BAHAMAS \u2013 Radar fiasco<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 As senior officials of the Department of Meteorology were telling the public during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin earlier this month that their radar was working all during the storm, forecasters were among themselves expressing outrage that the radar had gone down, and residents were not warned about the storm as early as they should have been\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cellular Liberalization Task Force: Cable Bahamas wins Phase II spectrum auction<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Cellular Liberalization Task Force (the Task Force) advises the public that Cable Bahamas Limited was determined as the successful bidder in the spectrum auction, and will now advance to satisfy the final pre-conditions for licensing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
LIME\/FLOW Merger Under ECTEL Spotlight<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The major telecommunications merger in the Eastern Caribbean between LIME\u2019s Cable and Wireless and Columbus Communication\u2019s Flow is currently a challenge for the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Talking Caribbean Tech in Belize<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 A full line-up\u00a0of international tech\u00a0experts will gather\u00a0in Belize from Nov.\u00a02 to 6, when the capital city\u00a0plays host to\u00a0a\u00a0historic\u00a0regional ICT development conference\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tuesday, 20 October 2015<\/h3>\nCable Bahamas wins mobile spectrum auction bid and is ‘ready for the next stage’<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Cellular Liberalization Task Force has announced that Cable Bahamas Ltd (CBL) is the successful applicant in the mobile spectrum auction\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable \u2018Will Do In Three Years What We Did In 20\u2019<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 Cable Bahamas executives yesterday said the company could \u201cdo in three years what it has achieved in 20\u201d as a result of winning the battle to be this nation\u2019s second mobile provider, a success that could create up to 150 jobs\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
EDITORIAL: Remove mystique of cellphones and promote education<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 WE ARE 100 PER CENT CERTAIN that any decision by the Ministry of Education to allow students to carry their cellular phones to school will bring with it a whole new set of administrative and disciplinary challenges\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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Flow is ensuring Customers remain No 1: New Emoji meters for rapid Input<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbadian telecoms provider Flow\u2019s installed new instant meters at their retail outlets to gauge satisfaction in order to meet Barbadian customers expectations of proper service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New printer has one refill equal to 19 cartridges: Tech outfit relaunches website<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 A technology outfit continues to seek a larger slice of the IT pie by revamping its website, and making it more accessible for users of touch-screen laptops\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social media fail?<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 The Internet has revolutionised communications and like anything else has its benefits and disadvantages\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Expanding The Digital Footprint<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 In the old days, a Belize ad in a glossy magazine or a 30 second spot on some obscure channel would be considered the gold standard in advertising\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Government Launches Internal Directory Mobile App<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The Government of Dominica through the Information, Communication And Technology Unit is utilizing mobile applications to enable citizens to understand and access important information and services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New startup provides solar energy to rural families in Haiti<\/h4>\nHaiti <\/em>\u2013 RE-VOLT is on a mission to bring affordable and reliable electricity to families in rural Haiti and is running a crowd-funding campaign to help fund the expansion of its service to more customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
A Focus on Caribbean Broadband<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Rejects Move By Flow To Increase Broadband Rates<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The regional body governing the telecoms sector ECTEL is rejecting amendments made to an agreement it had reached with what it called merging parties Cable and Wireless Plc and Columbus International Inc (Flow)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wednesday, 21 October 2015<\/h3>\nGov\u2019T Urged: \u2018Hold True\u2019 To Promise On 3rd Mobile Licence<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to \u201chold true to its promise\u201d to eventually licence a third mobile operator in the Bahamas, and bring \u201ctrue competition\u201d to the industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cell talk<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 CELLULAR PHONES have a place in the schools\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Not me!<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 He is accused of dishonestly obtaining telephone services worth $1 253. 21 from Cable & Wireless Barbados Limited on September 18, with intent to permanently deprive the company, by falsely representing that a Bank of Nova Scotia cheque in that amount, which he presented as payment, was good and valid\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ITU makes computer donation to Belize<\/h4>\nBelize<\/em> \u2013 Five organizations, including three schools, will be benefiting from a computer donation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in support of the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities\u2019 (METSPU) mandate, which will be handed over in a ceremony tomorrow at the George Price Center for Peace and Development in Belmopan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
