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A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 29 February to Sunday 6 March 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nMonday, 29 February 2016<\/h3>\n

Court hearing looms but union open to settlement in employees\u2019 favour<\/h4>\n

Antigua and Barbuda<\/em> \u2013 The union representing the 13 workers of telecommunications company LIME, who have been made redundant as a result of its merger with FLOW, said it is willing to accept a last minute settlement ahead of this week\u2019s trial in the Industrial Court\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Inniss: Technology can improve government efficiency<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 THE GOVERNMENT OF Barbados will be more efficient if it employs more technology, says Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development Donville Inniss\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

SMART Signs Agreement with Formula Telecom Solutions<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 A brief statement from SMART issued today announces that it has entered into an agreement with Formula Telecom Solutions, a provider of convergent billing, charging, customer care and policy control as well as payment solutions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Government IT still under resourced<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 The government is still not investing enough in information technology to ensure its future security or the necessary systems required to move towards comprehensive e-government services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Marketing Strategies Today: Top seven online entrepreneurs you must emulate to be successful<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 When you are an online entrepreneur, you are a bit of an island out there if you are not plugged into other resources that will be able to help you in this area\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

We all need IT, says CXC head<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 INFORMATION technology should be just as important as Mathematics and English and every Caribbean citizen should know how to use a computer, says head of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), Prof Sir Hilary Beckles\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

FLOW St. Kitts & Nevis Service Interruption<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 FLOW is upgrading its Broadband network in the areas of Half Moon Heights and Camps on Tuesday March 1st, 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel T&T\u2008wins award for broadband speed<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Digicel Play Group CEO John Suranyi; Digicel Trinidad and Tobago CEO Sacha Thompson and Digicel Play Trinidad and Tobago CEO Garvin Medera are flanked by Digicel brand ambassadors at the Digicel Play launch earlier this year where the Ookla award for being the fastest mobile and fixed line broadband networks in the country was announced\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 1 March 2016<\/h3>\n

\"http:\/\/www.belizeweb.com\/telemedia-related-sites.htm\"BTL: 40 Mil For 4GLTE<\/h4>\n

Belize<\/em> \u2013 BTL 4G – for many phone users saying that name is almost like a curse word – and that’s because of the system’s unreliability, its slowness and the overall congestion\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

BTL goes LTE<\/h4>\n

Belize<\/em> \u2013 2017 will see Belize \u2013 all of Belize \u2013 covered by a 4G LTE network from the state-owned company, Belize Telemedia Limited\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

BTL To Launch “Full Nationwide” 4G LTE In Belize With Huawei<\/h4>\n

Belize<\/em> \u2013 Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), under the banner of its DigiCell Mobile brand, and its telecommunications vendor-partner Huawei Technologies, today announced the roll-out of its nationwide 4G LTE network, expected for launch in December of this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

ICTA to boost cyber security in face of increasing threats<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 The Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) plans to make internet security a top priority as the Cayman Islands has seen a rise in cyber attacks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Gov\u2019t Computer Services starved for resources<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 As cyber threats continue to evolve, more is being asked of the Government Computer Services Department yet the budgetary allocations for the necessary Information Technology (IT) resources have been steadily declining\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Technology: Former hacker shows off new tricks of the trade<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Kevin Mitnick, who once was on the FBI\u2019s Most Wanted list and is now a computer security consultant, took to the stage at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit to show off some of the newest ways hackers are breaking into computer systems\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

FLOW crackdown spreads across region<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 THE CRACKDOWN AGAINST people accessing illegal television programming content has moved region-wide\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

C&W Business Launches its Cloud Solutions Suite in St. Kitts & Nevis<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 C&W Business, the Business to Government\/Business to Business arm of Cable & Wireless Communications, officially unveiled a suite of its cloud-based technological solutions on the island of St. Kitts & Nevis\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 2 March 2016<\/h3>\n

Local expert says develop culture of IT<\/h4>\n

Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013\u00a0A local Information Technology (IT) expert has suggested integrating the use of IT into Antigua & Barbuda\u2019s classrooms, in response to the call for a greater emphasis to be placed on the subject in schools across the region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

NIB\u00a0registration drive to \u2018cleanse and update\u2019 database<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The National Insurance Board (NIB) has embarked on a registration drive designed to \u201ccleanse and update\u201d\u2008its database, given that there are 40,000 businesses on its register, and the last time a registration drive was conducted was in 2006, according to NIB Head of Compliance Stephen Thompson\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BarbadosInternet service providers urged to move Barbados into top 10<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 MINISTER WITH RESPONSIBILITY for telecommunications, Senator Darcy Boyce, has challenged internet service providers in Barbados to improve their service to the level that would place the island into the top 10 worldwide\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

