{"id":75950,"date":"2015-05-11T07:15:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T12:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=75950"},"modified":"2017-04-07T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T20:29:26","slug":"roundup-week-10-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2015\/05\/roundup-week-10-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 10 May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 4 May to Sunday 10 May 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n

Monday, 4 May 2015<\/h3>\n

BTC leading the way with women in ICT<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology (ICT), less than 30% of persons in the ICT sector worldwide are women\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Evans:\u00a0BTC employees awaiting outcome of redundancy process<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) President Bernard Evans has stated that a \u201cdoom and gloom\u201d mood has settled over Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) employees as they await the outcome of the company\u2019s \u201ctedious\u201d redundancy process\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Brazil to Guyana fibre optic cable\u2026 Dax contract is born out of corrupt intentions \u2013 Lawyers<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Most, if not all contracts between Government and any contractor for any national project are supposed to have certain central conditions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Fibre optic cable giveaway<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 By its shadowy and opaque standards of governance cemented over the last 15 years or so, it came as no surprise that the PPP government stealthily signed a deal with a local contractor to \u201crehabilitate\u201d the controversial fibre optic cable project\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Telecommunications Firm Commits To Social Cause<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Telecommunications firm Flow has a binding moral obligation to the well-being of the people of Jamaica, hence its big effort in health, fitness and great causes such as the MoBay City Run, which it is one of the main sponsors\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME Network Upgrades<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/em> \u2013 LIME is pleased to advise of an upgrade our Regional MPLS network. This upgrade will allow us to offer new features and enhanced network performance\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Mind Change: How digital technologies are leaving their mark on our brains<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Are computers and cyberspace changing our brains? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TATT puts focus on consumers<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 In a space of just ten years, the number of mobile phone subscribers in T&T has increased from 530,000 subscribers in 2004 to 1,980,000 subscribers as at December 2014\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 5 May 2015<\/h3>\n

URCA\u00a0challenges CBL\u2019s push to build cell towers<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Amid an ongoing row between Cable Bahamas Ltd. (CBL) and the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) over the construction of new cellular towers, an URCA official has challenged the cable giant over a perceived rush to produce new towers without adequate justification\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

World War 1 Exhibition Using Android & Apple Apps, Now On At Barbados Museum<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 On the occasion of the commemoration of the Centenary of the Great War, the Institut Fran\u00e7ais and its partners have created an interactive exhibition simply entitled \u201814-18\u2018 which mixes paper and numeric materials\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TV regulators seek new formula for local content<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Television regulators are contemplating collecting fees from cable companies to create a universal service fund to help pay for the production of \u201cpublic service broadcasting.\u201d \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

National Discussion on Mobile Apps Industry development<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 The Ministry of Information, Science Telecommunications and Technology will on Wednesday 6 May 2015 host a national consultation on the development of the Mobile Apps Industry in Dominica with a UWI Consulting Team\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Joseph MP Contributes To Primary School ICT Education<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 The Ministry of Information, Science Telecommunication and Technology as part of its mandate to continue ICT education has made a significant contribution to the Kelleb Laurent Primary School in St. Joseph\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Age Appropiate Learning Technology Being Provided In Schools<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Minister of Education, \u00a0Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry will continue to introduce age appropriate learning technology in schools islandwide, including smart boards, tablet computers, virtual education, among others\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

New Top Up App From Digicel<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 Digicel has announced the official launch of its convenient Top Up App which delivers a fast, reliable and convenient way for customers from abroad to send minutes to their family and friends living in the Caribbean anytime\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"St_Vincent_and_the_GrenadinesIS hacks St. Vincent government Web site<\/h4>\n

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines <\/em>\u2013 Hackers claiming to represent Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation commandeered the official Web site of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government to post a message accusing US and NATO Forces of “organised butchery.” \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Emailgate questions remain 2 years later<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Two years later the question remains: were the alleged emailgate exchanges true or not? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TATT encourages disabled young women to pursue tech careers<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 A local telecommunications industry official is encouraging disabled young women to pursue careers in technology sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 6 May 2015<\/h3>\n

BTC wins gold and silver in international phone book awards<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has won gold and silver medals in the highly competitive regional, Telephone Directory awards competition held by The Association of Directory Publishers (ADP), an international trade association serving the Yellow Pages industry since 1898\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

