C@ribnet Demo Makes Impact at ICT Ministerial Meeting<\/h4>\n
Regional <\/i>\u2013 Ministers and delegates to the Caribbean Community’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), led by the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr the Rt Honourable Keith Mitchell, were given a demonstration of the cutting edge of technology in the Region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/i>\u2013 BETTER integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as well as development of Human Resources in the Caribbean could be a turning point for the region when it comes to Sustainable Growth and Development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/i>\u2013 LIME Business won two of three prime categories at the prestigious Avaya Partner Connection Day Awards in San Juan, Puerto Rico last Thursday night\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/i>\u2013 THE Communication Workers\u2019 Union (CWU) is claiming the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TSTT) is planning to retrench workers without consulting the union\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Antigua and Barbuda<\/i> \u2013 President, University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), Prof. the Hon. Errol Morrison, OJ on the invitation of Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Dr. Baldwin Spencer, led a team from the University on an official one-week visit to the island, January 12 -17, 2014\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Prime Minister Perry Christie has indicated that he is minded to offer shares in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company to the general public and added that the government has no interest in having managerial control of BTC\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 WITH Bahamians anticipating an announcement on whether the majority stake in BTC has been successfully acquired, FNM Chairman Daron Cash says Prime Minister Perry Christie should either \u201cput up or shut up\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Haiti<\/i> \u2013 Monday, during a press conference, Jean Marie Alt\u00e9ma,, Coordinator of the unit e-governance in the Office of Prime Minister, explained that in order to ensure transparency in public administration, and improve services and living conditions of the population the government is convinced that the use of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) is essential to improve the quality of services offered to the population\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 Oh, the Internet. You\u2019re benevolent and quirky. You raised millions for a bullied bus monitor. You funded the Veronica Mars movie. And now, after mere days<\/i> of cyber rallying, you will send the freshly qualified Jamaican bobsledders to Sochi\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/i>\u2013 Denis O\u2019Brien will launch a \u201cmassive push\u201d this year to expand his global telecoms business into next-generation mobile and fixed line services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) announces it has reached an agreement with the Government of The Bahamas to establish a charitable foundation dedicated to investing in projects for the benefit of Bahamians\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) controlling shareholder will enable Perry Christie to claim he has regained majority ownership for the Bahamian people by handing 2 per cent of its equity stake to a foundation, in a deal where \u201ceveryone saves face\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n British Virgin Islands <\/i>\u2013 For Virgin Islands financial services practitioners, Monday\u2019s Facebook post from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists offered a jarring reminder of the vulnerability of sensitive financial services data\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Dominica <\/i>\u2013 Twenty-eight LIME Dominica employees have been made redundant, general secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union, Thomas Letang has confirmed\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Dominican Republic <\/i>\u2013 he Dominican Republic is becoming one of the fastest-growing economies in the Caribbean and Latin America, reaping the rewards of policies facilitating more open trade and experiencing great levels of international investment\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Columbus International Inc. (Columbus) today announced the promotion of Michele English, current president and chief operating officer, of Columbus\u2019 operations in Jamaica, operators of Flow and Columbus Business Solutions, to they newly created role of executive vice president and chief customer officer\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 APPTITUDE Mobile, a Florida-based mobile application firm, is mulling over investing in Montego Bay’s business processing industry (BPO) by the end of summer\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 A leader in cutting-edge business technology, telecommunications firm LIME is expected to further assert its role in making the proposed Jamaica Logistics Hub a reality during the annual Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Investment Conference, now taking place at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/i> \u2013 F1rst, a Caribbean-owned integrated mobile application which ties together business and consumer information on a single platform, goes live on February 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/i>\u2013 Visitors to the Caribbean island of St. Kitts can now access expert information \u2018on the go\u2019 as the destination