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A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 13 July to Sunday 19 July 2015.<\/em>
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Monday, 13 July 2015<\/h3>\n

BTC Bosses Accused Of Bullying Over Imminent Job Cuts<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 BTC intends to let go 140 employees this Wednesday, according to Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union Secretary-General Dino Rolle who yesterday accused the company\u2019s managers of being \u201cnasty bullies\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Technology not proven, says expert<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 THE TECHNOLOGY\u00a0involved in the controversial Cahill waste-to-energy plant is not commercially proven, said Professor Paul Connett yesterday when he appeared as a guest on VOB\u2019s Brass Tacks Sunday programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tricom\u00a0to bring fibre to 600000 Dominican homes by 2018<\/h4>\n

Dominican Republic<\/em> \u2013 Dominican operator Tricom plans to roll out a 2,700 km fibre optic network reaching 600,000 households over the next three years, reports Prensario Internacional, citing Tricom marketing manager Rosario Veras\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

SMEs are T&T\u2019s new business champs<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Three small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been chosen as the Hidden Champions of T&T after participating in a new export-accelerator programme launched by the BizBooster Incubator Programme of the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (UWI-ALJGSB) in partnership with the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) and the Export Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TSTT’s mobile revenue up $74m<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Although its revenue decreased year-on-year in fiscal 2015, Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) posted a 77 per cent higher revenue than Digicel in the same period. TSTT has more subscribers than Digicel as it offers both fixed line and mobile services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 14 July 2015<\/h3>\n

BTC Chief Denies Bullying Amid Talks About Job Layoffs<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 BTC CEO Leon Williams yesterday denied claims that company executives were attempting to \u201cstrong-arm\u201d and \u201cbully\u201d employees to agree to unfavourable terms in a new industrial agreement amid pending layoffs\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

BTC\u00a0redundancies \u2018very soon\u2019<\/h4>\n

Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 While he remained tight-lipped on the specifics regarding the company\u2019s redundancy exercise, Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) CEO Leon Williams said yesterday redundancies will take place \u201cvery soon\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tagging technology upgrade planned<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 The assistant director for electronic monitoring at the Department of Public Safety Communications, Julian Lewis, who was certified as a professional communications centre manager just last month, has said that the centre is looking to upgrade its tagging technology\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haiti\"Haiti – Technology : First open source school management software developed in Haiti<\/h4>\n

Haiti <\/em>\u2013 Thursday, July 16 at 5:00 pm at the Fondation Connaissance et Libert\u00e9 (FOKAL) located at 143, avenue Christophe, the Haitian enterprise LOGIPAM will officially launch the first open source school management software developed in Haiti: SIGES (Integrated Management System and Access to Information School), a complete software that meets the needs of schools in Haiti in terms of academic and pedagogical management and administrative and financial management\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

The PC is Dead! Long Live Personal Computing<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Just when it seemed like the embattled Personal Computer was enjoying a reprieve from it dramatic decline to near irrelevance, worldwide PC shipments saw their biggest drop in nearly two years, according market reports released this month\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 15 July 2015<\/h3>\n

BTC Announces New 3 Year Union Agreement<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Executive Management is pleased to announce that BTC and the BCPMU (The Management Union) has agreed on a new three year (3) Industrial Agreement which will take immediate effect… more<\/a><\/p>\n

DNA Leader: BTC\u2019s Russian Roulette<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The government\u2019s announcement of cellular liberalization has so far failed to usher in any of the benefits that Bahamians were promised\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Be it Hurricanes or Hackers, companies must treat Disaster Recovery as vital<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Information Technology (IT<\/strong>) firms\u2019 need to shore up constantly upgrading IT targets for recovery juxtaposed with more frequent and lower-cost testing while understaffed, or without requiring a significant time commitment by existing IT staff led to the formation of the Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel rewarding customers<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 DIGICEL BARBADOS is putting out $100 000 in giveaways for its summer promotion\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Watching the websites<\/h4>\n

British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Quality of service, attention to detail, consistency of product. Once, these were things discussed primarily by business professionals, but in the world of social media and Internet reviews, they\u2019re the stuff of ratings that could come from any customer\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CUC files lawsuits against cable firms<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Caribbean Utilities Company filed two writs late last week accusing Logic and C3 of using its utility poles to hang cable lines without permission, according to court documents\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CUC takes local cable companies to court<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands<\/em> \u2013 Caribbean Utilities Company has started a legal battle with two local cable companies\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Website offers first-ever virtual tour of Grand Cayman<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands<\/em> \u2013 Virtual reality has arrived in Grand Cayman as a local media company has set out to introduce the first and only virtual-tour of the country\u2019s largest island\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Dominica to establish a Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 Dominica may soon have a Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity, the Ministry of Information, Science, Telecommunication and Technology has announced\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

New mobile licence offer<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Government aims to grant a number of new mobile licences to companies that set up service utilising existing mobile networks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Emailgate the greatest hoax\u2019<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday labelled Section 34 conspiracy claims as one of the greatest myths her Government has had to dispel in the last five years\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 16 July 2015<\/h3>\n

\"http:\/\/www.eleutheranews.com\/\"BTC\u2008and\u00a0managers union sign three-year deal<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday announced a new industrial agreement between BTC and the Bahamas Communications and Public Managers Union (BCPMU) expanding the benefits of the voluntary separation packages (VSEP) extended in March 2015 to any future employees made redundant by the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

