Tag Archive: Information Society

May 31 2013

Dimming opportunities: are Caribbean telecoms sectors becoming victims of their own success?

A discussion on whether the progress that has been realised in telecoms sectors across the Caribbean would be a deterrent to new investors to enter those markets. Last week, as was noted in our latest news roundup, Jamaica’s auction of frequencies in its 700 MHz spectrum band has been delayed indefinitely. Although no reason was …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://www.ict-pulse.com/2013/05/dimming-opportunities-caribbean-telecoms-sectors-victims-success/

May 29 2013

Reviving a struggling brand: 7 lessons from LIME

CWC recently published yearend results showed improved performance over previous years. What has it been doing right? Here are seven takeaways. Last week, Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) published the results for the year ending 31 March 2013, in which the organisation summarised its operational and financial performance over the period 2012/2013. CWC operates in 20 countries …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://www.ict-pulse.com/2013/05/reviving-struggling-brand-7-lessons-lime/

May 27 2013

Roundup: for the week ending 26 May 2013

A roundup of ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 20 May to Sunday 26 May 2013. Monday, 20 May 2012 EDITORIAL: LIME’s $100m investment great news Barbados – The announcement by telecommunications firm LIME that it intends investing $100 million in an islandwide network upgrade is good news for Barbados …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://www.ict-pulse.com/2013/05/roundup-week-26-2013/

May 24 2013

Expert insights 3: Cyber threats and security in the Caribbean 2013 update

The third instalment in our 2013 series in which we discuss with world leading information risk management firm, Paladion, cyber intrusion and security. Continuing with our Expert insights series for 2013, we have a special treat: an interview with Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Paladion, Vinod Vasadevan. Although many of you might not have …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://www.ict-pulse.com/2013/05/expert-insights-3-cyber-threats-security-caribbean-2013-update/

May 22 2013

Snapshot: How affordable is Internet service in 2013?

Table 1:  Share of monthly income spent on an Internet plan with an advertised download speed of 2 Mbps averaged across the Caribbean between 2011 and 2013 (Source: ICT Pulse)

A 2013 update of the extent to which Internet broadband speeds are affordable across the Caribbean. Since May 2011, and following from our most recent Snapshot of Internet speed and pricing, we have been regularly assessing how affordable Internet broadband service is across the Caribbean. In this post, we are updating our findings, and discussing …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://www.ict-pulse.com/2013/05/snapshot-affordable-internet-service-2013/

Older posts «

» Newer posts