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A roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 19 May to Sunday 25 May 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nMonday, 19 May 2014<\/h3>\n

Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013 The National Security Agency is secretly intercepting, recording, and archiving the audio of virtually every cell phone conversation on the island nation of the Bahamas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Gov\u2019t declares support for CCT, but\u2026<\/h4>\n

British Virgin Islands \u2013 The National Democratic Party government has declared its preference for CCT on the basis that it is the locally owned company in the territory\u2019s telecoms market where multi-nationals Digicel and LIME are also major players\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME completes HSPA\/LTE deployments in Cayman Islands<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), operating under the LIME banner, and Swedish equipment vendor Ericsson have completed the rollout of the cellco\u2019s Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the Cayman Islands, which now covers 100% of the country\u2019s territory\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME Invests Billions In Mobile Network<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013 Telecoms giant LIME is investing US$79 million or J$8.7 billion to upgrade its mobile network to deliver more of its fast 4G broadband speeds to more places across Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CWC appoints new Director of Communications and Culture<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) today announces the appointment of Grace Silvera as Director of Communications and Culture\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean-based Internet Strategist Bevil Wooding receives LACNIC Lifetime Achievement Award<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 The Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) has honoured Caribbean-based technology expert and philanthropist Bevil Wooding with its 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel Business announced as platinum sponsor of the Virtual Educa Conference<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 Digicel Business was today announced as platinum sponsor of the Virtual Educa Conference which takes place in Port-of-Spain on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th May\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 20 May 2014<\/h3>\n

LIME launches HSPA+ in Antigua and Barbuda; sets October LTE date<\/h4>\n

Antigua and Barbuda \u2013 LIME (Cable & Wireless) Antigua and Barbuda has announced that its W-CDMA\/HSPA+ 3.5G mobile network is now available nationwide, thanks to an initial XCD35 million (USD13 million) investment in high speed broadband by the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.eleutheranews.com\/\"B.T.C. Probes U.S. ‘Spying’ Claim<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) last night promised to urgently investigate \u201cthe integrity\u201d of its cellular network, amid claims that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is intercepting almost every mobile call made in the Bahamas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Call for telecoms providers to collaborate<\/h4>\n

Barbados \u2013 \u201cAs telecommunications providers, companies like Columbus Barbados need to acknowledge and understand the importance of working alongside its competitors to fully realise the transformative impact that broadband and ICTs can have on the region.\u201d \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

2 Belizean students among top four winners in regional competition<\/h4>\n

Belize \u2013 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is observed annually in the Caribbean on May seventeenth\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel says mobile 4G now 92% population coverage<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013 Telecommunication company, Digicel, on Tuesday announced that it has recently completed \u201ca massive expansion project\u201d on its 4G mobile network, increasing its footprint to 92 per cent population coverage across Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Chinese cyber espionage renews Caribbean security concerns<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 An announcement on Monday that a grand jury in the United States has indicted five Chinese hackers for cyber espionage and other offenses directed at the U.S. nuclear power, metals and solar products industries has renewed concerns that a number of Caribbean governments may be at risk as recipients of personal computers supplied by foreign agencies\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TATT Turns Ten<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) hosted a reception to celebrate its tenth anniversary on May 9 at the Century Ballroom of the Queen\u2019s Park Oval in Port of Spain\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 21 May 2014<\/h3>\n

Bahamas government responds to spying reports<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013 On 19th May, at a routine lunch with US Charge d\u2019Affairs John Dinkelman, he flagged the possibility of a story being released based on the leaks of the former US government employee Edward Snowden and that they would involve The Bahamas and the use of monitoring apparatus in The Bahamas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Recording Calls ‘Clearly Illegal’<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013 THE allegations of possible surveillance of cellphone calls in the Bahamas are \u201cstartling\u201d and, if proven, then the behaviour would be \u201cclearly illegal\u201d, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CCT fined $50k over spectrum dispute<\/h4>\n

British Virgin Islands \u2013 The territory\u2019s telecommunications regulator has fined CCT Global Communications $50,000 for allegedly using the public spectrum without permission in March and April\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cuban blogger’s news site blocked after going live<\/h4>\n

Cuba \u2013 Cuba’s first major independent general-interest news outlet in five decades was blocked on Wednesday shortly after being launched by the country’s best-known dissident blogger\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel confirms lowest dropped call rate in Jamaica<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013 Digicel Jamaica has confirmed that it has the lowest dropped call rate of any local operator\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Telecoms expect half of population on mobile broadband in 2014<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013 TELECOM players expect half the population on mobile Internet by year-end, with investments projected to be over $14 billion in anticipation of that demand\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.marketingmagazine.co.uk\/news\/993437\/\"CWC reports net profit of USD951m in FY2014<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 UK-based Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has posted a 4% year-on-year decline in revenue from its continuing operations to USD1.873 billion in the twelve months to end-March 2014, \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cable & Wireless Launches Investment Programme As It Continues To Struggle<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications PLC Wednesday said it swung to a pretax loss in its last financial year as it booked higher expenses for its restructuring and cost reduction programme and as growth in mobile, broadband and TV revenue failed to offset declines for its fixed-line and data operations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean moves to Phase One of LACNIC\u2019s IPv4 exhaustion\u00a0planning<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 The application process for Internet Protocol (IP)\u00a0addresses just got stricter, as very\u00a0soon, new IPv4 addresses will be fully depleted around the globe\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Ranking the Caribbean on Cell Phone Use<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 Where do people use cell phones the most in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean Classrooms of the Future Initiative Launched in Trinidad and Tobago with the OAS, Virtual Educa and the Private Sector<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 A series of technologically advanced classrooms, designed to benefit thousands of students and educators in schools across the Caribbean,\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 22 May 2014<\/h3>\n