![\"Dominica](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Dominica-flag.jpg?resize=200%2C100\")
Secondary school distribution of tablets completed<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The distribution of ASUS Memo 8 tablets to the Convent High, St Mary\u2019s Academy and St Martin Secondary Schools on Wednesday 21 October 2015 signifies the completion of the \u2018One Tablet Per Child\u2019 secondary schools initiative undertaken by government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
IDB lists technology\u00b4s gains, threats to Dominican Republic<\/h4>\nDominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno on Tuesday said the revolution which robotics and automation pose has become a threat to jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, most notably in telemarketing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana to relay TV programmes on border claim countrywide via satellite<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana\u2019s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country\u2019s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow hit by vandalism in St James<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
![\"British_Virgin_Islands](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/British_Virgin_Islands-flag.jpg?resize=200%2C100\")
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
![\"Cable](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/CWC-logo.jpg?resize=275%2C183\")
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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Regional <\/em>\u2013 The major telecommunications merger in the Eastern Caribbean between LIME\u2019s Cable and Wireless and Columbus Communication\u2019s Flow is currently a challenge for the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Talking Caribbean Tech in Belize<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 A full line-up\u00a0of international tech\u00a0experts will gather\u00a0in Belize from Nov.\u00a02 to 6, when the capital city\u00a0plays host to\u00a0a\u00a0historic\u00a0regional ICT development conference\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tuesday, 20 October 2015<\/h3>\nCable Bahamas wins mobile spectrum auction bid and is ‘ready for the next stage’<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Cellular Liberalization Task Force has announced that Cable Bahamas Ltd (CBL) is the successful applicant in the mobile spectrum auction\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable Bahamas wins mobile spectrum auction bid and is ‘ready for the next stage’<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Cellular Liberalization Task Force has announced that Cable Bahamas Ltd (CBL) is the successful applicant in the mobile spectrum auction\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable \u2018Will Do In Three Years What We Did In 20\u2019<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 Cable Bahamas executives yesterday said the company could \u201cdo in three years what it has achieved in 20\u201d as a result of winning the battle to be this nation\u2019s second mobile provider, a success that could create up to 150 jobs\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
EDITORIAL: Remove mystique of cellphones and promote education<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 WE ARE 100 PER CENT CERTAIN that any decision by the Ministry of Education to allow students to carry their cellular phones to school will bring with it a whole new set of administrative and disciplinary challenges\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow is ensuring Customers remain No 1: New Emoji meters for rapid Input<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbadian telecoms provider Flow\u2019s installed new instant meters at their retail outlets to gauge satisfaction in order to meet Barbadian customers expectations of proper service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New printer has one refill equal to 19 cartridges: Tech outfit relaunches website<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 A technology outfit continues to seek a larger slice of the IT pie by revamping its website, and making it more accessible for users of touch-screen laptops\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social media fail?<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 The Internet has revolutionised communications and like anything else has its benefits and disadvantages\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Expanding The Digital Footprint<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 In the old days, a Belize ad in a glossy magazine or a 30 second spot on some obscure channel would be considered the gold standard in advertising\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Government Launches Internal Directory Mobile App<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The Government of Dominica through the Information, Communication And Technology Unit is utilizing mobile applications to enable citizens to understand and access important information and services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New startup provides solar energy to rural families in Haiti<\/h4>\nHaiti <\/em>\u2013 RE-VOLT is on a mission to bring affordable and reliable electricity to families in rural Haiti and is running a crowd-funding campaign to help fund the expansion of its service to more customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
