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Haiti – Diaspora : Hadem is involved in the technological development of Haiti<\/h4>\nA roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 16 September to Sunday 22 September 2013.<\/i><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Millions of dollars were paid to former Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) employees under questionable circumstances, according to businessman Franklyn Wilson, who heads the committee appointed to negotiate the government\u2019s planned take back of a majority interest in the firm\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 LIME successfully migrated the message content of its Caribsurf customers over to the Google Apps mail service. Some customers experienced difficulties while the migration was still being completed but all issues should now be resolved\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 As the region\u2019s leading full service business solutions partner, Digicel Business is excited to announce its new Cloud Solutions portfolio, featuring the latest suite of cloud solutions to drive business advantage\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 The Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP) is today starting a series of meetings to address Internet traffic routing inefficiencies in the eastern Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands <\/i>\u2013 Consumers can soon expect faster Internet service thanks to new technology being introduced by service providers in Grand Cayman\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cura\u00e7ao \u2013<\/b><\/i> Commercial space travel could come to Curacao as early as 2014. Curacao Airport Holding Managing Director Maurice Adriaens announced the projected launch date for the ambitious project, during his presentation at the Caribbean ICT Roadshow, which took place at the Curacao World Trade Centre from September 9 to 10\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Montserrat <\/i>\u2013 Montserrat is to present a case study on how Information Communication Technology (ICT) is being used on island in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) situations at the ICT for DRM workshop taking place in Trinidad & Tobago this week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
St. Lucia <\/i>\u2013 Technicians and linesmen employed with Karib Cable participated in a secret ballot poll on Thursday, September 12, 2013. About eighty percent (80%) of the employees voted in favour of having their interest protected by the National Workers Union (NWU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 The reported decision to pay millions of dollars to former employees at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) under questionable circumstances was an \u201cutter disgrace,\u201d President of the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) Bernard Evans said yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Haiti – Diaspora : Hadem is involved in the technological development of Haiti<\/h4>\nHaiti <\/i>\u2013 On Tuesday, the organization “Haiti of Today and Tomorrow” (Haiti Aujourd’hui et Demain) (Hadem), whose leaders areevolving in the Diaspora, announced in the premises of the Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad (MHAVE), a program of setting up computer labs in Haitian schools to the benefit of students and their communities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 Representatives of five Caribbean countries are this week gathering in Port-of-Spain to discuss disaster risk management (DRM) strategies for the entire region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Jamaican BPO firm Island Outsourcers has announced plans to split into two independent companies as part of a restructuring program aimed at accommodating new services in its portfolio\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands<\/i> \u2013 Engineering work begins tomorrow to fix the main line providing internet service to the Cayman Islands. This comes after a major failure in July caused chaos for all local communications providers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Haiti <\/i>\u2013 Spain’s Grupo Ezentis strengthens its position in Haiti since it has been awarded with a new contract for the deployment of 105 km underground optical fiber in the South of the country, for a total amount of $3.9 million\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Haiti <\/i>\u2013 Haiti\u2019s National Council of Telecommunications (Conatel) has reported that between 15 June 2011 to 2 September 2013 a total of USD62.358 million was collected for the National Fund for Education (FNE), from telecoms operators via the tax on incoming international calls (USD0.005 per call terminated)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 According to the International Telecommunications Union, the percent of the world population using the Internet grew by over three percent in the first quarter of 2013\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Cable Bahamas Ltd. announced today that it has successfully completed a USD $135 Million refinancing of its Senior Credit Facility\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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CWC Seeks ‘Particular’ Terms Over BTC Talks<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/i>\u2013 PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday indicated that the Government would likely reject terms sought by Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) for it to give up majority equity ownership in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), adding that talks between the two sides were in the final stages\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Prime Minister Perry Christie revealed yesterday that he has formally rejected a proposal from Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) CEO Tony Rice outlining the conditions under which the company would return two percent of shares in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to the government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands <\/i>\u2013 Changes are in the air – and on the air – at Cayman 27. \u00a0On Sept. 22 viewers will notice a new look and feel\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands<\/i> \u2013 A cable ship will begin a delicate repair job Friday, Sept. 20, to fix a fault along the Cayman Islands\u2019 primary communications link, the Maya-1 cable\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The Bureau of Women’s Affairs, in partnership with the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF), will host women to two days of key learnings in the virtual economy this weekend\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 THE LAST time share-holders of Cable and Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ) received any dividend payment was in 2008, and it seems as if they have a lot more waiting to do before they receive their next cheque\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 Teachers and students in Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean, will now be able to access all Caribbean Examination Council\u2019s syllabi from the comfort of their classrooms or homes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 Cabinet recently approved amendments to the Companies Act and the Evidence Act to allow for the Corporate Affairs, Intellectual Property Office to do more transactions electronically\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
British Virgin Islands <\/i>\u2013 BVI News Online has confirmed that LIME BVI will soon make at least a dozen positions redundant as it turns over its technical operations to another company whose name is yet to be disclosed to the press\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Digicel Jamaica has launched a campaign for Reggae Sumfest patrons participating at the music festival in Catherine Hall\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 LIME says it added nearly 140,000 new prepaid mobile subscribers in Jamaica over the 100 days after launching its flat rate of $2.99 per minute for all prepaid calls to domestic and select international numbers, billed per second\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 THE GROWTH of Mile Gully, Manchester, has been greatly hampered due to the lack of running water and telephone lines\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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Desist from cyber-bullying<\/h4>\nTrinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 President Anthony Carmona has urged university students to desist from cyber-bullying by using social media on the internet to harass or degrade persons with whom they have a dispute, but to use information communication technology (ICT) a tool which will make their studies pleasant and productive\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
US Virgin Islands<\/i> \u2013 The Senate Rules and Judiciary Committee breezed through the voting process on 11 bills Friday afternoon. Most of the bills were forwarded from the Public Safety, Homeland Security and Justice Committee and are intended to make the territory safer\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 EMEDIA Interactive projects will invest $31.3 million over the next eighteen months to distribute more than fifteen original programmes \u2014 a collection of series that will consist of eight to 13 episodes each \u2014 through Flow TV\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Island Outsourcers, along with sister brand itelBPO Solutions, will in November begin to manage The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism call centre operation in Freeport, Grand Bahama\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional \u2013 With nearly two out of every five people in the world online by the end of the year, more than two-thirds of those living in developing countries, including the Caribbean, will not have access to the Internet, says the United Nations in a global survey of broadband access\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 Harigobin Jhinkoo has been appointed executive vice president\u2013human resources at TSTT.\u00a0Prior to joining the telecommunications company, Jhinkoo served as a judge in the Industrial Court and comes to TSTT with more than 20 years of experience as an HR practitioner in the energy, skills development and financial services industries\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad & Tobago<\/i> \u2013 \u201cI have done all I can,\u201d Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and lead investigator in the four-month-old Emailgate probe Mervyn Richardson said yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Image credits: \u00a0Salvatore Vuono (FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/a>); \u00a0Haiti<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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