{"id":3623,"date":"2012-04-09T07:23:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T12:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=3623"},"modified":"2012-04-09T07:25:57","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T12:25:57","slug":"roundup-for-the-week-ending-8-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2012\/04\/roundup-for-the-week-ending-8-april-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 8 April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a roundup of the ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 2 April to Sunday 8 April 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rmgimages\/\"<\/a>Monday, 2 April 2012<\/h3>\n

Digicel acquires mobile competitor in Haiti<\/h4>\n

Haiti <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Group has acquired Haitian mobile operator, Voila, from its parent company, US-based Trilogy International Partners, for an undisclosed sum\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 3 April 2012<\/h3>\n

City banks affected as GT&T hit by vandals<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has said that there have been 12 attacks of vandalism within recent weeks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CUC subsidiary gets in the telecom business<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 A subsidiary of Caribbean Utilities Company has been granted a licence to provide fibre optic infrastructure in Grand Cayman, according to an announcement made by the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 4 April 2012<\/h3>\n

BTC invests $200K in \u2018gateway\u2019 store<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) will harness high traffic from the business and tourism communities through its new downtown location\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel Data Centre gets status upgrade<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel\u2019s $600-million data centre has received \u2018Tier III Certification of Constructed Facility\u2019 from the Uptime Institute\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 5 April 2012<\/h3>\n

LIME, BWU agree on 12%<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 The\u2008long running dispute between LIME\u2008and the Barbados Workers\u2019 Union (BWU) is over\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Chinese firm buying gov’t ‘s GT&T shares for US$30M<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Guyana government has agreed to sell its 20 percent stake in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) to a Chinese firm for US$30M even as the company’s management express surprise at the sale\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

2015 the year for digital switchover<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer, says she intends to seek Cabinet approval for 2015 to be the transition year to digital switchover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Ex-Claro Dealer Takes Court Action To Recover Losses<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 A lawsuit has been filed against Oceanic Digital Jamaica Limited in the Supreme Court by Lettman Greenwood and Co, attorneys- at-law, on behalf of their client, Whitehorn Auto Traders Limited, which had a contractual agreement with the mobile company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Regional consultation on draft electronic communications bill<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia<\/em> \u2013 Representatives of telecommunications regulatory agencies from the Caribbean region will meet in Saint Lucia on April 11th and 12th for a regional consultation on a draft Electronic Communications Bill for the Member States of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 6 April 2012<\/h3>\n

Govt. sells GT&T shares<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 After disclosing to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) at its most recent Annual General Meeting that the decision to sell the 20 per cent shares it owned was \u201coff the table,\u201d Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday changed the tune\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Draft Broadcast Code to be revisited soon<\/h4>\n

Trinidad & Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The Draft Broadcast Code is going to be revisited within the next two months according to Selby Wilson, chairman of the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 7 April 2012<\/h3>\n

Guyana government sells telecoms shares<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Guyana Cabinet has approved the sale of the government\u2019s 20 percent shareholding in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) for the sum of US$30 million\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 8 April 2012<\/h3>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

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

_____________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a roundup of the ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 2 April to Sunday 8 April 2012. Monday, 2 April 2012 Digicel acquires […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80,17,11,77,18],"tags":[81,71,40,87,55,78],"class_list":["post-3623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasting","category-caribbean","category-ict-tech","category-news","category-telecoms-2","tag-broadcasting-2","tag-businesses","tag-expertise-hr","tag-legislation","tag-mergers-acquisitions","tag-news-roundup","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iE1G-Wr","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3623"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3630,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3623\/revisions\/3630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}