A Focus on Caribbean Broadband<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Rejects Move By Flow To Increase Broadband Rates<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The regional body governing the telecoms sector ECTEL is rejecting amendments made to an agreement it had reached with what it called merging parties Cable and Wireless Plc and Columbus International Inc (Flow)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wednesday, 21 October 2015<\/h3>\nGov\u2019T Urged: \u2018Hold True\u2019 To Promise On 3rd Mobile Licence<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to \u201chold true to its promise\u201d to eventually licence a third mobile operator in the Bahamas, and bring \u201ctrue competition\u201d to the industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cell talk<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 CELLULAR PHONES have a place in the schools\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Not me!<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 He is accused of dishonestly obtaining telephone services worth $1 253. 21 from Cable & Wireless Barbados Limited on September 18, with intent to permanently deprive the company, by falsely representing that a Bank of Nova Scotia cheque in that amount, which he presented as payment, was good and valid\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ITU makes computer donation to Belize<\/h4>\nBelize<\/em> \u2013 Five organizations, including three schools, will be benefiting from a computer donation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in support of the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities\u2019 (METSPU) mandate, which will be handed over in a ceremony tomorrow at the George Price Center for Peace and Development in Belmopan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Secondary school distribution of tablets completed<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The distribution of ASUS Memo 8 tablets to the Convent High, St Mary\u2019s Academy and St Martin Secondary Schools on Wednesday 21 October 2015 signifies the completion of the \u2018One Tablet Per Child\u2019 secondary schools initiative undertaken by government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
IDB lists technology\u00b4s gains, threats to Dominican Republic<\/h4>\nDominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno on Tuesday said the revolution which robotics and automation pose has become a threat to jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, most notably in telemarketing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana to relay TV programmes on border claim countrywide via satellite<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana\u2019s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country\u2019s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow hit by vandalism in St James<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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Barbados <\/em>\u2013 WE ARE 100 PER CENT CERTAIN that any decision by the Ministry of Education to allow students to carry their cellular phones to school will bring with it a whole new set of administrative and disciplinary challenges\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow is ensuring Customers remain No 1: New Emoji meters for rapid Input<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbadian telecoms provider Flow\u2019s installed new instant meters at their retail outlets to gauge satisfaction in order to meet Barbadian customers expectations of proper service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New printer has one refill equal to 19 cartridges: Tech outfit relaunches website<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 A technology outfit continues to seek a larger slice of the IT pie by revamping its website, and making it more accessible for users of touch-screen laptops\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social media fail?<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 The Internet has revolutionised communications and like anything else has its benefits and disadvantages\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Expanding The Digital Footprint<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 In the old days, a Belize ad in a glossy magazine or a 30 second spot on some obscure channel would be considered the gold standard in advertising\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Government Launches Internal Directory Mobile App<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The Government of Dominica through the Information, Communication And Technology Unit is utilizing mobile applications to enable citizens to understand and access important information and services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New startup provides solar energy to rural families in Haiti<\/h4>\nHaiti <\/em>\u2013 RE-VOLT is on a mission to bring affordable and reliable electricity to families in rural Haiti and is running a crowd-funding campaign to help fund the expansion of its service to more customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
A Focus on Caribbean Broadband<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Rejects Move By Flow To Increase Broadband Rates<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The regional body governing the telecoms sector ECTEL is rejecting amendments made to an agreement it had reached with what it called merging parties Cable and Wireless Plc and Columbus International Inc (Flow)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wednesday, 21 October 2015<\/h3>\nGov\u2019T Urged: \u2018Hold True\u2019 To Promise On 3rd Mobile Licence<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to \u201chold true to its promise\u201d to eventually licence a third mobile operator in the Bahamas, and bring \u201ctrue competition\u201d to the industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cell talk<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 CELLULAR PHONES have a place in the schools\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Not me!<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 He is accused of dishonestly obtaining telephone services worth $1 253. 21 from Cable & Wireless Barbados Limited on September 18, with intent to permanently deprive the company, by falsely representing that a Bank of Nova Scotia cheque in that amount, which he presented as payment, was good and valid\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ITU makes computer donation to Belize<\/h4>\nBelize<\/em> \u2013 Five organizations, including three schools, will be benefiting from a computer donation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in support of the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities\u2019 (METSPU) mandate, which will be handed over in a ceremony tomorrow at the George Price Center for Peace and Development in Belmopan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Secondary school distribution of tablets completed<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The distribution of ASUS Memo 8 tablets to the Convent High, St Mary\u2019s Academy and St Martin Secondary Schools on Wednesday 21 October 2015 signifies the completion of the \u2018One Tablet Per Child\u2019 secondary schools initiative undertaken by government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
