Tag Archive: snapshot series

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 …

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May 17 2013

Snapshot: Internet speeds and pricing update 2013

Figure 2:  Best Internet plan by advertised download speed for under USD 60.00 in select Caribbean countries (Source: ISP websites)

A 2013 update of Internet speeds and pricing across the English-speaking Caribbean, and the extent to which they have changed since 2012. Over the last two years, but most recently in May 2012, we provided a snapshot of Internet speeds and pricing across the English-speaking Caribbean. In this post and one year later, we are …

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May 08 2013

Snapshot: How affordable is mobile/cellular service in the Caribbean in 2013?

This is a 2013 update to our mobile/cellular affordability Snapshot – to get some insight into the proportion of a person’s monthly income that might be spent on mobile/cellular service, and how that might have changed in the last two years. Last week, we published our 2013 snapshot of the likely monthly spend for mobile/cellular …

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May 03 2013

Snapshot: Caribbean mobile/cellular spend update 2013

Table 1: Service baskets used in mobile spend calculations (Source: OECD)

This is a 2013 update to our mobile/cellular spend Snapshot, to determine the extent to which a person’s monthly spend on mobile/cellular services has changed across the English-speaking Caribbean. In May 2012, we provided a snapshot of the likely monthly spend for mobile/cellular service based on pre-defined baskets of services, which updated our May 2011 …

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Apr 17 2013

Snapshot: Network readiness 2013

2013 NRI ranking

A 2013 update of our Snapshot Series on network readiness, and the extent to which countries in the Caribbean are leveraging ICT to improve their competitiveness. The World Economic Forum (WEF), in conjunction with INSEAD, one of the world’s top business schools, have released their annual network readiness assessment, the Global Information Technology Report (GITR) 2013, …

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