{"id":4232,"date":"2012-07-02T06:04:16","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T11:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=4232"},"modified":"2012-07-02T06:07:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T11:07:19","slug":"roundup-for-the-week-ending-1-july-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2012\/07\/roundup-for-the-week-ending-1-july-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 1 July 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

A roundup of the ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 25 June to Sunday 1 July 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/garyth123\/\"<\/a>Monday, 25 June 2012<\/h3>\n

BTC union \u2018appalled\u2019 by investigation<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Workers at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) are “appalled” by the ongoing investigation into what caused a network meltdown last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel says 500,000 on new rate plan<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Mobile giant Digicel claimed that half-a-million customers have already chosen its new reduced rate plan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 26 June 2012<\/h3>\n

CARICOM Open for Business: Pushing Projects for Connect the Americas Summit<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in preparing for the one of its kind Connect the Americas Summit, set for Panama in July, is sending a strong and clear message to private sector and investment organizations that they are ready with viable, creative, cross-cutting regional and national development projects for funding\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Govt. Fiber Optic Cable for testing in August<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Guyana Government\u2019s LTE Fiber Optic Cable programme is currently some 90 per cent complete. Testing of the network will commence early August\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 27 June 2012<\/h3>\n

URCA presses BTC for report on outage<\/h4>\n

Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA<\/strong>) said yesterday it has given the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) until July 9 to produce a detailed report on a network outage that affected thousands of landline and cellular customers across the country last week Monday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

4G mobile lands in Jamaica<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel finally launched its long-awaited 4G network on Monday, promising to transform mobile communications with high-speed Internet access\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel 4G Mobile Is Here!<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel has announced the launch of its brand new 4G Mobile network which will see customers all across Jamaica enjoying a completely unique mobile experience with reliable, superfast internet speeds\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital Jam 2.0: Offering Real hope for Jobs in Virtual Spaces<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Tapping into Jamaica\u2019s growing appetite for all things online, a new initiative hopes to tackle the country\u2019s rising unemployment by connecting virtual job seekers with opportunities in the real world\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 28 June 2012<\/h3>\n

87,000 Digicell Customers Risk Disconnection<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 All unregistered cellular phone accounts will be disconnected at noon on Friday, July 13. The final deadline for the registration of cellular phone accounts is roughly two weeks away and of Digicell\u2019s 190,000 accounts, only 103,000 have a registered owner\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel boss reportedly receives big payout<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Following on the announcement earlier this month that the Digicel Group Limited grew its operating profit to a record US$1.08 billion, reports are coming from international sources that its owner is reaping a significant return on his investment\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Jamaicans urged to expose lotto scammers<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Devon Watkis is imploring Jamaicans to expose lotto scammers, as they are detrimental to the country\u2019s image and are affecting persons at home and abroad\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME Techs Get Avaya Training<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 Following the announcement last year that LIME had achieved Platinum Partner Status from Avaya – a global leader in business communications systems, software and services \u2013 the company embarked on a range of initiatives designed to help it better serve the needs of small and medium businesses. LIME has since moved to strengthen its capacity to satisfy the needs of its SME customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 29 June 2012<\/h3>\n

CTEX Datacenter construction in full gear<\/h4>\n

Curacao <\/em>\u2013 CTEX\u2019s \u2018CU-1\u2019 the first of 4 high-end Tier-IV designed datacenters is coming out of the ground at record speed\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

GT&T’s Board to accept CEO’s resignation<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Board of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) is by Friday midday expected to accept the resignation of the company’s Chief Executive Officer Yog Mahadeo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

GT&T head resigns, four sacked<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, Yog Mahadeo, has resigned. News of his resignation came yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Updated: Yog’s out, Joe’s back as GT&T’s head<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The majority American-owned main telecommunications provider- Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T)- on Friday announced a major top-management shake-up following a detailed audit\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel filed court action before LIME announced new rate<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecoms giant Digicel yesterday pointed out that its application for a judicial review of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) setting of a mobile termination rate (MTR) was filed on June 13, two days before its competitor LIME launched its $2.99 rate\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital Jam 2.0: Creating new job opportunities for Jamaica’s youth<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The government of Jamaica, together with the World Bank and in partnership with the Jamaican telecommunications companies Flow and Lime, the Development Bank of Jamaica, the Jamaica National Building Society, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on Thursday launched the Digital Jam 2.0., a digital market and job fair that will be open until this Saturday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Samsung hopes to make business inroads in Jamaica<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Korean electronics firm, Samsung, says it’s looking to displace Blackberry as the number one smart phone in the Jamaican market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Study Shows Data Storage, Sharing Issues Hamper Disaster Mitigation Efforts<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Insufficient storage and exchange of critical information are hampering some Caribbean territories from adequately reducing disaster risk\u2026 more<\/p>\n

Tax Officials Reveal System Breach By Online Hacker<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Jamaican tax officials have confirmed that one of their computer systems was hacked, but have given the assurance that sensitive information concerning taxpayers was not compromised\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Techies’ Compete To Create Apps At Digital Jam 2.0<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Jamaican youth were yesterday given the opportunity to enter the virtual economy, as the Digital Jam 2.0 Marketplace and Job Fair got under way at the Jamaica Conference Centre\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 30 June 2012<\/h3>\n

Cell rates may drop<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Cellphone and Internet users in Barbados finally have some good news coming their way\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

GT&T undergoes major shake-up<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 There were serious lapses in the internal financial controls of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), says outgoing Chief Executive Officer, Yog Mahadeo.\u2028Mahadeo\u2019s shocking resignation was accepted on Thursday by the GT&T\u2019s Board of Directors following a damning auditor\u2019s report that found internal accounting systems were bypassed\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 1 July 2012<\/h3>\n

OUR Fears Mobile Monopoly<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 It was the fragile state of competition in Jamaica’s mobile phone market and concern over possible reversion to monopoly status that led the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to introduce an interim call-termination rate, according to documents perused by Sunday Business\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Image credit: News stand (Gary Thomson<\/a>, flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n

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