IDB lists technology\u00b4s gains, threats to Dominican Republic<\/h4>\nDominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno on Tuesday said the revolution which robotics and automation pose has become a threat to jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, most notably in telemarketing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana to relay TV programmes on border claim countrywide via satellite<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana\u2019s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country\u2019s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow hit by vandalism in St James<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Barbados <\/em>\u2013 A technology outfit continues to seek a larger slice of the IT pie by revamping its website, and making it more accessible for users of touch-screen laptops\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social media fail?<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 The Internet has revolutionised communications and like anything else has its benefits and disadvantages\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Expanding The Digital Footprint<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 In the old days, a Belize ad in a glossy magazine or a 30 second spot on some obscure channel would be considered the gold standard in advertising\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Government Launches Internal Directory Mobile App<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The Government of Dominica through the Information, Communication And Technology Unit is utilizing mobile applications to enable citizens to understand and access important information and services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New startup provides solar energy to rural families in Haiti<\/h4>\nHaiti <\/em>\u2013 RE-VOLT is on a mission to bring affordable and reliable electricity to families in rural Haiti and is running a crowd-funding campaign to help fund the expansion of its service to more customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
A Focus on Caribbean Broadband<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Rejects Move By Flow To Increase Broadband Rates<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The regional body governing the telecoms sector ECTEL is rejecting amendments made to an agreement it had reached with what it called merging parties Cable and Wireless Plc and Columbus International Inc (Flow)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wednesday, 21 October 2015<\/h3>\nGov\u2019T Urged: \u2018Hold True\u2019 To Promise On 3rd Mobile Licence<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to \u201chold true to its promise\u201d to eventually licence a third mobile operator in the Bahamas, and bring \u201ctrue competition\u201d to the industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cell talk<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 CELLULAR PHONES have a place in the schools\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Not me!<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 He is accused of dishonestly obtaining telephone services worth $1 253. 21 from Cable & Wireless Barbados Limited on September 18, with intent to permanently deprive the company, by falsely representing that a Bank of Nova Scotia cheque in that amount, which he presented as payment, was good and valid\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ITU makes computer donation to Belize<\/h4>\nBelize<\/em> \u2013 Five organizations, including three schools, will be benefiting from a computer donation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in support of the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities\u2019 (METSPU) mandate, which will be handed over in a ceremony tomorrow at the George Price Center for Peace and Development in Belmopan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Secondary school distribution of tablets completed<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The distribution of ASUS Memo 8 tablets to the Convent High, St Mary\u2019s Academy and St Martin Secondary Schools on Wednesday 21 October 2015 signifies the completion of the \u2018One Tablet Per Child\u2019 secondary schools initiative undertaken by government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
IDB lists technology\u00b4s gains, threats to Dominican Republic<\/h4>\nDominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno on Tuesday said the revolution which robotics and automation pose has become a threat to jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, most notably in telemarketing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana to relay TV programmes on border claim countrywide via satellite<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana\u2019s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country\u2019s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow hit by vandalism in St James<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Belize <\/em>\u2013 In the old days, a Belize ad in a glossy magazine or a 30 second spot on some obscure channel would be considered the gold standard in advertising\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Government Launches Internal Directory Mobile App<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The Government of Dominica through the Information, Communication And Technology Unit is utilizing mobile applications to enable citizens to understand and access important information and services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New startup provides solar energy to rural families in Haiti<\/h4>\nHaiti <\/em>\u2013 RE-VOLT is on a mission to bring affordable and reliable electricity to families in rural Haiti and is running a crowd-funding campaign to help fund the expansion of its service to more customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
