{"id":86414,"date":"2016-09-19T07:15:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T12:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=86414"},"modified":"2017-04-07T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T20:12:01","slug":"roundup-week-18-september-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2016\/09\/roundup-week-18-september-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 18 September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 12 September to Sunday 18 September 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nMonday, 12 September 2016<\/h3>\n

NewCo\u00a0touts per second billing intent<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 NewCo Limited 2015, The Bahamas\u2019 second cellular mobile licensee, plans to offer customers a per second billing (PSB) plan, rather than a per minute billing (PMB) plan\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Utilities, improve your services<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 THE FAIR TRADING COMMISSION (FTC) wants Barbados\u2019 longstanding electricity and telephone companies to improve their level of service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital Economy Fair 2016<\/h4>\n

Haiti <\/em>\u2013 The 27 and 28 September at the Karibe Convention Center, will be held the Digital Economy Fair 2016 (SEN), around the central theme “The digital economy, accelerator of economic and social development in Haiti”\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Statement by The Most Honourable Andrew Holness on Granting of Spectrum Licence<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013\u00a0The Cabinet has given serious and deliberate consideration to the recommendations contained in the Special Report of the Office of the Contractor-General, on the investigation it conducted into the circumstances surrounding the Granting and \/or Issuance of a Domestic Mobile Spectrum Licence to Symbiote Investments Limited\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cable TV, Gone Viral partner with Shoot Hoops, Not Guns<\/h4>\n

Sint Maarten <\/em>\u2013 Every year St. Maarten Cable TV nominates an organisation for a grant from the Caribbean Cable and TV Association Community Programme (CCTA) and this year St. Maarten Cable TV nominated the Shoot Hoops, Not Guns project. The project was one of many in the region that received a donation of US $1,200\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caribbean countries urged to do more to tackle cyber-crime<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 A senior official of the accounting firm, Deloitte\u2019s Global, says despite increased improvements in technology in Latin America and the Caribbean, the region remains highly vulnerable to cyber-attacks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

ECTEL managing director provides CWC-Columbus post-merger update<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Managing Director of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL), Embert Charles, has given an update on the situation relating to the US$3 billion regional merger of Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus Communications group last year, and how it relates to regulatory matters going forward\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Bad Call: Man Admits To Cell Phone Scheme That Allowed Fraudulent Calls To Caribbean<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 An American man has admitted to multiple offences in connection with a sophisticated global cell phone fraud scheme that involved hijacking cellphone customers\u2019 accounts and \u201ccloning\u201d their phones to make fraudulent calls to Caribbean countries\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Marketing Strategies Today: Content marketing explained to non marketers<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 When it comes to a way to start a conversation nothing is more common that the original \u201cWhat do you do? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Powerful speakers for Caribbean Utility Regulators Confab<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 A powerful line-up of speakers will address next month\u2019s Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR) 14th annual conference in Montego Bay, St James\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 13 September 2016<\/h3>\n

\"BahamasURCA: Consultation on BTC\u2019s amended Reference Access and Interconnection Offer<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (\u201cURCA\u201d) issues this Notice in accordance with section 11 of the Communications Act, 2009\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Broadband, Barbados & a 100G Breakthrough<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 While some poor sods in so-called “developed” markets are still struggling with sub-10 Mbit\/s DSL-based broadband, the team at Caribbean operator Digicel is already looking well beyond Gigabit for their service options\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Clipboard virus belatedly removed from Cuban government website<\/h4>\n

Cuba <\/em>\u2013 A clipboard virus that appeared to be capable of attacking vulnerable computers that had visited the Cuban government information service website (acn.cu) was belatedly removed a day after Caribbean News Now <\/em>had raised the issue for the second time last week and after denials from the Cuban authorities that the problem existed in the first place\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Hytera awarded multi million dollar contracts in Dominican Republic<\/h4>\n

Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 Hytera, a world leading solution provider of Professional Mobile Radio communications, was awarded two projects by the Ministry of the Presidency of Dominican Republic\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Business Process Industry Boss Blasts Telecom Service Providers<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Peeved by the recent inconsistencies in the provision of telecom services, the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), the umbrella organisation for the lucrative business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, is demanding an emergency meeting with the heads of telecom providers FLOW and Digicel\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Letter Of The Day | Mobile Money Modern Answer To Farmer Receipts<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 THE EDITOR, Sir: In a desperate effort to minimise, if not eliminate, praedial larceny – a plague on farmers – the administration of a previous minister of agriculture introduced the farmers’ receipt book\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Symbiote gets nod for mobile licence despite OCG report<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Government has given the go-ahead for Jamaica’s third domestic mobile spectrum licence to be issued to Symbiote Investments, which will market as Caricel\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Usain Bolt reports for work as Digicel\u2019s Chief Speed Officer – Gets upgrade to fastest home in the world<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Usain Bolt reported for his first day on the job as Digicel\u2019s Chief Speed Officer on Tuesday, September 13. And to mark his first day, Usain\u2019s home was officially upgraded to the fastest in the world\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua, the worst internet penetration rate…<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 According to the report “The State of Broadband in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016” just released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to be presented at the second meeting of the Conference of science, innovation and ICT, which opened yesterday, Monday in Costa Rica, Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua are the 3 countries among the population of Latin America and the Caribbean, with the worst penetration rate, or less than than 15% of households connected\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Internet access progressing across LatAm, Caribbean<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 In 2015, 43.4 percent of all households in Latin America and the Caribbean had access to the Internet, almost doubling the 2010 level, according to a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Telecoms Sector Crucial<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 WITH the ever-changing telecommunications sector in the OECS sub-region being highly valued as one of the fundamental factors for regional growth, a great deal of emphasis must be placed on ensuring that the region remains on top of its game\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 14 September 2016<\/h3>\n

BTC\u2008submits\u00a0amended RAIO<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has published the Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) amended Reference Access and Interconnection Offer (RAIO)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

NewCo\u00a0sitting on $125M<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 CEO of NewCo Limited 2015 Damian Blackburn said the company is sitting on a war chest of $125 million. Blackburn also said NewCo\u2019s official brand would be unveiled as the company approaches its first deadline to provide coverage for 99 percent of New Providence and 80 percent of Grand Bahama by October\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Bolt reports for first day at work<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 His flashy gold Nissan appeared at the gate a few minutes to midday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Green Light For New Phone Firm – Holness Rejects OCG Recommendation, Grants Cellular Licence To Holding Company<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The true beneficiaries of Jamaica’s third cellular licence remain under a cloud as the Government has admitted that in doing its due diligence, it did not go beyond the names submitted on the application by Symbiote Investments Limited\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"JamaicaSymbiote\/Caricel on track for third spectrum licence<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 JAMACA has moved closer to resolving the issue of its third spectrum licensee, with the Government\u2019s decision to accept a conditional approval given by the previous Administration in February and issue the licence\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Customers Embrace FLOW Lend – Credit Advance App For Prepaid Mobile Customers<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Customers who need to top up their phone\u2019s credit but are short on cash, or simply can\u2019t make it to a top-up station, no longer have a problem. Prepaid mobile customers now have an easy way to top up with the innovative.. more<\/a><\/p>\n

Deloitte executive says Latin America and Caribbean highly vulnerable to cyber-attacks<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Deloitte\u2019s global chief information officer, Larry Quinlan, said that, despite increased improvements in technology in the Caribbean and Latin America, the regions remain highly vulnerable to cyber-attacks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 15 September 2016<\/h3>\n

NewCo\u00a0seeking competitive advantage<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013\u00a0NewCo Limited 2015 (NewCo) intends to beat the incumbent Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) on prices, rates and other cellular services. In an interview with Guardian Business, CEO Damian Blackburn addressed the company\u2019s expectation to obtain a competitive advantage in the telecommunications market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Utilities office will oversee IT, power, water and fuel<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Government\u2019s plan to create an umbrella utilities commission to oversee and regulate all of the utility related sectors in Cayman are now well underway and four pieces of legislation required to change the current regime and provide for the new office will be debated in parliament next month, with several more amendments to other laws due early next year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cybercrime, Whistleblower legislation for next Parliamentary session \u2013 AG<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, has said that the Cybercrime Bill will be among the legislative pieces set to be addressed at the next parliamentary session\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

C&W appoints Michelle English to board<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Cable & Wireless Jamaica has appointed Michelle English to its Board\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Liberty Global Ligths Up TV Screns with Global Netflix Partnership<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Liberty Global plc (\u201cLiberty Global\u201d), the world\u2019s largest international cable TV and broadband company, today revealed a multi-year partnership with Netflix Inc. (\u201cNetflix\u201d) which will lead to Netflix\u2019s content being made available to Liberty Global video customers across more than 30 countries around the world\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, 16 September 2016<\/h3>\n

