Samsung offers new ‘Smart Home’ devices
Your home can be now transformed into a “Smart Home” with the arrival of Samsung’s new line of home appliances.The new line, which features Digital Inverter Technology recently arrived in T&T. It...
View ArticleEctel slams Digicel over Net Neutrality breach
On Thursday, Digicel issued a news release in which it agreed with the position taken by the telecommunications regulator in the Eastern Caribbean (Ectel) on the acquisition by Cable & Wireless...
View Article10 keys to improving the Caribbean telecom sector
For all the very real risks of consolidation taking place in the Caribbean telecommunication sector, equal focus should be placed on the opportunities for the region to accelerate its development...
View ArticleTelecom consolidation — An opportunity to evolve
The Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) announcement of its plan to acquire Columbus International (Columbus) signaled a major turning point for the Caribbean telecommunications sector.The...
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Cable and Wireless/Columbus “monopoly” worries Caribbean telecoms ministers
CASTRIES, St Lucia – Telecommunication ministers from the Eastern Caribbean will work with T&T industry authorities to protect the region's consumers.Telecommunication ministers from the...
View ArticleBusiness as usual for CWC and Columbus? Not for long, says ECTEL
CASTRIES— So far, it looks like business as usual for telecommunications consumers in Saint Lucia, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. But regional regulators say that could soon change.For...
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Digicel hammers it out with Cable & Wireless, Columbus
Top executives of the region's three major telecommunications players hammered out their differences in a five-hour meeting hosted by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) in Port-of-Spain....
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Regulators consider merger
Over the course of two days, specifically last Wednesday and Thursday, regional telecommunications regulators met at the Cascadia Hotel to consider the proposed buyout of Columbus Communications by...
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Telecom consolidation: 5 potential consumer benefits
Much has been written about the potential negative implications of the consolidation being witnessed in the Caribbean telecom sector. Service provider promises notwithstanding, the threat of higher...
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CTU issues statement after its Port-of-Spain Forum
Following is the full text of the statement issued by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union on the Regulatory Forum held on December 10-11 at Cascadia Hotel, St Ann's, T&THosted by the Caribbean...
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CWC/Columbus merger under scrutiny
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados—The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) says it is inviting submissions from service providers, businesses as well as representatives of consumer groups on the merits and demerits of the...
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Telecom shake-up
The existing regulations governing the telecommunications sector in T&T are enough to regulate the sector’s expansion and there is no need for changes, said Cris Seecharan, chief executive,...
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How (not) to smuggle iPhones into China
AFP—A man nabbed for attempting to smuggle 94 smartphones into China by strapping them to his body was mocked by amused netizens Tuesday after pictures of his "iPhone armour" went viral.Online images...
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Jamaica approves Cable and Wireless, Columbus deal
The government of Jamaica gave the green light for the transfer of control of Flow and Columbus Networks to Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), the Jamaica Observer reported.CWC is the parent...
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Trini in Kazakhstan designs new game app
Martenn, Trixy and Plex save the Buccoo Reef is the name of a new game designed by Saleem Khan, a Trinidadian currently living in the faraway city of Almaty in Kazakhstan.Released last November and now...
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CTU celebrates 25th anniversary with ICT Week conference
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is among several high-profile speakers to present at a regional conference in Port of Spain next week, a release from the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)...
View ArticleBeyond the digital divide: Developing regional capacity to deliver Caribbean...
By 2016, one per cent of the world’s population will own more than half of its wealth. The staggering projection, from a recent study by anti-poverty group Oxfam, made headlines just as the World...
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Safer Internet Day: Some practical cybersafety tips
The Internet is rapidly changing, providing Caribbean citizens with new opportunities, but also creating new risks for children, parents, teachers, politicians and businessmen.Cyber crime, cyber...
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ADB launches online banking
In March, the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) will be launching its online banking service. Sheivan Ramnath, CEO of the ADB, said this is just one of the moves that will transform the ADB into a...
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Cutting the cord
As media companies increasingly make their wares available online, a growing number of subscribers are turning in their cable TV boxes and taking control of their TV and movie viewing routine.More...
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