A Focus on Caribbean Broadband<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Rejects Move By Flow To Increase Broadband Rates<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The regional body governing the telecoms sector ECTEL is rejecting amendments made to an agreement it had reached with what it called merging parties Cable and Wireless Plc and Columbus International Inc (Flow)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wednesday, 21 October 2015<\/h3>\nGov\u2019T Urged: \u2018Hold True\u2019 To Promise On 3rd Mobile Licence<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to \u201chold true to its promise\u201d to eventually licence a third mobile operator in the Bahamas, and bring \u201ctrue competition\u201d to the industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cell talk<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 CELLULAR PHONES have a place in the schools\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Not me!<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 He is accused of dishonestly obtaining telephone services worth $1 253. 21 from Cable & Wireless Barbados Limited on September 18, with intent to permanently deprive the company, by falsely representing that a Bank of Nova Scotia cheque in that amount, which he presented as payment, was good and valid\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ITU makes computer donation to Belize<\/h4>\nBelize<\/em> \u2013 Five organizations, including three schools, will be benefiting from a computer donation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in support of the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities\u2019 (METSPU) mandate, which will be handed over in a ceremony tomorrow at the George Price Center for Peace and Development in Belmopan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Secondary school distribution of tablets completed<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The distribution of ASUS Memo 8 tablets to the Convent High, St Mary\u2019s Academy and St Martin Secondary Schools on Wednesday 21 October 2015 signifies the completion of the \u2018One Tablet Per Child\u2019 secondary schools initiative undertaken by government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
IDB lists technology\u00b4s gains, threats to Dominican Republic<\/h4>\nDominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno on Tuesday said the revolution which robotics and automation pose has become a threat to jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, most notably in telemarketing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana to relay TV programmes on border claim countrywide via satellite<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana\u2019s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country\u2019s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow hit by vandalism in St James<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Haiti <\/em>\u2013 RE-VOLT is on a mission to bring affordable and reliable electricity to families in rural Haiti and is running a crowd-funding campaign to help fund the expansion of its service to more customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
A Focus on Caribbean Broadband<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Rejects Move By Flow To Increase Broadband Rates<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The regional body governing the telecoms sector ECTEL is rejecting amendments made to an agreement it had reached with what it called merging parties Cable and Wireless Plc and Columbus International Inc (Flow)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wednesday, 21 October 2015<\/h3>\nGov\u2019T Urged: \u2018Hold True\u2019 To Promise On 3rd Mobile Licence<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to \u201chold true to its promise\u201d to eventually licence a third mobile operator in the Bahamas, and bring \u201ctrue competition\u201d to the industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cell talk<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 CELLULAR PHONES have a place in the schools\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Not me!<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 He is accused of dishonestly obtaining telephone services worth $1 253. 21 from Cable & Wireless Barbados Limited on September 18, with intent to permanently deprive the company, by falsely representing that a Bank of Nova Scotia cheque in that amount, which he presented as payment, was good and valid\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ITU makes computer donation to Belize<\/h4>\nBelize<\/em> \u2013 Five organizations, including three schools, will be benefiting from a computer donation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in support of the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities\u2019 (METSPU) mandate, which will be handed over in a ceremony tomorrow at the George Price Center for Peace and Development in Belmopan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Secondary school distribution of tablets completed<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The distribution of ASUS Memo 8 tablets to the Convent High, St Mary\u2019s Academy and St Martin Secondary Schools on Wednesday 21 October 2015 signifies the completion of the \u2018One Tablet Per Child\u2019 secondary schools initiative undertaken by government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
IDB lists technology\u00b4s gains, threats to Dominican Republic<\/h4>\nDominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno on Tuesday said the revolution which robotics and automation pose has become a threat to jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, most notably in telemarketing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana to relay TV programmes on border claim countrywide via satellite<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana\u2019s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country\u2019s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow hit by vandalism in St James<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Regional <\/em>\u2013 The regional body governing the telecoms sector ECTEL is rejecting amendments made to an agreement it had reached with what it called merging parties Cable and Wireless Plc and Columbus International Inc (Flow)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wednesday, 21 October 2015<\/h3>\nGov\u2019T Urged: \u2018Hold True\u2019 To Promise On 3rd Mobile Licence<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to \u201chold true to its promise\u201d to eventually licence a third mobile operator in the Bahamas, and bring \u201ctrue competition\u201d to the industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 CELLULAR PHONES have a place in the schools\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Not me!