BTC Staff \u2018In The Dark\u2019 On Layoffs<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 BAHAMAS Communications and Public Officers Union Secretary-General Dino Rolle yesterday claimed \u201cbattle weary\u201d union members were being left to \u201coperate in the dark\u201d after BTC CEO Leon Williams refused to clarify how many employees the company planned to layoff, or a date the layoffs will take effect\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CARICOM Secretariat representative conducts consultations with services sector stakeholders in The Bahamas<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 \u00a0Deputy Programme Manager, Services Sector Development, of the CARICOM Secretariat Timothy Odle paid a courtesy call on Minister of Financial Services the Hon. Hope Strachan to update her on efforts of the CARICOM Secretariat to develop a Regional Strategy for the Services Sector, June 24, 2015\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

C&W Unveils the ‘New’ Flow and Creates History in Barbados<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Telecoms history was made in Barbados today as Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W) officially launched its retail brand, Flow, for its newly combined consumer group\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

LIME no more<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Over a dozen people have expressed an interest in buying over the divested assets LIME and FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

New Digicel CEO plans to continue legacy<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 THE new Chief Executive Officer at Digicel Barbados is Johnny Ingle\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

US$160M C&W Investment for Barbados<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 C&W is investing US$160M in Barbados as the Company rolls out its new retail brand Flow on the island as part of its merger with Columbus Communications\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Minister advises against malicious use of ICT<\/h4>\n

Dominica<\/em> \u2013 Minister for Information, Science, Telecommunication and Technology, Kelvar Darroux has advised the youth to abstain from using the internet and technology for malicious purposes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Phase I of ICT Center for Excellence Complete<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 The first phase of the nation\u2019s Innovation in Information Communication Technology (ICT) Center for Excellence is now complete\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Flood forces closure of radio, TV stations, University of Guyana<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Severe flooding caused by overnight heavy rainfall has forced the closure of Guyana\u2019s state-owned radio and television stations and at least one private radio station and the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana, officials said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Computer lab opened at Refuge Temple in St Elizabeth<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell, on July 10, opened a $4.4 million computer lab at the Refuge Temple Learning Academy in Myersville, St Elizabeth\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

PICA To Import Multimillion-Dollar Device To Fight Identity Theft<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA)\u00a0 is preparing to import a new device to fight identity theft\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

C’bean education ministers to focus on transforming regional education system<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 The transformation of the region\u2019s education system is the major area of focus for ministers of education from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) as they attended a two-day meeting of the Caricom Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

blink | bmobile connecting people and building bridges at TIC 2015<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 INNOVATION is driven by people and technology more than anything else and has facilitated the proliferation products which have changed the way societies function over the past few decades\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 17 July 2015<\/h3>\n

Cable & Wireless Obtains TV Licence in Anguilla<\/h4>\n

Anguilla <\/em>\u2013\u00a0Cable and Wireless Communications (C&W) which now operates Flow, the Caribbean\u2019s leading communications service provider, today announced that it has secured the broadcast licence to operate TV service in Anguilla\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

BTC Signs Agreement With Union Ahead Of Layoffs<\/h4>\n

Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 BTC has signed a new industrial agreement with the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union, which now puts the company in the position to restructure and lay off staff\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cell Phone Competition<\/h4>\n

Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 EDITOR, The Tribune. After the carnival music has died down, our Marathon brothers and sisters are given the respect and attention they deserve, Baha Mar is finally open, and BAMSI is rebuilt, I shudder think that we will wake up one day to find out that we have been swindled and hoodwinked into believing that we finally have competition in our cell phones service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Union Remains Unhappy With BTC Staff Salaries After Layoffs<\/h4>\n

Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The industrial agreement recently signed between the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and its line staff union “favours” those identified by the company for voluntary separation employee packages and not those who remain with the company, a senior union official told The Tribune yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Apps to make road use wiser<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 BARBADOS\u2019 transportation and traffic woes are no secret.\u00a0Just ask the estimated 44 000 people who commute to work and other places daily\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/curacaoconnected.com\/\"FLOW creating job opportunities<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 LIME IS NO MORE in Barbados, with Cable & Wireless (C&W) yesterday officially adopting FLOW as its chosen brand and promising to turn the Barbados communications market blue\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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FLOW promises greater benefits<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) officially unveiled its new consumer brand FLOW last night during an entertainment-filled evening at the Halton Plantation in St Philip\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Flow ready and raring to go<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 BARBADOS over the next few years stands to benefit to the tune of approximately US $160 million\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

BTL restores 4G network after weekend overload<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) has restored its 4G network after it experienced technical issues on Sunday, preventing thousands of Digicell 4G users from using its mobile internet services for most of the day\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Re-branding of LIME to Flow set to take place shortly<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013 The re-branding of \u00a0telecommunications company LIME to become FLOW in Jamaica is expected to begin shortly\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Successful in Jamaica, Branson to expand online entrepreneurial platform across region<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Richard Branson and Virgin Unite-founded Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship-Caribbean (BCOEC) has launched a non-academic online skills training programme to increase its intake of potential entrepreneurs across the region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 18 July 2015<\/h3>\n

BTC\u00a0signs agreement with line union<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) signed an industrial agreement with the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) last night, and immediately began to roll out the details of how it plans to restructure in the face of liberalization of the mobile telecommunications sector. That plan focuses on the voluntary separation employee packages (VSEPs) offered in March, and now outsourcing opportunities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 19 July 2015<\/h3>\n

ICT and Law Enforcement<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 was on a project some years ago where, in a requirements definition meeting, some veteran policemen argued passionately that information technology is not the panacea for the challenges faced by the Police Force\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Phillips promotes crowdfunding for SMEs in developing countries<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 MINISTER of Finance Dr Peter Phillips is considering the use of crowdfunding as an alternative method of raising funds for the private sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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