ON THE LEFT: Common framework among challenges<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 E-GOVERNMENT IS CLOSELY RELATED to the concept of e-governance, which the Commonwealth Secretariat has defined as governments\u2019 \u201cutilisation of information and communications technology to interact with and provide services to businesses, citizens, and other governments with the intent to improve transparency, increase public service efficiency, and deepen democracy\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

ON THE RIGHT: Some \u2018shyness\u2019 to new technologies<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 THE EMERGENCE of the digital era is now the most pervasive and structurally distinctive influence on how governance arrangements are changing and facilitating an unprecedented universality and immediacy of information in industrial states\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

THE ISSUE: Master plan in the works<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 BARBADIANS ARE ABLE to file their income tax returns online. Most people wish they could do so for most things in relation to Government services, including pay road\u00a0taxes and driving licence fees while sitting in front of their computers… more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cable Company Jacked<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 A cashier was robbed of over $12,000 dollars in Dangriga. On Monday afternoon around 12:50, 19 year old Dianie Munoz was at her workplace: the Southern Cable Network Office\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

ICTA to give telecom customers more choice<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 The Information & Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) plans to give telecoms customers more choice by raising the level of competition in the industry by introducing universal service to Cayman\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Customs Agency launches new website<\/h4>\n

Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Customs Director Fernando Fernandez on Tuesday launched a new website, developed under best national and international commercial practices, with statistics and analysis related to business, trade and public activities the Dominican Republic\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Telecoms Company sues GTT, PUC for US$281M<\/h4>\n

Guyana \u2013 A telecoms company is suing the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT) and the regulatory body, Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for US$281M, claiming that it was deliberately suppressed from expanding its cell services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Accountant faces court for breaches of Cybercrimes Act<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Detectives attached to the Fraud Squad unit of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch charged a man for breaches of the Cybercrimes Act yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Minimum wage hike expected to impact BPO sector<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 A proposed 32 per cent hike in the minimum wage is expected to take a toll on the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector in Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thales ATC technology to upgrade Jamaica<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Thales has been awarded a contract by the Jamaican Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) to implement an advanced ATM system that will modernise and enhance the delivery of ATC services over Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

C&W Business and Scala Announce New Partnership in the Caribbean and Latin American Region to Shape the Future of Digital Signage<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 C&W Business, part of C&W Communications (LSE: CWC), today announces a partnership with U.S. based Scala, Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end software solutions for digital signage, visual communications and advertising management, to expand their portfolio of services and offer full-service digital signage networks throughout the Caribbean and Latin American markets\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel invests USD 389 min in Caribbean FTTH rollout<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Digicel is planning to invest a total of USD 389 million to roll out FTTH infrastructure in Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados, reports local daily Newsday, citing the company’s Trinidad and Tobago CEO Sacha Thompson\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Flow Sports brings CARIFTA Games in HD to the Caribbean<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 <\/em>Flow has once again given Caribbean sports fans another reason to celebrate \u2013 as for the first time in the history of the CARIFTA Games, a three day sports event will be broadcast live in High Definition (HD) across the entire region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

UN report explores digital currency use in Caribbean<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean recently released a report in which it examines the use of digital currency technology in the Caribbean subregion with the goal of drawing attention to the opportunities and liabilities related to this technology\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

The best experience in digital TV is here!<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Cable television subscribers of Digicel Play in Nevis (formerly Caribbean Cable Communications) can now experience best in class digital channels with the click of a button on the remote control\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Trinidad_and_Tobago80% local content, tax on NLCB, Telecommunications Authority<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) report, produced in main by recently-resigned CNMG chair Helen Drayton, recommends that the State-owned media house should broadcast 80 per cent local content and proposes a tax on the Telecommunications Authority and the National Lotteries Control Board to support the purchase and production of local content\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Broadcast service providers get extension<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 MINISTER of Public Administration Randall Mitchell has approved recommendations from the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) and signed documents to renew the concessions of a number of broadcast service providers whose concessions expired last Monday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Drayton proposed broadcast trust<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 A BROADCASTING trust corporation should be established and special legislation brought to ensure its editorial independence, former CNMG chairman Helen Drayton recommended in a proposal submitted last year to Communications Minister, Maxie Cuffie\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 3 March 2016<\/h3>\n