<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 He is accused of dishonestly obtaining telephone services worth $1 253. 21 from Cable & Wireless Barbados Limited on September 18, with intent to permanently deprive the company, by falsely representing that a Bank of Nova Scotia cheque in that amount, which he presented as payment, was good and valid\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ITU makes computer donation to Belize<\/h4>\nBelize<\/em> \u2013 Five organizations, including three schools, will be benefiting from a computer donation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in support of the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities\u2019 (METSPU) mandate, which will be handed over in a ceremony tomorrow at the George Price Center for Peace and Development in Belmopan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Secondary school distribution of tablets completed<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The distribution of ASUS Memo 8 tablets to the Convent High, St Mary\u2019s Academy and St Martin Secondary Schools on Wednesday 21 October 2015 signifies the completion of the \u2018One Tablet Per Child\u2019 secondary schools initiative undertaken by government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
IDB lists technology\u00b4s gains, threats to Dominican Republic<\/h4>\nDominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno on Tuesday said the revolution which robotics and automation pose has become a threat to jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, most notably in telemarketing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana to relay TV programmes on border claim countrywide via satellite<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana\u2019s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country\u2019s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow hit by vandalism in St James<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Belize<\/em> \u2013 Five organizations, including three schools, will be benefiting from a computer donation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in support of the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities\u2019 (METSPU) mandate, which will be handed over in a ceremony tomorrow at the George Price Center for Peace and Development in Belmopan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Secondary school distribution of tablets completed<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 The distribution of ASUS Memo 8 tablets to the Convent High, St Mary\u2019s Academy and St Martin Secondary Schools on Wednesday 21 October 2015 signifies the completion of the \u2018One Tablet Per Child\u2019 secondary schools initiative undertaken by government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
IDB lists technology\u00b4s gains, threats to Dominican Republic<\/h4>\nDominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno on Tuesday said the revolution which robotics and automation pose has become a threat to jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, most notably in telemarketing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana to relay TV programmes on border claim countrywide via satellite<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana\u2019s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country\u2019s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow hit by vandalism in St James<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno on Tuesday said the revolution which robotics and automation pose has become a threat to jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, most notably in telemarketing\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana to relay TV programmes on border claim countrywide via satellite<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana\u2019s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country\u2019s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Flow hit by vandalism in St James<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications provider FLOW has revealed that the parish of St James alone accounted for almost 3000 service faults recorded by the company during the first six months of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CANTO to Focus on \u201cInspiring ICT Innovations\u2026 \u201c<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 CANTO will kick off its 2016 calendar of events with the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the newly built Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Exclusively on Flow TV<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Regional <\/em>\u2013 Flow TV scores again as the network has signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL partners with CTU to host broadband Internet development workshop in St Lucia<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ECTEL Raps C&W And FLOW Over Broadband Rate Hike<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Regional <\/em>\u2013 HE Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says it has rejected amendments to an agreement for a merger between Cable and Wireless and Columbus International\u2019s FLOW which recently announced an increase in broadband rates. ECTEL took this decision at its Council of Ministers meeting held in St Kitts last week\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
