Information and Communication Technology

CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana  -   A Draft Regional Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Strategy, designed to create a Single ICT Space for the Region is under review at the Fifth Meeting of the Regional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Steering Committee in Barbados.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The World Bank on Wednesday presented a programme to the Caribbean that would support initiatives for improved Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) within the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM).

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Stakeholders across the Region will, from Thursday 11 November, have an opportunity to discuss and refine the contents of a draft Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Strategy when a Regional Consultation and Awareness Campaign is launched in St. George’s, Grenada.

CONSIDERED the biggest ever expansion of access to computers in Guyana, Government’s one laptop per family project is scheduled to begin rolling out within the next three months, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo. Speaking at the opening of GuyExpo, the Head of State explained that the initiative is in keeping with his administration’s efforts to ensure all Guyanese are equipped “for the modern world” with services that include call centres, regional hosting opportunities, data for disaster recovery facilities, subscriber bandwidth services, telemedicine and distance learning.

CABLES for a high speed fibre optic network from Brazil to Corentyne,  Berbice, being funded by the Government of Guyana, arrived in the country last week. Project Engineer Alexei Ramotar said the consignment for the 560 kilometres stretch is awaiting clearance by the Customs and Trade Administration, after which testing will begin.
He said installation will start when the acceptance test per reel is completed and the entire project, for the landing and use of the second fibre optic cable in the country, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2011.

INFORMATION minister Daryl Vaz says that iMap Jamaica, the Internet application that gives information on every single registered parcel of land in Jamaica, will help to transform business on the island.

iMap service is provided by the National Land Agency in partnership with Global Insurance Company. The service is targeted at the insurance industry, land surveyors, realtors, land developers and spatial data professionals.

BARBADOS (September 2, 2010) – An innovative Barbados company is using the global power of the internet to promote the Caribbean in faraway lands.

Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean have been the centre of international attention since news broke that Trinidad’s technology guru, Bevil Wooding, was one of only seven persons from across the globe specially selected to hold keys to the internet.

These seven gatekeepers, called Trusted Community Representatives (TCRs), have each been given a card with part of a special code that can be used to generate a master Recovery Key which can, in effect, reboot the internet.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, particularly those aligned to the Jamaica Bankers' Association (JBA), have pooled human and financial resources in an all-out effort to smash an emerging debit-card scam that is threatening the security confidence of the electronic banking system in Jamaica.

For the first time since the promulgation of the Cybercrimes Act ..., the police ... reported that they cracked a major cybercrime ring, arresting and charging two men for breaching the far-reaching statute.

PHILIPSBURG - Leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experts from the region and across the world will be converging on the tiny Caribbean nation of St Maarten for an intensive week of technology meetings.

The Westin St. Maarten Dawn Beach Resort & Spa will be the venue for the 6th Annual Caribbean Internet Governance Forum being jointly hosted by the Government of St Maarten, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and the Geneva-based non-profit ISOC (Internet Society).