Author: Michele Marius

Back to monopoly? BTL–SMART and the future of Caribbean telecoms

Back to monopoly? BTL–SMART and the future of Caribbean telecoms

Posted by | 14 Aug 2026 |

The Belize Telemedia Limited’s board has approved an $80 million deal to acquire Speednet in Belize, but the private sector, unions and civil society are raising red flags over market competition and consumer pricing. Why are such mergers happening, and what does it mean when smaller countries lose key competitors in the mobile and broadband internet markets?  We explore the Belize deal and its broader implications for Caribbean regional regulation.

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ICTP 412: Harnessing lightning in a bottle through plasma solutions for the Caribbean, with Dr Yohan Seepersad of the AIIC

ICTP 412: Harnessing lightning in a bottle through plasma solutions for the Caribbean, with Dr Yohan Seepersad of the AIIC

Posted by | 12 Aug 2026 |

In this podcast episode, we are venturing into an area of technology many of us have not heard of before, but one that could have profound implications for agriculture, environmental sustainability, manufacturing, and even food security across our region. We are talking about plasma engineering, and what happens when it is combined with the power of AI. Engineer and Principal Investigator of Lightning, a research cluster at the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre, Dr Yohan Seepersad joins us to discuss the pioneering work being done to develop affordable and practical plasma-based engineering solutions specifically designed for the needs of developing economies. We cover, among other things: how plasma technology can improve areas such as crop production, wastewater treatment, and healthcare; how AI fits into the work on plasma systems; what it would take to commercialise the plasma-based solutions the Lightning cluster develops; and which Caribbean challenge Yohan would most want his research to solve.

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ICTP 411: Navigating LLM efficacy, digital fatigue, and infrastructure realities, with Matthew Cowen of dgtlfutures

ICTP 411: Navigating LLM efficacy, digital fatigue, and infrastructure realities, with Matthew Cowen of dgtlfutures

Posted by | 5 Aug 2026 |

We were promised that digital tools would shrink work weeks and boost efficiency—so why do our days feel busier and longer and our organisation’s overheads higher? We are joined, once again, by longtime friend of the Podcast, IT Specialist, Researcher and Digital Analyst Matthew Cowen to try to cut through the tech hype. In this conversation, we discuss: the efficacy and usefulness of LLMs; the link between technology, productivity and business, and whether technology has truly increased productivity; the growing pushback against all things digital and the rise of the desire for physical things; and whether data centres are the Achilles’ heel of tech.

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