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A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 8 June to Sunday 14 June 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nMonday, 8 June 2015<\/h3>\n

Digicel closes BTC deal<\/h4>\n

Bermuda<\/em> \u2013 Digicel has completed its acquisition of Bermuda Telephone Company (BTC). But the telecommunications company is keeping the details of the deal, including how much it paid for BTC, close to its chest\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel more mobile than rest<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 The Baker Tilly Corporate Shootout\u2019s second week saw Digicel really hit their stride, extending their lead at the top of the squash table by five points after claiming the maximum eight points on Thursday night\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cable & Wireless Jamaica reports 17% rise in revenues<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless Jamaica, which trades under the LIME brand, has reported revenues of JMD21.59 billion (USD184 million) for its fiscal year to 31 March 2015, up 17% year-over-year, boosted by growth in its mobile and broadband operations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME marketing manager made redundant, GM departing soon<\/h4>\n

Turk and Caicos Islands <\/em>\u2013 MARKETING manager for Lime TCI, Rachel Harvey confirmed to the Weekly News on Thursday (June 4) that her position with the company has become redundant and that she will be moving on to other things\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 9 June 2015<\/h3>\n

Amendments to be made to Cyber Security Act<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Amendments to the Cyber Security Act (2010) to include increased penalties and fines for cyber criminals should be passed in Parliament in another month\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cable & Wireless Pioneers The Use Of Drone Technology For Post Hurricane Surveillance In The Region<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 As the Caribbean prepares for the hurricane season, which began on June 1st, 2015, Cable and Wireless Communications (C&W) has begun to test drone technology that would help expedite network and connectivity restoration in the aftermath of natural disasters such as a hurricane or a tropical storm\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t play Charlie Charlie<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 CHILDREN should be discouraged from playing the Charlie Charlie game, says Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) Satnarayan Maharaj\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 10 June 2015<\/h3>\n

URCA Accuses Cable Of Breaching Tower Bar<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Cable Bahamas\u2019 battle with URCA over its communications tower construction has intensified, after the regulator accused the BISX-listed provider of breaching its order to halt their build-out\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

FLOW\u2019s former head of Columbus Business Solutions, now VP of CWC Business (Barbados)<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Cable & Wireless Business has announced the appointment of Jaggernauth (Jaggs) Dass as Vice President of Business and Government Sales in Barbados\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cayman_IslandsICCI launches online learning<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 The International College of the Cayman Islands is launching a new online learning program, starting in July for students in its Bachelor of Business Administration Program\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Survey: Cayman Internet fast but expensive<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands<\/em> \u2013 A recent survey of Caribbean Internet providers show the Cayman Islands has some of the fastest connection speeds, but service is among the most expensive in the region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME hails Huawei<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 TELECOM provider Cable & Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ) which trades as LIME described Huawei as the smartphone of the year which enabled more than 100,000 Jamaicans to connect to the mobile internet\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Phone snatcher gets 3 months in prison<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 A phone snatcher was on Tuesday sentenced to three months in prison when he pleaded guilty to larceny from the person in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

What is a fair price for a website?<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 WHAT is a fair price for a website? This question seems very reasonable from the onset. You want a website and you want to know what kind of money you need to budget\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Film TT launches Smartphone Film Festival<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 According to new figures from American market research company eMarketer, the number of smartphone users in the world will surpass two billion in 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 11 June 2015<\/h3>\n

Bajans urged to create for mobiles<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 MINISTER OF INDUSTRY Donville Inniss wants Barbadians to use their creativity to come up with some innovations for cellular phones and other segments of the mobile applications market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CEC invites young entrepreneurs for Summer Internship Programme<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) is inviting young Caymanians to apply for several internships available in the special economic zone this summer through its \u201cSummer in the City<\/em>\u201d internship programme, a component of CEC\u2019s Enterprise Cayman Initiative. CEC\u2019s internship programme has been so successful and sought after that CEC has increased the number of internships available this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cable operators working hard to get back favourite HBO channels<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 LOCAL cable subscribers may be able to legally view some of their favourite HBO channels as early as this month as operators buckle down to finalise agreements with content providers and rights holders in the United States\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

America Movil set to launch two more satellites by 2016<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 America Movil is set to launch two new telecommunications satellites via its Star One subsidiary by 2016, reports Mexican business daily El Financiero\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean Internet Peering: Building the human network<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The inaugural Caribbean Peering and Interconnection Connection Forum (CarPIF), held in Barbados in April, quietly marked the opening of a new chapter in the development of the Internet in the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 12 June 2015<\/h3>\n

