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March 25, 2015
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Caribbean needs to strengthen its Internet infrastructure

by Gerald Best Electronic security threats levels are on the rise globally, and the stakes are getting higher. Kaspersky Lab’s Global IT Risks Report (2014) estimated that, after a data breach, small and medium sized business could spend up to $22,000 on staffing, training, and systems. Larger enterprises could potentially spend up to an additional $59,000 on staffing, $35,000 on…
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March 14, 2015
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New learning apps for Caribbean preschoolers

‘Krik Krak One’ Apps, a series of Interactive Ebooks and apps that use traditional Caribbean stories to teach preschoolers about Science,Maths, and Technology will soon be introduced in the Caribbean. Adventure and humour are cleverly meshed with environmental and social education for kids to see science as fun. The series is loosely based on original stories of the Afro-Caribbean character Anansi. The project, implemented…
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March 13, 2015
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Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP) Regional Steering Committee Convenes In Grenada

High ranking officials from several Caribbean countries will assemble in Grenada next Monday March 16, 2015 to participate in the sixth Regional Steering Committee (RSC) meeting of the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP). During this meeting, the RSC is expected to provide oversight and policy guidance in the implementation of the CARCIP. The Committee would also review the project…
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March 9, 2015
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Mobile technology a lever for women’s empowerment

PARIS – Providing women with greater access to mobile technology could increase literacy, advance development and open up much-needed educational and employment opportunities, according to experts at the fourth United Nations’ Mobile Learning Week conference here. “Mobile technology can offer learning where there are no books, no classrooms, even no teachers. This is especially important for women and girls who…
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March 2, 2015
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Jamaican cell phone users to get number portability – Technology Minister

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government will deliver on its promise that cellular phone users will have number portability by the end of May this year. Number portability will allow cellular phone users to carry their numbers across ports when they switch their service providers. Speaking at the official opening of the Farm…
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February 27, 2015
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Broadband the key to bringing ‘education to all’, says UN Broadband Commission

Paris, 27 February 2015 – Mobile phones, tablets and e-readers with broadband connectivity could prove the long-sought panacea in the global effort to bring quality, ubiquitous multidisciplinary educational opportunities to people everywhere, especially the world’s poorest or most isolated communities, according to the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development, which held its 11th meeting at UNESCO headquarters in Paris today. A report…
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February 27, 2015
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Government to Partner with Microsoft on E3 Solution Platform Initiative

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 26th February 2015……The Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Information Technology will be signing a milestone agreement with Microsoft on Monday 2nd March 2015. Microsoft officials arrived on island earlier this week, to discuss the particulars of the partnership with Minister of Information, Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Information Technology, the Hon. Melford Nicholas. The agreement…
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February 11, 2015
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CKLN Urges More Caribbean Participation in International R&E Network Activities

With C@ribNET the Region's only research and education network (REN) fully established, the emerging national research and education networks (NRENs) and their respective member institutions should be aware of the activities of partner REN's across the world. With C@ribNET the Region's only research and education network (REN) fully established, the emerging national research and education networks (NRENs) and their respective member…
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February 9, 2015
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Next Google could be in Caribbean

Technology news. “The next Google could be based in the Caribbean,” or so says Dr. Cardinal Warde, professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and President of the Caribbean Diaspora for Science, Technology and Innovation (CADSTI). Speaking at Microsoft’s London offices on 11th November for the first ever CADSTI STEM talk, Warde, originally from Barbados, told…
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February 3, 2015
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ICT sector fundamental to CARICOM’s growth, development – SG tells CTU conference

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday underscored the critical role that the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) had to play in the integration architecture. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the CTU's 25th anniversary ICT week, at the Hyatt Regency, Trinidad and Tobago, the Secretary-General pointed out that ICT was a “crucial element…
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