TSTT setting communities on Fibre<\/h4>\nTrinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 TSTT is moving forward with its plans to provide quality, high speed broadband internet access to an increasing number of communities using its various Fibre-to-the- Subscriber services (FTTx)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Thursday, 22 October 2015<\/h3>\nChamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Chamber Chief Calls For \u2018Dedicated\u2019 ICT Minister<\/h4>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Government was yesterday urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for communications and technology (ICT) and place the industry \u201cat the top of its development plans\u201d, amid fears the Bahamas will otherwise \u201cfall further behind\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Tablets for Reynold Weekes pupils<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GIFT of more than 70 tablets to Reynold Weekes Primary School will help with the multi-pronged approach to learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize Bar Association\u2019s attempt to stop BEL and BTL final settlement denied by CCJ<\/h4>\nBelize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Belize <\/em>\u2013 The Government led by Hon. Dean Barrow has successfully settled the nationalizations of the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited in a case brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice brought by the Former owners of the company, Fortis Energy International and the Ashcroft Allied group of companies and entities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Broadband prices to increase next month \u2013 LIME<\/h4>\nBritish Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Persons throughout the British Virgin Islands who use LIME\u2019s broadband services will have to pay more for the various plans, starting November 1\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister hails tablet distribution as fulfilled promise<\/h4>\nDominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Dominica <\/em>\u2013 Minster for Education and Human Resource Development, Petter Saint Jean has described the delivery of over five thousand (5000) ASUS Memo 8 tablets to secondary school students around the island as \u201ca promise made and a promise kept\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Wheatley demands publication of OUR\u2019s ruling on VoIP blocking<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Opposition spokesman on Science, ICT Dr Andrew Wheatley, is demanding that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) discloses its final ruling on the blocking of Voice Over IP (VoIP) & Over the Top (OTT) services such as Viber, Whatsapp, and others by the island\u2019s telecommunications operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
SKN latest market to go with the Flow; telco unveils VDSL broadband<\/h4>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Pan-Caribbean telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced that its Saint Kitts & Nevis-based LIME unit has been rebranded as Flow. Saint Kitts & Nevis becomes the second LIME-only market to embrace the Flow name (after the Cayman Islands) and the fourth overall (including former LIME\/Flow markets Barbados and Jamaica)… more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W Business Develops Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications, announced today that it has completed the development of a portfolio of Disaster Recovery Plans for each of the platforms on which it delivers Disaster Recovery as a Service… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Commentary: Dear Digicel<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Regional <\/em>\u2013 Like thousands of other Caribbean residents, my family has been faithful customers of yours since 2001\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW blasted for announcing new rates before finalizing agreement with regulator<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Council of Ministers has chastised the company formed from the LIME and FLOW merger for announcing new, increased broadband rates before finalizing an agreement with the regulatory body\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Liberty Global swoops for \u00a33.7bn CWC takeover<\/h4>\nRegional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Regional<\/em> \u2013\u00a0John Malone’s cable empire Liberty Global is in talks towards a \u00a33.7bn takeover of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the London-listed Caribbean telecoms operator… more<\/a><\/p>\n
Telecoms Minister Reports On 32nd ECTEL Meeting<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is charting a way forward as it relates to pertinent issues within the telecommunications sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Friday, 23 October 2015<\/h3>\nMinister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Minister: Cable & Wireless and Liberty Global takeover talks, no cause for concern<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 As takeover talks between the leading international cable company Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless (CWC) hit the financial press on Thursday, Telecommunications Minister Melford Nicholas said it is too earlier to raise concern\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Two of the leading Trade Unionists in Grenada, President of Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Lydon Lewis and President of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Chester Humphrey have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Uncertainty whether LIME internet rate increases will take effect here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 While broadband users in at least four Caribbean countries have been informed of impending increases in rates by next month, representatives of LIME\/FLOW have refused to confirm or deny whether prices will increase across Antigua & Barbuda\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cable TV services free to islands impacted by Joaquin until January 2016<\/h4>\nBahamas <\/em>\u2013 As residents in south and central Bahamas work to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Cable Bahamas has stepped in to offer some relief by suspending billing for cable television services on those islands through to January 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
ICT groups want to join forces<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Barbados <\/em>\u2013 INCREASED CILLABORATION involving the three active information and communication technology (ICT) associations in Barbados is on the cards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase<\/h4>\nGrenada <\/em>\u2013 Two of Grenada\u2019s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet Broadband from Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
FLOW\/OUR talks to continue on customer complains<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is expected to return to the Office of \u00a0Utilities Regulation (OUR) on Friday to provide more answers on how it plans to deal with increasing complaints from its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Neita Appointed CEO Of Global Directories<\/h4>\nJamaica<\/em> \u2013 Ian Neita, who joined Global Directories in June this year as its business development director overseeing 12 of the company’s regional markets, has been promoted to the top job as chief executive officer of the regional operation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
