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ICT Ministers meet in Barbados next week
A Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Information and Communication Technology will be held in Barbados on 21 September, 2016. The meeting will focus on the Draft Roadmap for the CARICOM Single ICT Space which is to be approved by Heads of Government. At their Regular Meeting in July in Georgetown, Guyana, the CARICOM…
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Suriname Emerges Winner of CANTO C.O.D.E 2.0 Hackathon
San Juan, Puerto Rico – CANTO hosted the 32nd Annual Conference & Trade Expo at the Sheraton Puerto Rico with one of its main attraction being the 2nd Annual C.O.D.E Hackathon. CANTO C.O.D.E 2.0 was launched under the theme “Bridging the Caribbean Network” as part of CANTO’s overall objective to stimulate and promote an innovative Caribbean ecosystem. C.O.D.E 2.0 entailed…
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Be smart – CARICOM ASG advises Guyana, Suriname animators
That’s a bit of sound advice that Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration at theCARICOM Secretariat, Mr. Joseph Cox offered animators from Guyana and Suriname. The animators from the Guyana Animation Network and the Suriname Animation Network visited the CARICOM Secretariat on Friday and interacted with Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan PhD., Mr. Cox, Deputy Programme Manager, Information and Communication Technologies…
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Caribbean Women on the Agenda at CANTO 2016
San Juan , 04/08/16 – Wednesday August 3rd and there was no letting up of the pace and exuberance or participation as delegates started day three of the CANTO 32nd Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition which is currently taking place at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel and Casino from July 31st – August 5th. The day started with a…
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Caribbean Dividends from Digital Switchover
A shift from analog to digital television broadcast in the Caribbean could be a big boost for local content creators looking to produce and distribute original programs. Free, analog, over-the-air television broadcasting has already been replaced by digital television transmission is several parts of the world. The process, commonly referred to as the digital switchover, is now underway in the…
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Code of Practice on Safeguarding the Open Internet signed at CANTO 2016
SAN JUAN — Day one of the ongoing CANTO 32nd Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition which is currently taking place at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel and Casino from July 31st – August 5th was full of thought provoking and forward thinking discussions, presentations and panels. One notable event coming out of the days proceeding's was the signing ceremony of…
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CTU Leads Regional Approach to Spectrum Management
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad—As part of its ongoing effort to harmonise regional stakeholders’ approaches to spectrum management, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) collaborated with the International Telecommunication Union to hold the expert-led Regional Radiocommunication Seminar for the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad from July 18 to 22, 2016. The CTU is an intergovernmental organisation that advises regional governments on…
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CARICOM Single ICT Space vital to compete
(Barbados Government Information Service) The vision of a Single ICT Space, articulated by CARICOM Heads of Government, is concrete recognition of the role that technology must play in the economic and social development of the Caribbean. This was emphasised by Senator Darcy Boyce, Minister with responsibility for Telecommunications, (on Thursday) as he spoke at the Caribbean Broadband Forum in Port-of…
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Ageing, NCDS and Technology: SVG Prime Minister tells Community to pay attention
Ageing, its relationship with chronic non-communicable diseases and technology, was among the issues St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, called attention to yesterday, 4 July ,at the opening of the 37th Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government. The Prime Minister who entreated the Community to look at the issue of ageing said that the Caribbean…
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Commonwealth ICT ministers endorse CTO’s four-year strategic plan at 2016 meeting
Outcomes of the biennial ministerial meeting held in London also include: A re-affirmation of the CTO’s mandate to coordinate Commonwealth consultations during major international conferences such as ITU’s WRC, WTSA and WTDC, ICANN’s GAC and IGF; An acknowledgement of India’s resumption as Full Member Country of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation; Support for the CTO’s plans to assess the impact of…
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