A roundup of ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 5 August to Sunday 11 August 2013.
Monday, 5 August 2013
Gov’t Data Vulnerable To Cyberattack
Jamaica – With sensitive top-secret data becoming more susceptible to hackers in cyberspace around the world, the Jamaican Government could easily become the next victim of this global threat… more
Regional ICT ministers to meet in Trinidad
Regional – The state of information and communication technologies will be examined in the by regional officials at a forum to be held here from August 7-8… more
TelEm Group updating customer information for 2014 telephone directory.
Sint Maarten – TelEm Group is presently updating customer information for the upcoming 2014 Telephone Directory for residential and business clients… more
Trinidad BrightPath TechCamp for Youth A Success
Trinidad & Tobago – Future tech innovators from the Caribbean, the USA and the UK were celebrated at the close of a unique summer camp experience hosted by BrightPath Foundation in Port of Spain, Trinidad… more
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
MAYA-1 to be reconfigured
Cayman Islands – One week after a major cable fail, MAYA-1, the main line providing internet service to the country may have to be reconfigured says telecommunications company, AT&T… more
Digicel offers new roaming rate
Guyana – Digicel (Guyana) has announced that the company has introduced a special roaming rate of only GUY$30 to its subscribers… more
A torrent of piracy
Trinidad & Tobago – Patrick Hosein, the administrator for the .tt domain, was approached a couple of months ago to become part of the global stream of torrented files… more
CWU head calls on TSTT to publish financials
Trinidad & Tobago – The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is demanding the board of the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) be made to act transparently and publish its audited financial reports for the period April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013… more
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
September Start For Community Technology Programme
Barbados – The Community Development Department’s 10-week Community Technology Programme (CTP) will begin on Monday, September 23… more
GT&T launches GPL bill payments via mobile
Guyana – Guyana Power & Light (GPL) has signed on to GT&T Mobile Money service to allow customers to pay electricity bills using their mobile phones… more
Long-awaited telecoms bill put off until recess ends
Guyana – Prime Minister Sam Hinds was this afternoon granted another deferment on the second reading of a critical telecoms liberalisation bill which means it won’t be addressed until October at the earliest… more
Digicel’s TchoTcho Mobile Migrates to Utiba’s Mobility Platform; Represents the First Completed Implementation of Digicel’s Multi-Country Migration
Haiti – Utiba, a leading provider of mobile financial services solutions, announced today that TchoTcho Mobile, the mobile money platform of Haiti’s leading telephone company Digicel, has successfully migrated to Utiba’s Mobility platform… more
ICT Companies Fear Loss Of Free Zone Incentive
Jamaica – Removing incentives from the business processing outsourcing (BPO) industry, whose operations are largely centred in the Montego Bay free zone, is among implicit stipulations in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement, but the chief spokesman for BPO companies said it could wipeout the sector… more
Jamaica-made web solutions at US$5k a pop…
Jamaica – From the comfort of his home in Kingston, Marc Gayle builds minimum-feature, webbased products for clients all over the world… more
Become computer literate
Trinidad & Tobago – Minister of the People and Social Development Glenn Ramadharsingh yesterday urged every citizen in every home to become computer literate to combat “information poverty”… more
Union questions TSTT on failure to publish 2012 audit
Trinidad & Tobago – Joseph Remy, president, Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) is calling on the Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) to publish its financial statement for financial year 2012 to 2013… more
Thursday, 8 August 2013
Digicel, Usaid Partner For Literacy
Jamaica – The Digicel Foundation is working to shore up literacy levels among the country’s primary school students through an expanded Enrichment Initiative project… more
LIME to slash mobile internet rates
Jamaica – Telecommunications company – LIME plans to slash mobile internet charges by as much as 88 % as of Friday… more
Digicel Drives Best Value For Roamers
Regional – Digicel, the best value mobile operator, will dispense with roaming charges across its Caribbean and the US markets, it was announced today… more
TelCell says new $10 Top-up promotion best deal yet for budget-conscious mobile customers
Sint Maarten – TelEm Group mobile provider, TelCell, is launching a new $10 Top-up promotion islandwide, saying it’s the company’s best deal yet for cash-conscious mobile customers… more
20 university students become bmobile interns
Trinidad & Tobago – For the fourth year in a row, 20 university students kicked off their exciting journey with the blink | bmobile family… more
Are you getting the most out of your 4G data?
Trinidad & Tobago – In one minute, over 624 Terabytes of global IP data is shared on the Internet. That is equivalent to one Hi Definition Blu-ray disc of every Hollywood movie made since 1995… more
Friday, 9 August 2013
Cuba’s Internet: It’s Bad, But It Might Get Better
Cuba – There’s no use in trying to watch a YouTube video, and chances are you won’t be able to find that cute Cuban you just met on Facebook or Twitter, much less Skype with her or send her an email while on the island of Cuba… more
GT&T launches mobile service in Kurupukari
Guyana – Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) has launched its mobile service at Kurupukari, Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni)… more
LIME introduces new prepaid Internet packages
Jamaica – TELECOMS firm LIME will today introduce four new mobile prepaid Internet packages that will see customers paying as low as $300 for 30-day access… more
New cyber centre opens in Falmouth
Jamaica – The Cave Island Citizens’ Association (CICA) has partnered with several Government agencies to establish a new cyber centre, the Falmouth Youth Empowerment Centre, funded by the Universal Service Fund at a cost of $2.7 million… more
CTU President and Minister of Technology, Hon. Phillip Paulwell address to the Caribbean ICT Ministers’ Forum
Regional – Minister of Science and Technology of Trinidad and Tobago, representing The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Dr. Rupert Griffith… more
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Region lagging in data usage
Regional – Data is rapidly overtaking voice in global consumer usage, and global mobile data traffic doubled between 2011 and 2012… more
Sunday, 11 August 2013
Tech start-ups urged to explore new crowd-funding platform
Jamaica – LOCAL technology experts have welcomed a new crowd-funding site as a possible lifeline for startups in the industry… more
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