CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 07/10/15
CWC-Columbus merger could harm competition in three Caribbean markets – Caribbean Tricom to deploy 2,700km fiber optic network in DR by 2018 – Dominican R. Caribbean antitrust body to look at CWC-Columbus acquisition – Caribbean Xinwei deploys infrastructure in Nicaragua – Nicaragua Heroes and villains…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 06/26/15
Cuba brings Wi-Fi to more citizens at a lower price – Cuba Caribbean watch: Digicel Barbados, Digicel Antigua, Ectel – Barbados, Caribbean Caribbean watch: Jamaica’s portability, Indotel, Digicel Bermuda – Regional Jamaica sees 200 mobile numbers ported in 48 hours – Jamaica Portability in El…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 06/19/15
Claro-Digicel merger challenged by Jamaican regulator – Jamaica O3b announces satellite broadband deals in Chile, Caribbean – Caribbean, Chile Comverse buys Acision for US$135mn – Regional Hondutel keeps numbers in black as earnings rise 57% in May – Honduras Alierta: Telefónica the most profitable large…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 06/12/15
Caribbean roundup: Orange Dominicana, Jamaica’s IXP, Cuban internet – Regional M&A watch: Liberty Global, Fortinet, DishTV – Puerto Rico, Regional Emerging markets could lead IoT innovation – Cisco – Regional Smartphone sales reach 17,000 per hour in Latin America – Regional Zero ratings contravene net…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 06/05/15
Friday, June 5, 2015 4G drives FDI in Latin America’s telecoms sector – Regional Roundup: Digicel-Verimatrix, Mariposa-Algar Telecom, LINE – Regional Digicel completes acquisition of Bermuda Telecom – Caribbean CentAm Roundup: Hondutel fiber optic, Nicaragua’s internet security, portability in Honduras – Regional Peru boasts best…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 05/29/15
Caribbean roundup: Dominica’s broadband, DR’s fiber, Puerto Rico submarine cable – Regional DirecTV satellites successfully in orbit – Regional Costa Rica, Guatemala to represent half of CentAm’s LTE lines by 2019 – Central America Internet users to reach 57% of LatAm by 2019, says Cisco…
Belize Does it Again!
Belize cops first place in CANTO’s 9th Regional WTISD – Video Competition for the second consecutive year. Last year the competition was won by Mr. William Mahler Jr.; this year it was his female countryman, Ms Tysha Toni Roches who edged out the competitors with…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 05/15/15
ANALYSIS: What is the impact of Verizon-AOL deal on LatAm? – Regional Digicel to offer triple play in Bermuda – Caribbean Huawei seeking to move into Cuba – Cuba Alcatel-Lucent reports Q1 loss – Regional El Salvador, Honduras and Paraguay among top m-money markets –…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 05/08/15
CWC-Columbus International to operate under the Flow brand – Caribbean Roundup: Bolivia’s Entel, Telmex, smartphone apps – Regional Netflix urges FCC to reject DirecTV-AT&T merger – Regional Roundup: Google’s Project Fi, QBoCel – Mexico, Regional Roundup: Tigo Guatemala, Peru’s portability, Telefónica Argentina – Regional CWC-Columbus…
Caribbean Broadband Development and Spectrum Requirements
Broadband roll-out in the Caribbean has become one of the most important Information and Communication Technology (ICT) issues in the Caribbean. This is a subject that is high on the agenda of CANTO as well as Caribbean telephone companies, governments, regulators and consumers. Broadband is…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 05/01/15
Roundup: Bolivia smartphones, Jamaica cable TV, Movistar Nicaragua – Regional SPOTLIGHT: Squeezed TCL to tailor phones to LatAm – Regional Appointments watch: TIM CMO, Telebras CEO, Mavens, Zenvia – Brazil, Regional Satellite over-supply ‘worsening in LatAm’ – Regional Samsung regains smartphone crown in Q1 –…
Girls Can Do it Too!
Port of Spain, 29/4/15 – Over 130 girls of the Bishop’s Centenary College were introduced to the limitless possibilities for women in ICTs to commemorate International Girls in ICT Day. The initiative is backed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) member states to create a global…