BTC ‘War Games’ Over Cellular Competition<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has been staging \u201cwar games\u201d to prepare for cellular competition, with its controlling shareholder engaging help from Panama and ex-Digicel executives\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cayman tops region in cell phone use<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands \u2013 The latest World Bank\u2019s World Development Indicators Report found Cayman Islands have the most cell phones of those polled in the Caribbean region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel increases coverage with 4G expansion<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013 DIGICEL says it has completed a massive expansion project on its 4G mobile network that has increased its coverage to 92 per cent of the population\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Shame On Flow For Shipping Jobs To T&T<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Mr Gordon Robinson’s article in\u00a0The Sunday Gleaner, ‘The real meaning of devaluation’ (May 18, 2014), is excellent\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CWC to invest an additional $250M in networks<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications used its full-year results to unveil Project Marlin, a programme to invest an additional $250 million in its networks across the\u00a0Caribbean and Central America\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

IDB launches DigiLAC<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 LATIN America and the Caribbean lag far behind developed countries in broadband penetration, according to a new index launched today by the Inter-American Development Bank\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

It Pays to Use LIME. Activate & Win!<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis \u2013 LIME kicked off its New Activate & Win promotion with the announcement of the first two weekly winners of $1,000 Cash just for activating or using any of its mobile talk, text, or data plans\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Trinidad_and_TobagoCan Technology Transform Education in Trinidad & Tobago?<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Education recently co-hosted the second Virtual Educa Caribbean forum, a two-day workshop which explored different ways in which Information and Communications Technology (ICT) can have an impact on education\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Taking the Lead: Broadband for sustainable development<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 WHEN people hear the term broadband internet they immediately associate it with high speed internet access that far surpasses its dial-up counterpart\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 23 May 2014<\/h3>\n

High-Level Talks In NSA Spy Row<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013 FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday defended his handling of the situation surrounding the recording of all cellphone calls in the Bahamas saying that meetings are being held at the \u201chighest levels\u201d to get to the bottom of it\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wilson:\u00a0BTC \u2018two percent\u2019 deal being \u2018refined\u2019<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013 The deal announced in January between Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and the government to transfer two percent of the company\u2019s shares into a charitable trust has yet to be formalized, with Franklyn Wilson, the government\u2019s chief negotiator of the deal, claiming it is being \u201crefined\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Race to the finish for TV competitors<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands \u2013 Cayman\u2019s four telecommunications companies are in the midst of an infrastructure race to build \u201cfiber to home\u201d networks that will enable them to offer high-definition television and high-speed Internet to customers across Cayman\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Bancaribe Lights Up Its Disaster Recovery Site At CTEX\u2019s Tier-Iv Datacenter<\/h4>\n

Cura\u00e7ao \u2013 Cura\u00e7ao Technology Exchange N.V. (CTEX) announced it has been selected by Bancaribe Curacao Bank, N.V. for a long-term commitment to host the bank\u2019s critical disaster recovery infrastructure\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Luncheon mum on profitability of GT&T shares sale<\/h4>\n

Guyana \u2013 Two years after Government sold its 20 percent shares in Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) it remains tight-lipped about the financial transaction\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Technology coming to reduce Internet costs<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013 The country is expected to save more than US$2 million per year, with the creation of the Jamaica Internet Exchange Point (IXP), scheduled for implementation by the end of July\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CWC plans Central American investment<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications has unveiled Project Marlin, a $250 million investment programme covering its networks across the\u00a0Caribbean and Central America\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean leaders to meet on cybercrime and eGovernance<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 An upcoming meeting of Caribbean Commonwealth officials with responsibility for ICT will bring the region’s eGovernance and cybercrime issues squarely into focus\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

275 Digicel Customers Received CASHBACK to Date<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis \u2013 Loyal Prepaid and Postpaid customers of the top telecommunications company in St. Kitts and Nevis, Digicel, have been receiving CASHBACK every week day for the last six weeks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 24 May 2014<\/h3>\n

\"http:\/\/www.ectel.int\"World Telecommunications And Information Society Day 2014<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) joined the international community to celebrate World Telecommunications and Information Society Day (WTISD), May 17, 2014\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Focus and fearlessness key in ITC\u2008careers<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 Girls from secondary schools across T&T got the opportunity to meet and interact with some of this country\u2019s leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) female professionals and scientists, at the Women and Girls in ICT Forum on May 21\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

No leads yet in \u2018emailgate\u2019<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 It has been over a year since\u00a0Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley released a series of 31 \u201ce-mails\u201d in Parliament, purported to have been exchanges among four Government ministers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 25 May 2014<\/h3>\n

The Bahamas Wants To Know The Reasons Of NSA Recording Its Phone Calls<\/h4>\n

Bahamas \u2013 T<\/strong>he Bahamas government officials want their US counterparts to explain why the National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting and recording every cell phone call taking place on the island nation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel US$1-b expansion should be completed by next March<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 DIGICEL Group is expected to complete a two-year, US$1 billion expansion by next March\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image credits: \u00a0NS Newsflash<\/a> (flickr); \u00a0The Eleutheran<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0ECTEL<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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