BTC Staff In ‘Painful’ Wait For Job News<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 BAHAMAS Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) President Bernard Evans spoke yesterday of turmoil and hardship among BTC employees as they await news of their fate with the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

A matter of criminal intent<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 When is a threat of violence not a criminal threat? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"GuyanaEducation Ministry website crashes<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 A novel undertaking by the Ministry of Education to afford people the opportunity to access the results of the 2015 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) was met with such overwhelming reception that it caused the site to crash\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Elon Parkinson Leaves LIME Amid Flow Merger<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Elon Parkinson today spent his last day as the head of corporate communications at telecommunications company, LIME, as part of redundancies amid the merger with Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME\/Observer literary project gets passing grade<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 TEACHERS at the August Town and Polly Ground Primary schools have given high marks to a month-long initiative by telecoms company LIME and the Jamaica Observer that encouraged remedial English Language students at both institutions to read the newspaper daily in order to improve their literacy skills\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Paulwell Strikes Again<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 By now the country would have been made aware of another missed deadline for the implementation of number portability by Minister Paulwell\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel Re-Launches \u2018My Digicel App\u2019 Loaded With Extras, Brand New Look & Feel<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 Digicel just unveiled its new look My Digicel App<\/em> that boasts dozens of cool new features like managing your Digicel account, access to social media newsfeeds and a customer feedback portal \u2013 making it the go-to place for all things Digicel\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital disruption \u2013 a positive force for change<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 DIGITAL DISRUPTION may be a major motivator for business change, and that need not be a bad thing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Pay for Whatsapp, Viber?<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 SHOULD consumers pay their Internet service providers extra fees for the use of WhatsApp and other communication tools such as Viber, Magic Jack, Skype and Tango, known as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services and Over The Top (OTT) services? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 13 June 2015<\/h3>\n

BTC\u00a0redundancy \u2018painful, disgusting\u2019, says union head<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) protracted downsizing exercise has been one of the most \u201cpainful and disgusting\u201d in recent memory, Bahamas Communications and Public Officers\u2008Union (BCPOU)\u2008President Bernard charged yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel wins award for QEH project<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 DIGICEL HAS WON the Avaya Caribbean-wide Project Of The Year award for its ICT and Unified Communication platform deployed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Barbados\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BarbadosFLOW\u2019s maintenance now next weekend & apologise in advance for inconveniences caused.<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Further to FLOW\u2019s previous announcement of Scheduled Maintenance to be carried out on June 13th and June 14th, please note that the Maintenance will now be conducted on Saturday 20th June and Sunday 21st June between the hours of 12:00 a.m. \u2013 9:00 a.m.\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

GT&T targeting month-end completion for faster internet project<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) says it is almost two-thirds complete in its plans to upgrade customers across the country with faster internet\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Govt Looking To Source Funding For Technology Start-Ups<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 The Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining is in talks with several potential investors to provide funding and business development support for young technology innovators and entrepreneurs benefitting under Start-Up Jamaica (SUJ)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 14 June 2015<\/h3>\n

Deloitte: Deal with digital age<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 IT\u2019S A NEW ERA where digital influences and Barbadian businesses, like their international counterparts, need to come to grips with it\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

GT&T takes customer to court over Skype<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Caribbean Court of Justice heard arguments on June 2, last, in the matter of James Samuels v. GT&T. Samuels filed an appeal that included arguments concerning the legality of GT&T\u2019s monopoly as well as concerning whether a private citizen can use Voice Over Internet Protocol (\u201cVoIP\u201d) in Guyana without permission from GT&T or without a telecommunications licence\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

ICT \u2013 The Shape of things that must come<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The recent reports in the media highlighting the latest challenges in the sugar industry, the potential problems with rice, and drop in gold prices, are all a grim reminder that despite all the sentiment, these primary sectors can no longer continue to be the primary drivers of our economy in their current scope and framework\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

FTC takes Digicel\/Claro matter to Privy Council<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 THE Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has been given the go ahead to challenge at the United Kingdom-based Privy Council last year’s decision by the Court of Appeal on the Digicel\/Claro merger\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME Ordered To Replace Phone Numbers Starting With 700<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 If your cellular telephone number begins with 700, you could be called in and have it taken from you by LIME\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Parkinson flows out of LIME<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Elon Parkinson has left LIME Jamaica and his role as corporate communications manager to move into independent consultancy. His move comes at a time when LIME , which acquired Flow earlier in the year, is in the process of eliminating its own brand and instead using the more popular Flow brand\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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