A roundup of ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 24 December to Sunday 30 December 2012.
Monday, 24 December 2012
BTC Ordered To Reduce Termination Fees 53%
Bahamas – The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is being required to reduce the interconnection charges it levies upon rival operators by up to 53 per cent in 2013, with regulators determined to prevent its internal inefficiencies blocking competition… more
Regulator sets new termination rates
Bahamas – The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has ruled that Bahamas Telecommunication Company’s (BTC’s) Reference Access and Interconnection Offer (RAIO) charges for 2012-2013 shall be set by a benchmarking approach… more
URCA Dismisses BTC’s $1.5m Foreign Fees Loss
Bahamas – Regulators have dismissed the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) argument that forcing it to lower cellular (mobile) call termination rates would cost it $1.5 million a year, arguing that this is essential to fostering “fair competition” at home… more
URCA recommends benchmarking approach for BTC
Bahamas – he Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has decided that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) reference access and interconnection offer (RAIO) charges for 2012-2013 shall use a benchmarking approach for its fixed and mobile termination services… more
Jamaica’s Underachievement In ICT
Jamaica – Independent Jamaica has had an inconsistent history – illustrious in several regards, yet unremarkable in others… more
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
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Wednesday, 26 December 2012
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Thursday, 27 December 2012
Marcia Forbes: The Business of Social Media in the Caribbean
Jamaica – Recently the public relations students at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication at the University of the West Indies invited me as their keynote speaker to discuss “The Future of the Business of Social Media in the Caribbean… more
Friday, 28 December 2012
URCA makes decision
Bahamas – Rates for fixed and mobile call termination for 2012-2013 services shall be set using a benchmarking approach… more
Digicel Jamaica sponsors award for online journalism
Jamaica – Digicel Jamaica will be sponsoring a new Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Special Award for Excellence in Technology reporting with a focus on ICT… more
Online TV provider to invest more in own content
Jamaica – Jamaican online company eMedia Interactive plans to invest more than $5 million in building content for its web-based television network next year as it aims to more than double viewership in 2013… more
Saturday, 29 December 2012
Call Centers create 32,000 jobs
Dominican Republic – The director of the Dominican Republic Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD) informed that Call Centers have become one of the sectors of greatest potential for job creation, having generated more than 32,000 posts in the past few years… more
CWU on TSTT: End leadership crisis now
Trinidad & Tobago – The Communication Workers Union yesterday expressed grave concern over what the union termed “an apparent leadership crisis” at majority state-owned TSTT… more
Sunday, 30 December 2012
ZNS Upgrades to Digital
Bahamas – Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie said, on December 28, 2012, that the upgrade of ZNS’ television facilities from analog to digital reaffirms the Government’s commitment to providing the necessary and best tools for effective communication in today’s world… more
Image credits: John Thurm (flickr)
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