Gerard Best

Gerard Best blogs at http://www.gerardbest.wordpress.com. and is a CCN Multimedia News Editor at Trinidad Express, Port of Spain.

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CaribNOG Launches Fellowship Program

Technology practitioners and enthusiasts from across the Caribbean region will have more opportunities to attend meetings of the Caribbean Network Operators Group, CaribNOG, thanks to the CaribNOG Fellowships Program launched today.

Nov. 20, 2010 -- The Caribbean region contemplates an unprecedented opportunity to become a net producer of technology services and solutions, not just a technology consumer.

Find out why the real priorities on the agenda of last week's Regional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Steering Committee meetings were not primarily technical, but social.

FIFA President to speak at UWI

FIFA President, Mr Joseph “Sepp” Blatter has agreed to deliver a Distinguished Lecture on September 25th at 10am at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago.

A multi-sectoral delegation from Trinidad and Tobago travelled to Harare, Zimbabwe to share technology development experiences with counterparts from Southern Africa nations at an international conference organised by Trinidad-based non-profit, Congress WBN (C-WBN).

A multi-sectoral delegation from Trinidad and Tobago will this week travel to East Africa to share technology development experiences with counterparts at an international conference in Harare, Zimbabwe.


Aug. 30, 2010 -- Mrs. Allison Jean, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications, Works, Transport and Public Utilities, has declared Government’s intention to facilitate the establishment of an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in St Lucia as a matter of national priority.

Aug. 30, 2010 -- An international Symposium crystallises consensus over the establishment of an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) within St Kitts & Nevis. Participants agree that the domestic IXP must be established as a top priority if the country's technology-based development agenda is to be fully realised.

In Caribbean Telecommunications Union Symposium, Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines considers benefits of establishing an Internet Exchange Point in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

A Government of Barbados initiative to use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to save thousands of dollars in telephone charges.

Governments,Telecommunications firms and creative enterprises were challenged to develop a comprehensive framework to drive competitiveness and better encourage and support producers of cultural content in the Caribbean.

The Caribbean region must create a new evidence-based decision making framework if they are to survive or maintain their sovereignty over the next decade, says futurist Dr. David Taylor, speaking at the 6th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum being held in St Maarten.

Aug. 19, 2010 -- Caribbean telecommunications regulators must make a "massive shift" in their approach to the regulatory function, if the Caribbean is to take full advantage of the advances in information and communications technology (ICT), says respected  technology expert, Mr.Bevil Wooding, speaking at the 6th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum in St Maarten.

Aug. 19, 2010 -- The Government of St. Maarten in association with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) launched the St Maarten ICT Week on Sunday 15th August with a grand Opening Ceremony where speakers emphasized how fundamentally the world has changed as a result of the rapid evolution of information and communication technologies (ICT).


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