Digicel Play launches in Barbados<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Play, the ultimate in home entertainment service that allows customers to view multiple channels and enjoy Internet speeds from 25 megabytes to 1 gigabyte per second has been officially launched in Barbados\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel top-up<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 DIGICEL CUSTOMERS are being promised more value with the new services the telecommunications company is offering\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Download a movie in 2 minutes? Flow delivering 1Gbps speed to all customers<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Flow has landed yet another first for the country\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Belize Telemedia taps Huawei for nationwide LTE deployment; eyes December launch<\/h4>\n

Belize<\/em> \u2013 Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) has selected Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies to roll out a nationwide 4G LTE network for its DigiCell mobile unit\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Regulators Attend Amateur Radio Administration Course In Mexico City<\/h4>\n

Belize <\/em>\u2013 Telecommunications regulators from Mexico and Belize attended an Amateur Radio Administration Course (ARAC) February 17-19 in Mexico City. International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 (IARU R2 http:\/\/www.iaru.org\/region-2.html<\/a>), the Mexican Federation of Radio Amateurs (FMRE http:\/\/www.fmre.org.mx\/<\/a>), and the ARRL sponsored the sessions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

ICTA to ensure broadband customers get quality service<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 A major priority of the Information & Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) is to increase its focus on quality of service (QOS) standards, beginning with broadband\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Prosecutors get hi-tech photo App to nab fugitives, felons<\/h4>\n

Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 The Justice Ministry on Thursday unveiled a hi-tech system for prosecutors to identify fugitives and people with rap sheets through photos\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

City getting updated IT software<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 By mid-month around 40 staffers from the Mayor and City Council\u2019s (M&CC) Information Technology (IT) Department and Treasurer\u2019s Department among others would have received training for a modernised computerised system at City Hall\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

FLOW St. Kitts & Nevis Service Restored<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 FLOW wishes to advise all of its valued customers on Nevis that services have been restored\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 4 March 2016<\/h3>\n

NIB\u2008administration\u00a0to go online<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Labour and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson yesterday announced the impending launch of a new web-based platform designed to allow registrants of the National Insurance Board (NIB)\u2008to conduct their interactions with NIB\u2008online\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Mobile wallet launched<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 BITT, a financial technology and software development company founded and based in Barbados, has taken another major step towards offering easier and cheaper financial services using a digital medium\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dominican_RepublicDominican Republic mobile users grow to 8.7 mln in November<\/h4>\n

Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 There were 8.70 million mobile telephone lines in operation in the Dominican Republic at the end of November 2015, according to data published by the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Netflix ranks Digicel Play\u2019s broadband number one in Jamaica<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Play yesterday said that its all-fibre home entertainment service has been ranked number one in Jamaica for internet transfer speed by Netflix\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

CDB\u2019s VYBZING Programme Announces Animated Music Video Challenge<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 \u201cBring the vibes, bring the creativity\u201d is the call from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) as it announces its 2016 VYBZING Animated Music Video Challenge to be hosted in Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Mobile phones assist Caribbean in containing spread of chikungunya<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Information generated from mobile phones can be successfully used to contain the spread of non-communicable diseases, as was recently done to stem the spread of the chikungunya virus in the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Regional central banks wary of digital and mobile money use \u2014 new UN study<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 A United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) report on the use of digital currency technology in the Caribbean subregion says central banks within the region are demonstrably wary of the technology\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Government\u2019s E-technology base being strengthed<\/h4>\n

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines <\/em>\u2013 His Excellency Baushaun Ger, Ambassador of the Republic of China on Taiwan, is looking forward to signing the agreement with this country\u2019s Information Technology Minister Camillo Gonsalves for a new phase of cooperation\u2026. more<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Digital child molester\u2019 appeals rape conviction<\/h4>\n

Sint Maarten <\/em>\u2013 Emmanuel York (49), who was described as a \u201cdigital child molester\u201d during his trial at the Court of First Instance in January 2015, on Thursday appealed his five-year sentence for the sexual abuse of two minor boys\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 5 March 2016<\/h3>\n

Jones wowed by Digicel Play<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Play, the ultimate in home entertainment service that allows customers to view multiple channels and enjoy Internet speeds from 25 megabytes to one gigabyte per second, was officially launched in Barbados on Monday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

THE HOYOS FILE: Bitt-er pill to swallow<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 BITT IS THE LOCAL SOFTWARE COMPANY that has been held up as a little bit of Silicon Valley right here in Bimshire, a company we are told ad nauseam that we should admire and hail for bringing the computer age to this country\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 6 March 2016<\/h3>\n

The implications of technology shifts on news content development<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Be careful of predictions on technological outcomes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

David Jessop | The Cashless Society<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 If you read the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post or some of the world’s other heavyweight newspapers, you may have seen, in recent months, articles discussing the abolition of currency\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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