High School Students enjoy a \u2018High-Tech\u2019 Day Exploring Careers in the ICT Sector<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Students and teachers from more than 15 high schools throughout New Providence joined more than 100,000 young women worldwide in celebrating Girls in Information and Communications Technology ( ICT) Day) recently\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Gamers on board<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 A MATRIX is defined as an environment or material in which something develops\u2026. more<\/a><\/p>\n

Online government services progressing<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 A new steering committee hopes to launch an Internet portal this year that would move many Cayman Islands government services online\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Government Says Computers For All Schools<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 The Government of Dominica is on a mission to ensure that all schools on the island are equipped with computers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Govt. lies about free fibre optic cable repairs<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Government\u2019s claim that Dax Contracting Services would be repairing the Brazil fibre optic cable at no cost to taxpayers, is false and misleading\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Barnett To Invest In Dormitory Housing For BPO Workers<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 The two international business process outsourcing (BPO) companies, Xerox and Advanced Call Centre Technologies (ACCT), will officially open new plants at the Barnett Tech Park in Montego Bay today\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Impending action against cable companies not prompted by Obama visit, says OPM<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister Wednesday said the recent visit to Jamaica by the United States President Barack Obama did not prompt impending regulatory action pertaining to unlicensable cable channels\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"CableC&W Communications Announces New Brands<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 Following the completion of the merger of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus International on 31 March 2015, CWC today announces new corporate and consumer-facing brands for the combined Group, which will be rolled out in the coming months in markets where the necessary regulatory approvals have been obtained\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

The power of the ambient video background and web forms that work<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 OVER the last few years we have seen the emergence of video backgrounds slowly making their debut\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

St Lucia gov\u2019t moving to strengthen cyber-security<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 The St Lucia government says it is moving to strengthen cyber-security in light of the recent attack on the official web site of the St Vincent and the Grenadines government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

PM says hacking of website hasn\u2019t compromised government<\/h4>\n

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines <\/em>\u2013 Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Tuesday said that the email system of his administration was not compromised when the website was hacked on Sunday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 7 May 2015<\/h3>\n

“URCA stifles Cable Bahamas’ licensed services”<\/h4>\n

Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 Cable Bahamas wishes to clarify that its recent tower construction is part of the expansion of its existing licensed services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

San Pedro Central Park Wired for Free Wi-Fi Service<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 The San Pedro Town Council has outfitted Central Park in downtown San Pedro, Ambergris Caye with equipment to provide free WiFi service to island residents\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Nexus 2015: Cuba\u2019s Internet Infrastructure Lags Behind, But It Can Scale Up Its Telecom Offerings<\/h4>\n

Cuba<\/em> \u2013 Since December 17, when President Obama announced the normalization of U.S. relations with Cuba, there has been a frenzy of speculation over how foreign investment will target the island\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cable thieves leave LIME customers sour<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Another case of cable theft has left LIME customers in Linstead, St Catherine, and surrounding areas without proper Internet and telephone services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Grace Kennedy, Cable Operators And Unashamedly Ethical<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 According to\u00a0T<\/strong>he Gleaner\u00a0of April 2, the Court of Appeal in a judgment written by Justice Hazel Harris in the case\u00a0Paymaster vs Grace Kennedy\u00a0concluded that Paymaster didn’t own the software on which its operations function\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sectoral Debate: Health Records To Put In Electronic Format<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 A system to digitise health records and have them accessible on an electronic platform is being piloted in Jamaica’s health sector… more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cable & Wireless Communications Recognized as Avaya Central America and the Caribbean Mid-Market Partner of the Year<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) today announced it has been recognized as Avaya Central America and the Caribbean Mid-Market Partner of the Year for 2014\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Case for court technology<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 It may not be a widely known fact, but courts throughout the Caribbean have been investing heavily and making great advances in leveraging technology to improve the administration of justice\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Next for Caribbean Cable?<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 I was shocked at Gary Sinclair\u2019s seeming honesty and openness as he responded to Journalist Dionne Jackson Miller\u2019s probing questions about cable TV and copyright infringements\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

