App Development enthusiasm moves to the next steps!<\/h4>\n

St. Kitts & Nevis <\/em>\u2013 The success of the recent Mobile App workshop and the enthusiasm it generated has led to a commitment by all participants and facilitators to make the Mobile App project a sustainable and regenerating one\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 25 February 2012<\/h3>\n

Customers hit by disruption in BTC service<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Disrupted telephone service across New Providence yesterday was caused when a work crew on the road improvement project cut into a Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) fiber-optic cable on Prince Charles Drive, according to Marlon Johnson, vice president of sales and marketing at BTC… more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 26 February 2012<\/h3>\n

Cable blasts ‘unfair advantage’ for BTC<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Cable Bahamas has blasted the proposed licensing plan for a key wireless spectrum band for giving an “unfair advantage” to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Customers won’t necessarily benefit from lower termination rates<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 <\/strong>Dear Editor, Your recent article entitled ‘Unions bat for LIME in telecoms dispute’ published on February 21 quotes Garry Sinclair as stating that LIME is “supportive of an interim $5 termination rate as it would undoubtedly deliver some savings for consumers\u2026\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n

All LIME wants is adjustments to an outdated regulatory structure<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Dear Editor, I’m taking this opportunity to clarify some points made in an article entitled ‘LIME Jamaica: Getting on the road to recovery’ which appeared in your publication on February 24, 2012\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Image courtesy of\u00a0\u00a0RambergMediaImages<\/a>, flickr<\/em><\/p>\n

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