A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 12 August to Sunday 18 August 2019.

 

Monday, 12 August 2019

Cayman taxi fare app launched

Cayman Islands – A digital taxi fare calculator, CI:GO, is now available as a free mobile app. Launched by the Ministry of Transport, CI:GO can found in the App Store and Google Play by typing “CIGO” or “Taxi Fare Cayman” in the search bar… more

Haiti’s best and brightest building local tech hub

Haiti– A group of talented executives are returning home with the goal of turning their beloved Haiti into a regional tech hub by 2030… more

Big Data for Big Trade

Regional – When it comes to tracking trade the numbers can be dizzying. Volume of exports, number of suppliers, net profits, logistics costs — the sector generates an enormous amount of vital, but long-winded, paperwork… more

New laws needed to deal with advancing technology, says telecoms minister

Turks and Caicos Islands – MODERN laws on cyber security and data protection must be put in place in the TCI as technology continues to progress, according to telecoms minister Goldray Ewing… more

 

Tuesday, 13 August 2019

BTC Voluntary Separation Roll-Out ‘In Coming Days’

Bahamas – The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) chief executive has confirmed it will roll-out its latest employee voluntary separation programme (VSEP) “in the coming days”… more

S.S.B. Going Digital

Belize – The Social Security Board is also going digital allowing persons to readily access information by the touch of their fingertip… more

Public WiFi planned for George Town

Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands could get its first public WiFi hot spots within the next few months… more

Caribbean farmers could be going digital

Regional – Blockchain might be best-known for disrupting the financial sector, thanks to Bitcoin and more recently, Facebook’s Libra… more

CXC to be fully digital by 2020

Regional– An e-learning hub and on-demand testing are among innovations the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced, as it moves ahead with the full digital transformation of regional secondary education next year… more

What makes a business technology champion?

Trinidad and Tobago – TODAY’S business world is a digitally connected one: a fast-paced environment where firms are required to keep “moving”… more

 

Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Bahamas Customs Department Launches New Education Campaign for its New Online Portal

Bahamas – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest launched The Bahamas Customs and Excise Department’s public education campaign for the Customs Modernization Initiative, and the User Registration Drive for Click2Clear, the new Customs Online Portal, which represents the future of Customs… more

Bahamas Industrial Tribunal goes digital with new e-filing system

Bahamas – For the first time, litigants, advocates and legal representatives accessing the Bahamas Industrial Tribunal will now be able to file their cases anytime, from anywhere, including the Family Islands, following the launch of e-filing and case management at the Tribunal… more

GTT deploys 3G site to replace fallen cell tower at Diamond

Guyana – The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) says it on August 8 deployed a 3G site at the Diamond, East Bank Demerara to provide services following the collapse of its cell site tower in July, resulting in the full restoration of all services affected in the area… more

Flow adds free data to mobile plans for YouTube usage

Jamaica – More Jamaicans are now on YouTube says Flow, these utterances comes in the wake of a surge in the number of the communications and entertainment company’s mobile customers utilising the popular social media network… more

Jamaica Government Fast-Tracking Legislation to Give Citizens More Protection Online

Jamaica – Science, Energy and Technology Minister Fayval Williams, says that the Government is “moving rapidly” to complete the Data Protection Bill, which would better enable Jamaicans to safeguard their personal information online… more

Sabga upset over Facebook

Trinidad and Tobago – Global technology giants like Facebook that operate online in TT without paying taxes undermine local media houses that make investments and create jobs, Ansa McAl chairman, Norman Sabga said yesterday… more

 

Thursday, 15 August 2019

Airbnb Unveils Offering Expansion Into Hotels

Bahamas – Airbnb’s expansion into “boutique-type” hotels and local “experiences” was among the items discussed at The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) recent Board meeting… more

Making Belize Businesses Modern

Belize – The rest of the world is surging ahead with the adaptation of technology in the market place, to form successful digital ecosystems, where goods and services are sold online… more

BVI Cable accuses BVIEC of discrimination, forced to suspend redeployment of network

