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Approximately $18.9 million has been set aside in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure to enhance the Information and Communications Technology (ICT), regulatory environment of the country. The project, which gets underway this month, will be implemented by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, with funding support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). It is scheduled to end in...

Government is to auction two licences for use in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band, with a view to attracting new entrants into the telecommunications market. This was disclosed by the Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, during Tuesday’s (March 26) sitting of the House of Representatives. The licences will be awarded to the highest bidders, once...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says individual behavioural changes are critical in the fight to conserve energy and reduce the country’s energy bill. He is calling on all Jamaicans to assess their consumption and seek to implement conservation measures. “Every Jamaican can start in his or her personal way. Sometimes we don’t stop to think...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government is far advanced in implementing (telephone) number portability. He noted that all three major telecommunications providers, Digicel, LIME and FLOW are in support of its implementation. Addressing the House of Representatives on March 26, the Minister added that the stakeholders have been actively working with the Ministry...

Government is in the process of rolling out an islandwide broadband network to provide universal access to digital technology for all Jamaicans. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says this will be provided through the Universal Service Fund (USF). Mrs. Simpson Miller opined that more can be done to achieve the vision of Jamaica being “aknowledge-based and educated...

The Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining has launched two web-based information systems geared at providing energy stakeholders with real time data. The systems, dubbed the National Energy Information Clearing House (NEICH) and the Energy Database and Management Information System (EDMIS), were officially unveiled during a press briefing at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston on Thursday, March 21....

State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, is confident that the proposed Venture Capital Development Fund, which will target financing for newly established businesses, will be in place by year end. Speaking at the opening session of the University of Technology’s 18th annual students’ conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Wednesday, March 20,...

The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) is reminding Jamaicans that the hacking of data from a computer or telephone is against the law and persons caught engaged in such illegal activity could be charged under the Cyber Crime Act 2010. The warning came from Assistant Executive Director of the BCJ, Karlene Salmon Johnson, as she addressed grade six students of...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says he will be re-introducing the Cuba-Jamaica Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) Project,as part of the national energy conservation and efficiency plan. He noted that the initiative, introduced in 2006 as part of a demand reduction plan, had achieved results in terms of saving on energy use. The project involved the...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says Government has identified the critical need to build proficiency in science and mathematics to transform the economy and create a more sustainable future. “Jamaica’s future lies in developing a technology savvy, knowledge-based economy, where our people have the skills to compete with others anywhere in the world and the...

Holy Trinity High School is on the way to improved academic results, with the assistance of technology, and teachers being able to “walk” with laptop computers for use in classes. Some 300 seventh graders will also benefit from 20 new Internet-enabled desktop computers, which have been installed in the school’s reading room. A total of 45 computers were formally handed...

The Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) is retrofitting more than 63,000 square feet of space at the Montego Bay Free Zone for outsourcing and other operations. Making the announcement on Thursday, February 28, at a breakfast forum in Montego Bay, State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, said the move is part of continued efforts by the...