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LIME knocks BWU<\/h4>\nA roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 7 January to Sunday 13 January 2013.<\/i><\/p>\n
British Virgin Islands<\/i> \u2013 According to a report by Virgin Islands News Online, Digicel BVI has opened up its voice and data networks to customers of its locally-owned rival Caribbean Cellular Telephone (CCT) following the smaller company\u2019s ongoing network outage\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has put aside US$20 million for on-lending to investors to finance and support the construction of information and communications technology (ICT) facilities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The technology minister Phillip Paulwell says the government is close to signing off on an agreement to have number portability introduced in the telecommunications market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 Telecommunications giant LIME has until tomorrow to return to the negotiations table or it will trigger an island-wide work stoppage\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 A strike is the last thing this country needs\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 LIME has until tomorrow to withdraw the severance letters and return to the bargaining table or else moves will be taken towards island-wide industrial action\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominican Republic <\/i>\u2013 010data, Inc., a market leader in the analyzing, managing and sharing of big data, today announced the company will be participating in the Retail Orphan Initiative (RetailROI) at the National Retail Federation Annual Convention & EXPO from January 13-16 in New York City\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 A critical meeting is to be held today with stakeholders in the telecommunications sector to work out the final details for the introduction of number portability\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company called on the public to do its part in maintaining land and cell phone services by helping stop the copper thefts at BTC sites\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 A leading Government negotiator yesterday suggested Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) may not necessarily need to retain a majority 51 per cent stake in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to consolidate the latter\u2019s performance in its overall financial results\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 Talks between the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and LIME have broken down and there is the possibility of a national strike\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
LIME knocks BWU<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/i> \u2013 Barbados\u2019 largest telecommunications company, LIME, has taken the Barbados Workers\u2019 Union (BWU)\u2008to task for threatening to call a national strike over job redundancies at that company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 LIME has been summoned back to a meeting with Minister of Labour Esther Byer-Suckoo scheduled for 2 p.m. today following a more than three hour-long meeting yesterday evening\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/i>\u2013 Guyana Improving Teacher Education Project (GITEP) under the Ministry of Education, received six (6) bids for the purchasing of laptops\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 Telecommunications company LIME hopes there will be no obstruction to local number portability (LNP) which it hopes will come into effect this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 Telecoms firm, LIME Jamaica has spent US$12 million (J$1.2 billion) to fortify its network to absorb the influx of 150,000 new subscribers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 Today, we continue to profile companies that have been nominated for the prestigious 2012 Gleaner Honour Award. Digicel has been nominated in the category Science and Technology\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 The Bahamas needs \u201ca world class intellectual property rights system\u201d, a leading private sector executive said yesterday, as the Government unveiled a seven-strong Bill package designed to bring this nation in line with \u201cinternational best practices\u201d and World Trade Organisation (WTO) requirements\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados <\/i>\u2013 Telecoms giant, LIME said it is \u201cdisappointed that the Barbados Workers\u2019 Union would escalate to a national work stoppage to press for a bigger separation package to replace an already enhanced and generous redundancy pay-out for displaced colleagues\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR), is now holding consultations with mobile service providers, as it seeks to settle on mobile termination rates\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 Information communication technology (ICT) competency and readiness in Trinidad and Tobago is no longer a far-reaching goal, but rather the natural next step in its development journey… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 Inter office communication in large expanding companies is always a challenge. For TTPost, with over 1000 employees and several corporate offices and franchise outlets across the country, the same was true\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Antigua & Barbuda <\/i>\u2013 After spending the last three years restructuring the operations of the Central Marketing Corporation (CMC), General Manager Dalma Hill has made public his intention to move on to greener pastures\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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BTC To \u2018Leverage Internet Market Lead\u2019 Through TV<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/i>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is aiming to use its new TV product \u201cto gain a market leading Internet position\u201d, its chief executive yesterday saying the company should never have let its broadband share drop to 25 per cent\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i>\u2013 Negotiations regarding the re-nationalization of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) are far from over, said Prime Minister Perry Christie, who also expressed concern yesterday over Cable and Wireless Communications’ (CWC) decreasing market share in other parts of the world and the impact it could have on CWC\u2019s performance in The Bahamas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 The union which represents local private sector bosses thinks the Barbados Workers Union planned national strike against one of its members is unwarranted\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 \u201cI know when, but only I know when. There will be industrial action but we will determine where, how and when. The time and the hour will be decided when the General Secretary announces.\u201d \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
St. Kitts & Nevis <\/i>\u2013 In 1984, The Cable commenced operation on St. Kitts with only twelve (12) channels\u2026. more<\/a><\/p>\n
Antigua & Barbuda <\/i>\u2013 In anticipation of the implementation of the computer tablet initiative to secondary school students, Acting Education Minister, Sen Winston Williams Jr convened a meeting with project teams from the Ministries of Education and Technology to get an update on the status of the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados <\/i>\u2013 The door of Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo remains open to warring factions LIME and the Barbados Workers\u2019 Union (BWU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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Haiti – Technology : Launch of electronic declaration system by internet<\/h4>\nHaiti <\/i>\u2013 Marie-Carmelle Jean-Marie, Minister of Economy and Finance, proceeded Thursday at the launch of the e-declaration, an electronic system that allows taxpayers to make online their income declaration electronically (e-declaration) from the website of the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) www.dgi.gouv.ht \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Ahmad Zia Mian, the Pakistani-born director general of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) since February 2009, is to demit office in a month’s time… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Suriname<\/i> \u2013 Telesur, a full telecommunications service provider for the South American nation of Suriname, announced that it will expand its existing offerings by executing a partnership with Net2Phone to act as its hosted provider of broadband phone service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 Jamaica is encouraging private-public partnerships as it seeks to develop the island\u2019s information communication and technology (ICT) sector, said Sharon Ffolkes Abrahamas, junior minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Image credits: \u00a0Gary Thomson (flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n
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