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A roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 14 July to Sunday 20 July 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nMonday, 14 July 2014<\/h3>\n

BTC Deal Closing Eyed For July 21<\/h4>\n

Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The Government and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) are now aiming to conclude their \u20182 per cent\u2019 deal over the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) on July 21, Tribune Business has been told\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Inova Solutions Is Microsoft Partner Of The Year<\/h4>\n

Curacao<\/em> \u2013 Inova Solutions NV has won the 2014 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Curacao\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean telecoms shut down VoIP services, leaving expatriates in the lurch<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 At least once a day, Roxane Ledan chatted with her daughter at college in Canada using free call- and video-conferencing applications on her cellphone. Three weeks ago, the connection went dead\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 15 July 2014<\/h3>\n

Williams Unveils BTC Management Shake-Up<\/h4>\n

Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 Leon Williams has begun \u201cthe repairs to flight BTC\u201d with an extensive management restructuring, with well-placed insiders yesterday suggesting turbulence lies ahead at the privatised communications carrier\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Is Viber Problem Or Victim?<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Are voice-over Internet-protocol (VoIP) providers (like Viber) the real issue or are they completely innocent bystanders being singled out to take the blame for someone else’s mistakes?.. more<\/a><\/p>\n

Flow to offer 100Mbps broadband from next month<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia<\/em> \u2013 Columbus Communications, which acquired Saint Lucian cable company Karib Cable in March 2013, plans to launch faster high speed internet services on the island next month\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tech community disagrees with Digicel’s ban on VoIP apps<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The T&T Computer Society (TTCS), the Internet Society T&T Chapter (ISOC-TT) and the IEEE T&T Section (IEEE-TT) disagree with the move by Digicel\u00a0to ban\u00a0Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications from its network\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 16 July 2014<\/h3>\n

Concerns raised about Internet service<\/h4>\n

British Virgin Islands<\/em> \u2013 Poor Internet and cell phone service are simply part of a wider culture of poor customer service and low expectations in the Virgin Islands. This must change if these islands are to truly compete internationally and meet global service benchmarks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Internet speeds draw more complaints<\/h4>\n

British Virgin Islands<\/em> \u2013 As many Internet users continue to complain about the ongoing slow speed of service, DSL provider LIME said this week that upgrades to fibre optic cable are ongoing and should bring vast improvements soon\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haiti\"The Conatel call to order the Digicel<\/h4>\n

Haiti <\/em>\u2013 Following the blocking since June 17, 2014, on the 4G network of the company Digicel, of all VoIP applications (among others : Viber, Skype, Tango, Nimbuzz, MagicJack), which operate on devices using a SIM card\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel reverses block of VoIP apps in Haiti<\/h4>\n

Haiti <\/em>\u2013 With questions of corruption and internet censorship a crescendo about the shadowy practices of Digicel and the government of its largest market, Haiti, it was announced Wednesday that by midnight, Digicel will unblock all VoIP applications, banned a month ago by the communications provider\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Lottery scammer caught in the act, arrested<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Police on Monday arrested and charged a 28-year-old bar operator of Whitehouse Gardens, Westmoreland as he allegedly attempted to coerce an overseas victim to send money in a lottery scam\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

tTech expands, seeks wider customer base<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 MANAGED IT services provider, tTech Limited, increased its staff by a third and moved to a bigger office, as part of its push to expand its customer base beyond the GraceKennedy Group\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Partnership Between Telecommunications Services Of Trinidad And Tobago, Limited (TSTT) And Curacao Technology Exchange, N.V. (CTEX) To Deliver High-End Datacenter And Cloud Services<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TSTT), and Cura\u00e7ao Technology Exchange N.V. (CTEX) today announced that they have reached a partnership agreement to deliver high-end communications, datacenter Colocation, Cloud, managed services and disaster recovery services to customers in Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and other countries in the region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media platform designed exclusively for businesses<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 JAMAICAN businesses are being urged to join the region’s first social media platform, designed to help Latin American and Caribbean business expand into global markets \u2014 ConnectAmericas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Why the Caribbean Should Care About Net Neutrality<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 For those who figure that the issue of net neutrality doesn’t affect them, Trinidad-based blogger Activized connects the dots\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

blink | bmobile Donates 100 Samsung Galaxy Tablets to TechnoKids Camp<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 \u201cbmobile, bmobile, bmobile\u2026\u201d That was the chant of the 300 plus children who gathered for the opening day of the TechnoKids Camp 2014, hosted by the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training (MTEST), at the NESC campus, Point Lisas on Saturday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TSTT restoring services to affected mobile customers<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Earlier today (July 16th) TSTT discovered a software issue that affected the ability of some prepaid, postpaid and blackberry customers to use data services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 17 July 2014<\/h3>\n

Digicel More launched<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 MOBILE PHONE ADVERTISING is the next big thing and will \u201crevolutionise\u201d the way Barbadian businesses reach their customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BarbadosPositive outcomes being seen with ITS For Teens Programme<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 The Community Development Department\u2019s Information Technology Summer Teens Programme, referred to as \u201cITS For Teens\u201d, is proving to be extremely beneficial in several ways for participating adolescents, many of whom face various psychosocial and economic challenges\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Some 5% of Wind Telecom’s subs have triple play packages<\/h4>\n

Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Some 5 percent of Dominican Republic telecoms operator Wind Telecom’s subscribers have triple play packages including voice, internet and pay-TV services Telesemana reports, citing the company’s executive Vice President Damian Baez\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Laptops shared at Trafalgar Union group<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Staff of the One Laptop Per Family (<\/strong>OLPF) Secretariat yesterday visited the Trafalgar Union Women\u2019s Training Group and Bath Primary School in Region Five and distributed approximately 600 laptops to villagers in those communities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