British Virgin Islands – An ongoing dispute between BVI Cable TV and the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has resulted in the cable company — which has not been operational since the September 2017 hurricanes — having to suspend its network’s redeployment… more

Liberty Latin America (LILA) (LILAK) Q2 2019 Earnings Call Transcript

Regional – Good morning and welcome to Liberty Latin America’s second quarter 2019 investor call… more

New Mobile App For Dining Launched In Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia – W2E (Where 2 Eat) is the newest Mobile App in St. Lucia which serves as a single source for the menus of all restaurants in St. Lucia! W2E allows St. Lucians to browse the menu of all restaurants on the island-from Cap Estate to Vieux Fort, from their phone… more

 

Friday, 16 August 2019

Anguilla Telecommunications Market Size, Share, Growth, Demand, Opportunities and Forecast 2019-2025

Anguilla – Anguilla Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Anguilla’s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments… more

Antigua and Barbuda Telecommunications Market Size, Share, Growth, Demand, Opportunities and Forecast 2019-2025

Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua & Barbuda Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Antigua & Barbuda’s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments…more

Bahamas Telecommunications Market Size, Share, Growth, Demand, Opportunities and Forecast 2019-2025

Bahamas – Bahamas Telecom outlook report is a comprehensive analytical research on the Bahamas’s cellular, fixed telephone and fixed broadband segments… more

Barbados Telecommunications Market Growth Trends, Key Players, Competitive Strategies and Forecasts, 2019 to 2025

Barbados– The future value proposition for telecommunications market in Barbados to 2025 is detailed in the report. It also provides imperatives for gaining market share in highly competitive telecom industry… more

Wi-Fi City

Barbados – Free community Wi-Fi is to be made available in the heart of The City by the end of this year as Government rolls out its promised Smart Bridgetown project, the Government’s chief information technologist said Friday… more

Belize Telecommunications Market Trends, Segment and Future Growth to 2025

Belize– The future value proposition for telecommunications market in Belize to 2025 is detailed in the report. It also provides imperatives for gaining market share in highly competitive telecom industry… more

BVIEC fires back: BVI Cable TV misleading, unsafely connected to poles without permission

British Virgin Islands – The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has refuted accusations by BVI Cable TV that claimed the electricity company was using discriminatory industry practices against the cable company… more

GNBA denies terrorising broadcasters

Guyana – Yesterday, Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), Leslie Sobers, made it clear that the Authority is not in that business. Rather, its mandate is very clear… more

App being developed for citizens to bring attention to communities issues

Jamaica – Jamaicans will soon have access to a technological application that should help bring attention to problems in their communities… more

Use digital media to drive sales urges Bumble Bee expert at local conference

Jamaica – Jamaica’s reliance on existing, new and emerging digital technologies has increased in the last five years and will continue to grow steadily. That’s the consensus from Bumble Bee Digital Agency’s Chief Executive Officer Keerene Carty… more

TelEm Group & Equipment vendor aiming to stabilize Cable TV power issues this weekend.

Sint Maarten – TelEm Group technicians and engineers will be installing new power-related equipment at Cable TV’s headend facility at Madame Estate this weekend with the possibility of interruptions to Cable TV, TelTV and CableNet services… more

 

Saturday, 17 August 2019

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Sunday, 18 August 2019

Dead air

Barbados – Efforts to restructure the massive debt of Ozone Wireless, the embattled two-year-old third player in the Barbados mobile market, have failed and as a result Digicel has followed Flow in barring the cash-strapped telecommunications provider from using its signal stations, Ozone Wireless investor Dr Nicholas Kelly has revealed… more

FLA Goes Hi-Tech – Agency Overhauls System To Arrest Corruption

Jamaica– Breaches of previous systems at the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) have forced the entity to now implement a technologically driven structure that limits corruption and improves efficiency, according to chief executive officer (CEO) Shane Dalling… more

Mathematics is a Must

Saint Lucia– This week the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) released Saint Lucia’s 2019 CSEC results, which showed a welcome improvement from 76.46% to 76.85% in the overall pass rate, compared to the prior year’s results… more

 

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