An app that delivers your dream man<\/h4>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 FROM paying your bills to picking out recipes, smartphones have made it easy to do everyday tasks with relative ease. One of the only things they seemed incapable of doing was to actually deliver you your dream man \u2014 until now\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/i>\u2013 BigTime, the global boutique firm of mobile marketing, announced today that it has launched in the Caribbean an interactive Mobile Marketing Campaign\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Dominica<\/i> \u2013 Local telecommunication company, Digicel, is warning of a scam which appears to be targeting it customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Dominican Republic <\/i>\u2013 With Altice Group\u2019s entry into the country\u2019s telecom market snapping up Tricom and Orange, the sector\u2019s competition is expected to increase with better Web, mobile, fixed telephone and cable TV service at lower prices\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/i>\u2013 The Public Utilities Commission has approved a promotion on outbound international calls to Canada and the USA (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) applicable to all GT&T and Digicel cell and landline customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana \u2013 Even as retired telecommunications workers continued to agitate for higher pensions, the Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (GPTWU) said it was willing to forgo retroactive lump sums owed and settle for pensions far higher than the GUY$18,000 being currently paid\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/i> \u2013 Columbus International Inc. (Columbus), a diversified telecommunications provider in the Caribbean, Central America and Andean region, today announced that it has completed the high-encryption (TLS\/SRTP) certification requirement for SIP Trunking for Microsoft Lync\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/i>\u2013 Last week at the third annual Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF) workshop, enthusiastic professionals from the Region and the Diaspora, met for two days at the Grand Coastal Hotel along with teachers and students from Guyana, to discuss practical ways to promote diversification in Caribbean economies… more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 PRIME MINISTER Perry Christie said yesterday the government has concluded negotiations with Cable and Wireless for the majority stake in the Bahamas Telecommunication\u2019s Company Ltd\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Cayman Islands <\/i>\u2013 The country\u2019s oldest cable provider says the local content requirement of all licensees should be more than just carrying the government channel\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Cayman Islands<\/i> \u2013 A donation of 10 computer monitors got the thumbs up from students of Savannah Primary School\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Grenada<\/i> \u2013 Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque praised Grenada for leading by example in using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to create an enabling environment to pursue its social and economic development goals\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/i>\u2013 The Pirate Bay has set sail to a new domain for the third time in a week. After just a few days Peru decided to suspend the site\u2019s .PE domain forcing the torrent site to move to the Guyana-based .GY ccTLD\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana<\/i> \u2013 The Piratebay changed domain names again, world\u2019s most famous torrent site moved today from .pe (Peru) to .gy (Guyana)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 British conglomerate Virgin Group Ltd. has expressed interest in offering cellular service in The Bahamas, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/i> \u2013 Digicel last week launched the new 4G Zone in Colonnade Mall in Bridgetown, this after a few weeks ago opening Digicel in Oistins\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 THE PILOT phase of the Tablets in Schools project has been funded to the tune of nearly $1.5 billion from the Universal Service Fund\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/i>\u2013 INTERNET USERS are bombarded daily with a vast world of digital content via news feeds, blogs, webcasts, live streams, image galleries, videoclips and sound bites\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/i>\u2013 The UWI Open Campus Country Site, at Fortlands now has a fully re-furbished computer lab, thanks to CIBC FirstCaribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Sint Maarten<\/i> \u2013 TelEm Group has upgraded network services in the Harbour Facility area, greatly improving the quality of service to residential and business clients, including customers at the Harbour facility\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 The UK\u2019s Virgin Group has expressed an interest in offering wireless services in the Bahamas once the Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC\u2019s) monopoly on the mobile market expires in April 2014\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados <\/i>\u2013 The email service of the company which manages the external database of the National Initiative for Service Excellence (NISE), has been compromised\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Cayman Islands <\/i>\u2013 Cayman\u2019s television networks are at odds over their obligations to produce local content, with the island\u2019s oldest broadcaster claiming its new rivals currently have an \u201cunfair advantage.\u201d \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/i>\u2013 Dear Editor, I write concerning the issue of the \u2018Telecoms pensioners\u2019. The superannuation benefits of former employees of Guyana Telecommunications Corporation (GTC) were governed by the prescriptions of the Pensions Act, Chapter 27:02, applicable to public servants\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/i> \u2013 What if there is a way to make a profit while at the same time providing the world’s poorest with a useful service? There is\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/i>\u2013 Resolver is pleased to announce that The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has selected and implemented Resolver\u2019s Governance, Risk and Compliance solution GRC Cloud to support its audit, enterprise risk management and other GRC functions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) received a grant of US$2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation based in Seattle, United States of America, which will, along with co-funding of US$1.1 million from the Jamaican Government, help the JLS to boost Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources in public libraries\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago<\/i> \u2013 Emailgate is arguably one of the biggest political scandals in the history of the country\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago<\/i> \u2013 BigTime, the global boutique firm of mobile marketing, has launched an interactive mobile marketing campaign in the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image credits: \u00a0NS Newsflash<\/a> (flick); \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n __________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 16 December to Sunday 22 December 2013. 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Tuesday, 17 December 2013<\/h3>\n
Telephone scam alert<\/h4>\n
After snapping up telecoms, Altice vows better, cheaper service<\/h4>\n
PUC approves overseas phone rates promotion<\/h4>\n
Retired telecoms workers demand higher pensions ; union willing to abandon retroactive payments<\/h4>\n
Columbus Achieves Highest Level of Certification for SIP Trunking for Microsoft Lync<\/h4>\n
Workshop on Science, Tech education kick-starts economic diversification in Caribbean<\/h4>\n
Wednesday, 18 December 2013<\/h3>\n
PM: Talks Concluded Over BTC Stake<\/h4>\n
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Local TV content debate<\/h4>\nNew computer screens for school<\/h4>\n
SG praises Grenada\u2019s leadership in ICT<\/h4>\n
Piracy website moves to Guyana domain<\/h4>\n
The Piratebay changes domain name from .pe to .gy<\/h4>\n
Thursday, 19 December 2013<\/h3>\n
UK\u00a0telecoms group eyes Bahamas<\/h4>\n
Digicel committed to investing in Barbados<\/h4>\n
Tablets In Schools Gets Funding<\/h4>\n
Building Caribbean Data Journalism<\/h4>\n
CIBC FirstCaribbean adopts UWI Computer Lab<\/h4>\n
TelEm Group says interference problems with mobile network being addressed on several fronts.<\/h4>\n
Friday, 20 December 2013<\/h3>\n
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Virgin, Digicel in running for Bahamas launch<\/h4>\nNot so NISE emails<\/h4>\n
Picture fuzzy on local TV requirements<\/h4>\n
The Telecoms pensioners had service with both a public corporation to which the Pensions Act applied and a private company to which it did not<\/h4>\n
Focusing on developing countries is a winning formula says Digicel CEO<\/h4>\n
The University of the West Indies Selects Resolver to Support Governance, Risk and Compliance Program<\/h4>\n
Saturday, 21 December 2013<\/h3>\n
Jamaica Library Service gets grant to boost ICT resources<\/h4>\n
Emailgate\u2014hot topic for months<\/h4>\n
Sunday, 22 December 2013<\/h3>\n
TSTT joins regional mobile campaign<\/h4>\n