goes mobile with the launch of its very first App in conjunction with the Telegraph Media Group and British Airways\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 A \u2018face-saving deal\u2019 has been agreed between the government and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) on the ownership of Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), unnamed government and BTC sources told Tribune 242\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 A top accountant yesterday urged the Government \u201cto get serious\u201d on making changes to civil service pensions, warning that ever-increasing unfunded liabilities threatened to create \u201chuge deficits\u201d regardless of fiscal reform\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 “PM Christie delivers on election promise to take back majority of BTC shares for Bahamians” \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 ONE of the government\u2019s lead negotiators in the BTC take-back talks yesterday publicly apologised for his earlier claim that the purchase of BTC was a \u201chorrible deal\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n British Virgin islands \u2013 Declaring that the territory should no longer depend merely on overseas marketing and sales teams to sell certain tourism products, social commentator Sam Henry has proposed the establishment of a local call centre staffed with sales representatives\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Cuba <\/i>\u2013 Technology entrepreneurs generally paddle through a world flooded with wi-fi radio waves, smart mobile devices, video conference brainstorming sessions, whimsical texts and constant pings to social media\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Dominica <\/i>\u2013 General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union, Thomas Letang has confirmed that on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 LIME Dominica issued redundancy letters to 28 employees of that institution\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Haiti <\/i>\u2013 Haiti’s first hackathon ever took place only one year ago, in February 2013, but since then students at the Ecole Sup\u00e9rieure d’Infotronique d’Haiti (ESIH) have held two more hacking events and are even now forming a coding club called Enjoy.code\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 After a competitive bidding process, leading telecommunications firm LIME is the Ministry of Health’s preferred provider of a new telecommunications solution at the Falmouth Regional Hospital\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) President Bernard Evans said yesterday the union is \u201cnot pleased\u201d with the government\u2019s deal with Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) on a Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) share transfer… more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 THE government has been called upon to apologise to the Bahamian people for trying to sell them the \u201cfar-fetched dream\u201d that majority shares in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company have been reacquired\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has reached an agreement with the government of Bahamas to establish a charitable foundation dedicated to investing in projects for the benefit of Bahamians\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 PRIME Minister Perry Christie\u2019s announcement of a new BTC deal was a \u201cshameful and cynical betrayal of his campaign promise\u201d, the FNM said yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Today we meet to formalise an historic agreement under which the majority economic interest in BTC will once again rest with the Bahamian people\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday called Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis \u201cunpatriotic\u201d over his comments about the government\u2019s announcement regarding the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Franklyn Wilson has stated that he continues to support a parliamentary committee investigation into the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) privatization deal, despite Prime Minister Perry Christie\u2019s announcement that the government has \u201csecured the majority economic interest\u201d in the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados<\/i> \u2013 Barbados says it is expects to earn BDS$10 million (One BDS dollar = US$0.50 cents) by the second year of the development of an animation industry, which is part of the multibillion-dollar multimedia and entertainment sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Barbados <\/i>\u2013 Telecommunications company\u00a0LIME (Barbados) is expected to\u00a0complete the 80 per cent expansion\u00a0and development of its fibre\u00a0optic network across the island\u00a0about five months earlier than\u00a0previously anticipated\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 The trade union representing the Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) line staff yesterday said it was \u201ca bit disappointed\u201d that the Government had failed to regain Board control, having hoped this would provide a bulwark against further job losses\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 A replacement for outgoing president and chief operating officer of Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited Michele English is yet to be selected. However, the recruitment process may start as early as next week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 ACCORDING to a recent IBM analysis only Mumbai scored better on the profitability index than Jamaica in terms of