INDECOM may get phone records<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) seems close to getting access to data from telephone calls made by members of the security forces accused of breaching the rights of civilians from local telecommunications providers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

INDECOM Wants Access To Telephone Data To Assist Probes<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Justice Minister Senator Mark Golding has thrown his support behind a recommendation by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) that the investigative and prosecutorial body be given the right to access telecommunications data that would assist in its probes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Enhanced Skills needed for expanded ICT use in Disaster Risk Management<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to significantly improve the management of disaster risk in the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Time To Revisit Caribbean Telecom Regulations<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 The move by two major Caribbean mobile providers to block access to popular Internet-based telephony services continues to capture regional attention\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"St_Vincent_and_the_GrenadinesSt Vincent PM not pleased with new cable provider<\/h4>\n

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines <\/em>\u2013 St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said he is not pleased with the situation where it appears that cable television company Flow did not give enough consideration to the needs of the people\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Student among winners of Caribbean-wide tech competition<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 An 18-year-old Trinidadian was awarded second place in the recently concluded 2014 World Telecommunications Information and Society Day (WTISD) video competition\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Rebate of Credits to Affected Mobile Customers<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 TSTT wishes to advise prepaid, postpaid and BlackBerry customers whose account balances were affected due to a software issue yesterday, that the Company has successfully corrected these balances for approximately 50% of affected customers thus far\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TSTT: Disaster ready<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 MURPHY\u2019s Law states, \u201canything that can go wrong, will go wrong\u201d. While albeit solid advice, Murphy fails to mention that the impact of potentially disastrous events can be alleviated by coupling anticipation with preparation. Strategists in the business arena refer to this as Disaster Management or more recently, Business Continuity Planning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 18 July 2014<\/h3>\n

Carrier’s $40m Spend Waits On Gov’t Approval<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 A Bahamas-based communications provider will invest at least 80 per cent of its planned $50 million capital expenditure programme in this nation, once the Government approves its majority acquisition by an international player\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Two\u00a0months after spy claims emerged, U.S. silent<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Two months after allegations surfaced that the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States was recording and archiving every cell phone call in The Bahamas, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell said yesterday the government is still awaiting a formal response from the Americans\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Online Poll: Cable television most popular<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Television reception through a cable provider is most common in the Cayman Islands. Slightly more than half of the respondents to last week\u2019s Cayman Compass online poll who reported having television said they got service through that method\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.brandsoftheworld.com\/logo\/digicel-1\"Digicel Enters Cable Television Market With Telstar Acquisition<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Group has reached an agreement with Telstar Cable Limited to acquire its cable and fibre network in Jamaica, but the deal still requires regulatory approval\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel to buy Telstar cable-TV company<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications giant Digicel today announced that it has reached an agreement with Telstar Cable Limited to acquire its cable network in Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Local IT firm offers open-source application system to SMSEs<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Local IT consulting firm, Ingenuity Technology is offering open-source application systems that could see small businesses saving some $500,000 in start-up cost… more<\/a><\/p>\n

OUR probe continues into plans to block VoIP services<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of\u00a0 Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked Digicel and LIME for more information as it continues its probe into the recent decision of the two companies to block VOIP services on their networks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Denis O\u2019Brien \u2018is on the wrong side of history\u2019, says Viber chief<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 Digicel is embroiled in a cross-Caribbean scrap with a phalanx of angry VoIP (internet telephony) providers, upon which Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s company wants to levy fees for providing voice call services using its data network\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TelEm Group restores services to Pelican Key, customers with self-block feature still affected.<\/h4>\n

Sint Maarten <\/em>\u2013 TelEm Group has restored all voice and internet services to customers in Pelican Key area after carrying out emergency repairs to a damaged underground cable nearby\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TelEm Group technicians tackling network issues.<\/h4>\n

Sint Maarten <\/em>\u2013 TelEm Group technicians are busy tackling network issues that have been affecting residential and business customers during the past two days\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 19 July 2014<\/h3>\n

Unplugged and efficient<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 I\u2019ve recently gotten back into watching stand-up comedy\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Five arrested in St Elizabeth for lottery scamming<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The police on Wednesday, July 16 arrested five people they say are affiliated to the \u2018Up and Live\u2019 gang that operates out of Crooks Bottom, Elderslie, St Elizabeth\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"JamaicaJamaican Youth to Benefit from Digital Employment Opportunities<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 About 15,000 young Jamaicans will benefit from training, digital work opportunities and seed investments to boost the digital and animation industries in the country as a result of a US$ 20 million loan for a Youth Employment in Digital & Animation Industries Project approved by the World Bank Board of Directors\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Origin of video still being sought<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 \u00a0Investigations are continuing into the origin of a video which was shared on various social media sites on Thursday, in which a woman was shown using a shovel to beat a boy about his body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 20 July 2014<\/h3>\n

Columbus joins business telephone race<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Columbus Business Solutions (CBS) is set to challenge the dominance of LIME in the business telephone market with its hosted PBX solution\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel Fibre Roll-Out On Track<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 After three months on the job, Digicel is on track to complete phase one of the roll out of its subterranean network in Kingston and Montego Bay by the end of this month\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

E-mail probers go to Central Authority<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The Central Authority has been approached by investigators probing a series of 31 \u201ce-mails\u201d, which were revealed in Parliament by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley in May 2013… more<\/a><\/p>\n

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