To Mom, With Love From Digicel SKN<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 At Digicel, we are quite aware that no present can be equal to the gift of life that our Moms have blessed us with, but, we will attempt to get as close as possible to saying \u201cThank You\u201d this Mother\u2019s Day!\u00a0\u2028 … more<\/a><\/p>\n

HBO producing exclusive content at the St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival for the second year<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 HBO has teamed up with the Saint Lucia Tourist Board to showcase the best of the 2015 Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival, where a production crew is live on-site to capture interviews and exclusive footage of musical performances, tourist attractions and fashion events. This marks the second HBO-produced special in Saint Lucia\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 8 May 2015<\/h3>\n

Telecom investments hit new record<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunication equipment imports are up by more than $10 million over the past five years, led by investments to roll out fiber Internet and television connections, according to foreign trade data from the Economics and Statistics Office\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

BUSINESS BYTE: CWC Business Solutions launches MyOffice in Dominica<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless (CWC) Business Solutions has teamed up with global business solutions providers, Avaya, Juniper and BlackBerry, to retrofit offices across Dominica with new state-of-the art telephone systems\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

New exchange platform of inter-institutional data<\/h4>\n

Haiti <\/em>\u2013 At the initiative of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the leadership of Secretary General of the Primature, in collaboration with the General Coordinator of the OMRH, a working meeting was held at the Primature around the establishment of a government electronic platform called X-Road… more<\/a><\/p>\n

Senator Riche concerned about technology access in elections<\/h4>\n

Haiti <\/em>\u2013 Sitting Senator Andris Riche lamented over the institution of an online registration system for candidates for elections in Haiti this fall. The senior-most senator, representing Grand’Anse, said he was taking up the cause of farmers and citizens living in rural areas who are not accustomed to such technologies\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"JamaicaKerr-Jarretts Unveil New Tech Park<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Montego\u00a0Bay power couple, Mark and Paula Kerr-Jarrett, and their partners in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector – Xerox and Advanced Call Centre Technologies (ACT) – unveiled the new Barnett Tech Park on Wednesday\u2026more<\/a><\/p>\n

Local banks gear up for new card security system<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 LOCAL banking institutions are now being questioned about their readiness in implementing a security system to reduce credit and debit card fraud, as liability shifts from banks to merchants over the next five months\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME Brand Axed, Flow Elevated In Unfolding Telecoms Merger<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W) will kill the LIME brand and elevate Flow, a decision that group director of communications and culture, Grace Silvera, said was based on customers’ votes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CWU: TSTT retirees suffering over expired medical plan<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has claimed that the failure by Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) to finalise a new medical plan provider is costing retirees their lives\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

ICT community centres soon<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 GOVERNMENT is planning to set up 42 fully functional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centres across the country where people who do not have access to computers and the internet can go and use the internet and become familiar with it\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Data: V.I. has retail jobs but lags in tech<\/h4>\n

US Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 According to federal government data, more people in the Virgin Islands go to work in retail sales each day than in any other reported profession… more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 9 May 2015<\/h3>\n

Seamless phone-to-phone text messaging launched to and from US and Cuba<\/h4>\n

Cuba <\/em>\u2013 SMS Cuba has launched seamless text messaging services between the United States and Cuba\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.ectel.int\"ECTEL To Host 15th Anniversary Conference<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 PRIME Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony, will be the featured speaker when the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL), convenes its 15th Anniversary Conference here Monday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Trend Media Inks Caribbean Distribution Deal With Shazam & Celtra<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 As it marks its one year anniversary, leading Caribbean digital media group Trend Media, publisher of the popular Caribbean news app and website Loop News, has announced a partnership agreement with digital technology giants Shazam and Celtra\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 10 May 2015<\/h3>\n

Former Digicel exec facing larceny charge<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 A former Digicel executive was last Wednesday placed before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court for reportedly defrauding the company of 1,000 SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards last August\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Pharma Company Bioprist Buys Former Jockey Factories For BPO Operation<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Hanover is to get its first business process outsourcing (BPO) operation, with the potential of creating jobs for about 2,000 persons by 2016.. more<\/a><\/p>\n

Xerox To Open Three New Call Centres In New Kingston<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Xerox in Jamaica is expanding its operations in Kingston with the addition of three call centres that are expected to create 860 jobs\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image credits: \u00a0filipe ferreira<\/a> (flickr); \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0ECTEL<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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