A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 5 December to Sunday 11 December 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) has issued an ultimatum to Freeport-based web shops, after the Government allegedly \u201chijacked\u201d and \u201cambushed\u201d the trial to determine who is the industry\u2019s primary regulator in that city\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The attorney for Chances Games has urged rival web shops, such as FML and Island Luck, to \u201cput some skin in the game\u201d given that they are totally exposed to the Grand Bahama Port Authority\u2019s (GBPA) threat to cancel their licenses to operate in Freeport\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 PROFITS ARE FLOWING at Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited (C&W)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana<\/em> \u2013 The government of Guyana is expected to begin talks this month with Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) about ending the republic\u2019s telecoms monopoly. The government passed a law to end GTT\u2019s position in July and originally said talks would begin in September\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana<\/em> \u2013 In a surprise intervention, a US embassy official in Guyana has called for telecoms liberalisation but said that existing contracts should not be violated\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Loop News published an article last week where a US government official made it clear that his government was not made aware that the Jamaican government had decided to grant Caricel the third mobile licence\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 Digicel yesterday said it welcomes the move by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) to establish a Caribbean ICT Collaboration Committee (CICC) responsible for shaping and aligning the strategic ICT agenda for the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Trinidad & Tobago’s state-run telco TSTT has secured a 2bn-Trinidadian dollar (US$297mn) financing package to partially fund the company’s 3.7bn-Trinidadian dollar … more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement, and its partner organisations in the Caribbean, including Citizens for a Better Bahamas (CBB), call on the government of the Bahamas to introduce strong Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 SOME LUCKY Flow customers could be in for a very merry Christmas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/em> \u2013 SHE EXCELLED IN economics and diplomacy, now Dr Marion Williams is out to leave her mark in the information technology (IT) field. And she hopes that Barbados will earn some foreign exchange in the process\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Finance and media leaders are convening in the Bahamas on December 6 and 7 to discuss and launch a new infrastructure forum for the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 Staff members of the Statistical Services Unit (SSU) at the OECS Commission teamed up with the Enumeration Officers of Saint Lucia\u2019s Central Statistical Office (CSO) yesterday, to conduct the quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS) with the use of electronic tablets\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The company is offering competitive packages for confident and customer-focused candidates to join their sales team\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Later that night, with surprising swagger before an audience that generally and tragically ignored his short speech\u2014the price of admission for the telecommunications company\u2019s annual media Christmas party\u2014Dr Walcott would amplify those sentiments\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Guyana’s government will begin negotiations on Friday to end a 26-year old monopoly on the fixed line market, the last one in the English-speaking Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Value Added Tax (VAT) on Internet data will be used to help fund the Guyana government\u2019s Information Communication Technology (ICT), Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes said Wednesday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 On Monday, Jean Marie Alt\u00e9ma, Director General of the National Telecommunications Council (CONATEL), accompanied by Andr\u00e9 Lubin, Deputy Director of Broadcasting at CONATEL, made a follow-up visit to the National Television of Haiti (TNH) as part of the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) experimental project\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Since Hurricane Matthew swept through\u00a0Haiti last month Paul Uithol and a\u00a0team of volunteers have been using online maps\u00a0to help rebuild devastated communities, as he explains to Moira Holden\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 Digicel Group reported a marginal dip in revenue and earnings in its September second quarter, due in part to currency fluctuations in key markets, according to an investor release from UK bank Barclays\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 The Ministry of Education and Culture is continuing its drive to modernize the Virgin Islands education system by investing in training for educators in the use of modern classroom technology to enhance the teaching and learning experience\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 As day three of the 2017 National Budget debate continued yesterday, Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes defended the application of Value Added Tax (VAT) to internet service, saying the tax would provide the monies needed to fund the Government\u2019s Infor-mation and Communication Technology (ICT) programmes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 TSTT CEO Dr Ronald Walcott recently announced that the company\u2019s technology convergence strategy also fed into a decision to simplify TSTT\u2019s diverse brands and bring all products under an umbrella refreshed \u201cbmobile\u201d brand which now spoke to TSTT supporting the mobility of the lifestyle of the company\u2019s customers with the tagline \u201cLife is On\u201d\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 CABLE Bahamas teams have been working around the clock to advance restoration efforts on Grand Bahama since Hurricane Matthew left the island devastated in October, the company said, adding that it hopes to have all areas restored by the end of this month\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Cable Bahamas teams have been working around the clock to advance restoration efforts on Grand Bahama\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 Remarks by Sen. the Hon. Z.C. Allyson Maynard Gibson, QC Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs at The ICT for Persons with Disabilities Workshop Melia Nassau Beach Hotel on 8th December, 2016\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Keep up with technological changes or face extinction! \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados <\/em>\u2013 A NEW REGIONAL mobile app will make job hunting easier for Caribbean nationals\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Former chairman of LIME (Jamaica), founder and conceptualiser of Sportmax Chris Dehring is all set to launch his new project ReadyTV in the first quarter of 2017\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Jamaica has been ranked 99th of 175 countries on the 2016 ICT Development Index (IDI), an improvement of two places from the 2015 rankings, the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology announced today\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Consumer complaints against utility companies jumped by 23 per cent, the latest annual report of the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR) indicate\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 A suite of new high-tech court management systems are to be adopted by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Local entrepreneur Kelly-Ann Bethel\u00a0won US$5000.00 at the PitchIT Caribbean Challenge 2016 for her technology solution app SKED\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Belize<\/em> \u2013 The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ruled in favour of the private telecommunications services provider, Speednet Communications Limited, reversing a Belize Court of Appeal ruling that had favoured the regulator, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Prime Minister Andrew Holness has said he is expecting to see expansive growth in the business processing outsourcing (BPO) sector and, as a consequence, the Government will be seeking to create more space to accommodate investors expected in the coming year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 THE Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) yesterday launched its super high speed internet for mobile, 4G LTE (Long- Term Evolution). However TSTT says it cannot provide nationwide coverage until the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) allocates it the 700 megahertz spectrum\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Majority state-owned telecommunications provider, TSTT, yesterday launched a 4G LTE mobile broadband service in T&T, even as its chairman, Emile Elias, criticised the sector\u2019s regulator for not making the spectrum for 4G LTE available to the company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Government has begun talks with Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT) and its US parent company, ATN International (ATNI) to end the current monopoly on landline and international voice and data services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Sutherland Global will roll out two new call centre operations in six months\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Dear Claudienne, I have been a Digicel 4G postpaid customer since 28th August 2010, and \u2014 living in Duncans, Trelawny \u2014 have always had some issues with the speed of the Internet that I receive\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 First, there was the lumbering giant known as Cable & Wireless (C&W). Then it became known to Jamaicans simply as Telephone Company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 On December 1 and 2, 2016, two articles were published in LoopNews and The Gleaner<\/strong>, respectively. Both articles included quotations from United States (US) Embassy officials, purporting to comment on the legitimacy of the grant of a spectrum licence to Symbiote Investments Limited (operates as Caricel)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/em>\u2013 DIGICEL, the Caribbean and Central American mobile operator owned by the billionaire Denis O\u2019Brien, was hit by a 14% slide in earnings in the three months to the end of September, figures show\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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