operational costs in business process outsourcing (BPO)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/i>\u2013 Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell, says countries in CARICOM are looking to adopt Jamaica\u2019s successful telecoms model, including the financing of the Universal Service Fund (USF)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/i> \u2013 DIGICEL Business won the coveted Avaya Partner of the Year award last Thursday at the Avaya Partner Connection Day held in San Juan, Puerto Rico\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/i>\u2013 Digicel on Friday said that it will “reward thousands of its lucky customers” in the Caribbean and Central America on Monday, January 27, when it gives a US$5 Amazon.com gift card to each of the first 4,000 customers who purchase a qualifying top up online at www.digicelgroup.com\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional<\/i> \u2013 LIME, has announced today plans to dramatically reduce the cost of data roaming for customers traveling to the USA, Puerto Rico, USVI, and LIME territories; with rates as low as just $US 0.15 per MB\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/i>\u2013 Non-payment of their January salaries and the company\u2019s refusal to use the correct cost of living allowance (COLA) formula are two of the main grouses affecting about 2,200 employees of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Regional <\/i>\u2013 Before you return that cell phone call, check out the number\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/i>\u2013 A TECHNICAL error was the reason why more than 2,000 employees of the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) did not receive their January salaries yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Guyana <\/i>\u2013 Scores of homes at Diamond and Grove, East Bank of Demerara are again without telephone services, and the main contractor involved in road works in the area is being blamed\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 LATIN America and the Caribbean will see 18.5 per cent growth in cloud services this year, according to popular American IT research and advisory firm Gartner\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image credits: \u00a0NS Newsflash<\/a> (flickr); \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \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 20 January to Sunday 26 January 2014. 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LIME Business Wins Big At Avaya Awards<\/h4>\n
CWU: TSTT planning retrenchment<\/h4>\n
Tuesday, 21 January 2014<\/h3>\n
UTech forges ties with Government of Antigua to strengthen teaching and research<\/h4>\n
BTC\u00a0shares may be up for grabs<\/h4>\n
PM Told Put Up Or Shut Up Over BTC<\/h4>\n
Haiti – Technology : ICTs at the service of public administration<\/h4>\n
Crowd-funding for Jamaican bobsled team surpasses $190,000<\/h4>\n
O\u2019Brien plans \u2018massive push\u2019 to expand telecoms group Digicel<\/h4>\n
Wednesday, 22 January 2014<\/h3>\n
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Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) and government of The Bahamas reach agreement to create BTC Foundation for Bahamians<\/h4>\nTrust Gets 2% Of BTC In ‘Face Saving Deal’<\/h4>\n
Cybersecurity in spotlight<\/h4>\n
LIME Dominica makes 28 redundant<\/h4>\n
Capacity Media select Dominican Republic to host regionally acclaimed telecom event<\/h4>\n
Columbus promotes Michele English to newly created chief customer officer role<\/h4>\n
Florida-based mobile app company mulls Jamaican-based BPO outfit<\/h4>\n
LIME Backs Conference<\/h4>\n
F1rst: Caribbean-owned online app aims to amalgamate social media<\/h4>\n
St. Kitts goes mobile with new app<\/h4>\n
Thursday, 23 January 2014<\/h3>\n
Face-saving deal may cost Bahamas USD40m<\/h4>\n
Gov’t Urged: ‘Get Serious’ On Public Pensions Reforms<\/h4>\n
“PM Christie delivers on election promise to take back majority of BTC shares for Bahamians”<\/h4>\n
No Control Of BTC For Govt<\/h4>\n
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Call centre proposed for the BVI<\/h4>\nHacking For Cuba<\/h4>\n
LIME Dominica makes 28 employees redundant<\/h4>\n
A Burgeoning Hacker Culture in Haiti<\/h4>\n
Gov’t Taps Lime For Hospital’s Telecoms Solutions<\/h4>\n
Friday, 24 January 2014<\/h3>\n
BCPOU\u00a0disappointed by announcement<\/span><\/h4>\n
Bran: Govt Should Say Sorry For Selling A Dream<\/h4>\n
CWC, Bahamas govt create BTC Foundation for Bahamians<\/h4>\n
FNM: BTC Deal Is A Betrayal<\/h4>\n
Prime Minister Christie on the CWC share transfer<\/h4>\n
Roberts\u00a0calls Minnis \u2018unpatriotic\u2019<\/h4>\n
Wilson:\u00a0BTC privatization probe still needed<\/h4>\n
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Barbados expects to earn millions in foreign exchange from animation industry<\/h4>\nLIME upgrade<\/h4>\n
Union’s BTC Board Control Hope Dashed<\/h4>\n
Flow’s search for English’s replacement to start next week<\/h4>\n
Jamaica’s BPO among least costly<\/h4>\n
Caribbean region looking to adopt Jamaica’s telecoms model \u2014 Paulwell<\/h4>\n
Digicel Business\u00a0wins Avaya Partner of the Year award<\/h4>\n
Digicel to ‘reward’ thousands of lucky customers<\/h4>\n
LIME slashes USA roaming rates<\/h4>\n
120 TSTT employees stage midday protest<\/h4>\n
Saturday, 25 January 2014<\/h3>\n
One ring cell phone scam<\/h4>\n
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\u00a0\u2018Glitch\u2019 leads to non-payment of TSTT salaries<\/h4>\nSunday, 26 January 2014<\/h3>\n
GT&T blames road contractor for Diamond, Grove service loss<\/h4>\n
Columbus pushing cloud services amid projections for 18% growth in the region<\/h4>\n