OUR requests FLOW responds to customer complaints by today<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked telecommunications company FLOW to provide details of its policy for handling prolonged system outages which is impacting its customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Caribbean Students to benefit from Flow, One-on-One Education Partnership Educational material now available on apps, website and Internet<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless, operator of the Flow and LIME brands, has signed a landmark five-year exclusive partnership with One on One Education Services aimed at offering Caribbean students greater access to a wide variety of study materials for GSAT, CSEC and CAPE examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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C&W takeover looming<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 CABLE & WIRELESS Communication Plc (C&W Communications), the parent company of Flow in Barbados could soon find itself the subject of a takeover\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Digicel faces new threat via rival\u2019s deal talks<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Just two weeks after it abandoned a flotation in New York, Denis O\u2019Brien\u2019s Caribbean telco Digicel<\/a> now faces the prospect of getting squeezed in a battle between two of the world\u2019s biggest telecoms tycoons\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
New technology and the Caribbean<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Regional <\/em>\u2013 Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Shares in Cable and Wireless Communication soar by 21%<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 Shares in Flow Jamaica’s parent company, Cable and Wireless Communication have soared 21 per cent after it confirmed it was in takeover talks with US cable company Liberty Global\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saturday, 24 October 2015<\/h3>\nUnion closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Union closely watching LIME and Liberty Global talks<\/h4>\n
Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 The trade union body representing the interest of workers at LIME and FLOW said it is keeping a \u2018watchful\u2019 eye on the current acquisition talks with Cable & Wireless (CWC) and Liberty Global, the largest international cable company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
C&W ripe for take over, says analysts<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 Local Cable & Wireless officials were today mum about a possible takeover bid by international telecommunications provider Liberty Global, but two observers described the move as an interesting development\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
THE HOYOS FILE: Can FLOW get back its mojo?<\/h4>\nBarbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Barbados<\/em> \u2013 LIKE THE SNAKE (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus\/FLOW\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Laptops will allow teachers to keep pace with their students- Minister of Education<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 September saw the introduction of the \u201cOne Laptop per Teacher\u201d programme (OLPT), which replaced the \u201cOne Laptop per Family\u201d programme (OLPF). Since the commencement of the programme, many questions have risen regarding the reason behind the initiative\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica\u2019s rising cyber attacks<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Global Security Strategist, David Manky has urged Jamaican policymakers to think to the future and invest in cyber security\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Letter Of The Day: Why Won’t Consumer Watchdogs Bite FLOW?<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: Why has no effective action been taken against FLOW to get it to redress the gross injustice inflicted on its clients when it withdrew some of its contracted cable channels without a commensurate rebate on its charges? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
CWC\u2019s talks could signal a new era of cable industry deals<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Regional <\/em>\u2013 It looks like after 150 years it\u2019s time to finally say goodbye to Cable & Wireless\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Capturing value in data<\/h4>\nRegional <\/em>\u2013 In God we trust. All others must bring data. \u2014 W. Edwards Deming\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Sunday, 25 October 2015<\/h3>\nBarbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbadians not filling surveys can hurt their own chances at growing regionally<\/h4>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbados still is at the embryonic stage of D&A \u2013 not what CSI uses to solve cases but the term, Data And Analytics,<\/strong> where the number or locale of social media entries assist individuals and companies in creating better decisions on numerous activities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Social Media Helps The BTPA Fine Tune Their Outreach To Every Bajan To Improve Tourism<\/h4>\nBarbados <\/em>\u2013 Not resting on their laurels, the Barbados Tourism Product Authority continues to hone their database of clientele by analysing traceable social media to fine tune their outreach programme\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d GRA emailgate was Nandlall and Sattaur thing \u2013 Jagdeo<\/h4>\nGuyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently urged the new government not to use the all important Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to get information on entrepreneurs. That can have serious repercussions on the economy and can cause citizens to lose trust in the system, he said\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Image credits: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0Marketing Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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