Flow to critic: No one will need to stand in line<\/h4>\n

British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Telecom company Flow has announced that two newly recruited staff members will start work next week, adding that one of them will meet customers at the door and make it virtually unnecessary for persons to stand in lines\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Damaged GPL submarine cable should be repaired by mid-November \u2013Patterson<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The damage to the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) submarine cable, which caused a widespread power outage in sections of regions 3, 4, and 5 back in July, should be repaired by mid-November, according to Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"GuyanaGuyana wants Chinese telecoms giant to expand fibre-optic network; downplays concerns about espionage<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Guyana has asked the Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, to assess the feasibility of expanding the coastal fibre-optic network to include other areas of the country, even as it downplayed concerns that that company might be engaged in espionage\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

E-book nonprofit expands to Haiti<\/h4>\n

Haiti <\/em>\u2013 On the day that would forever change Haiti, Valerie Noisette was thousands of miles away\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Caricel set to win Jamaica mobile licence<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Jamaican prime minister says a company whose backers seem unidentified is likely to win the country’s third mobile licence\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

FLOW, Digicel And BPIAJ To Meet Government Today\u2026Muppuri\u2019s Letter To Wheatley High On The Agenda<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The top leadership of telecoms giants FLOW and Digicel and the executive members of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) are slated to meet the Government today to address concerns recently raised by the BPIAJ, the umbrella organisation for the lucrative business process outsourcing (BPO) sector\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

HI-TECH CRIMINALS …Gangsters using iPhone, WhatsApp to plot attacks<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Fearful that their phones have been tapped, criminals are said to be staying away from making phone calls to their cronies, relying instead on new applications such as WhatsApp\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Mystery company\u2019 set to win third Jamaica licence<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Jamaica is about to get its third mobile network, as the government appears set to grant a licence to Caricel, a locally owned company that will compete with Digicel and Liberty Global\u2019s Flow\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

ECLAC says Internet use, access sharply increase in the Caribbean<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 A study by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has found that there has been a dramatic increase in Internet use and access in the region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, 17 September 2016<\/h3>\n

UCRA concerned over increase incidents of poor taste broadcast material to Bahamians<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority, (URCA) says it has come across increase incidents of broadcast material that would be considered by the general public in The Bahamas to be harmful, abusive, offensive, discriminatory or otherwise contrary to the standards of taste and decency which generally obtain in the country\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

URCA\u00a0 crack down<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) is cracking down on broadcasters following what it noted was an increase in breaches related to \u201cstandards of taste and decency\u201d and \u201charm and offence\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

China trip: Guyana engages Huawei in expanding \u201cbig time\u201d ICT programme<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 \u201cWe have to change the focus and identify our own priorities as a nation. This is the time for Guyana to think big but act in a manner reflecting our small country.\u201d That is the enthusiasm that characterized the mood of Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, as she spoke about her recent trip to China\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Guyana asks Huawei to help expand internet network<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Chinese ICT giant Huawei Technologies has been asked to assist Guyana to expand its internet network and this could lead to connections being available in remote parts of the country\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Telecommunications Minister boasts of leading Guyana to ICT literacy<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Ministry of Public Telecommunications is boasting that it has almost completed phase one of the Secondary School Internet Connectivity project which forms part of the E-Governance project\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Golden Age Home Gets Computers from USF<\/h4>\n

Jamaica \u2013 The Universal Service Fund (USF) has donated three desktop computers to the Golden Age Home, located in Vineyard Town, Kingston\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel Simplifies Borrowing; FLOW Expands Credit Loan Product<\/h4>\n

Regional<\/em> \u2013 If banks introduced a line of credit accessible by one SMS request and nothing more to existing account holders, they would probably make millions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, 18 September 2016<\/h3>\n

Bitcoin Exchange, Caricoin, Trying To Enter Jamaica – Discussions With BOJ Under Way<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 A new player is trying to set up a bitcoin exchange in Jamaica as the first-known operator in the virtual currency space locally, but it needs the approval of the Bank of Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Flow Wants To Drop Emergency Operator Service<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Flow Jamaica has informed the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) that it will no longer host a centralised emergency operator service through its network. Instead, it wants all telecoms providers to offer the service to their own subscribers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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