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The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has introduced an Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) system to ensure greater efficiency in the dispatch of buses and to ascertain the precise location of vehicles at any point in time. Nimal Amitirigala, Manager of the Information Technology Department at the JUTC, said that the bus company recently introduced the AVL system on three of...

Dr. Arnoldo Ventura, Chief Advisor for Science and Technology in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), has called on regional governments to utilize the use of science and technology in solving their developmental problems. Speaking at the first biennial symposium on Science and Technology in Barbados on Tuesday (March 8), Dr. Ventura said "the production and employment of modern...

Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell has emphasised that the Government was committed to enhancing the country's telecommunication sector, and had recently awarded two licences for fibre optic cables to be laid in Jamaica. These hi-tech cables, he explained, would boost the information communication capacity that was presently available to computer users in Jamaica. The Minister was addressing...

Jamaicans stand to benefit from government's decision to open up investment in submarine fibre optic cable, which will allow cheaper and easier access to the Internet. Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, explained to JIS News, that expansion of undersea fibre would provide Jamaica with sufficient cable for the provision of broadband services to allow for speedier and cheaper...

Jamaica is set to host the inaugural Caribbean Telemedicine Symposium and Exhibition, which is slated to take place at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, beginning this Thursday, July 22 through to Sunday, July 25 under the theme, "Telemedicine - Enhancing Access to Medical Care Through Technology". The symposium and exhibition are expected to explore, among a...

Cabinet has approved drafting instructions to amend the Broadcasting and Radio Re-Diffusion Act (1995) to provide for more flexibility in the granting of a subscriber television or cable television licence. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman said that the amendments were necessary as the licensing period for cable operators expired at the end of the year, and it was imperative...

The $10 million project has been implemented through financing from the CHASE fund to equip 68 libraries with the necessary technology to provide Internet service. The project was officially launched at the Green Island Branch library in Hanover on March 4. Chairman of the Jamaica Library Board, Dr. Simon Clarke emphasises a point, while speaking yesterday (Mar. 3) at the...

The National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica Limited (Ex-Im) has launched a loan programme to offer financial aid to entrepreneurs in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector. The programme, which is two-pronged, will see the Bank partnering with the Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) of the University of Technology (UTech) to implement the ICT -Yes initiative, which involves offering short term revolving...

The Caribbean's first network access facility, the Jamaica Network Access Point (JNAP), was officially launched on March 2 to offer a wide range of solutions for corporate data and telecommunications networking needs. The facility, located at the Digital building on Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston, opened its doors a year ago. It is a co-location facility or 'Telecom Hotel' that...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Subcommittee for Resource Mobilization in collaboration with the United Kingdom (UK) will be seeking to establish a Regional Information and Intelligence Sharing Network. This network is aimed at developing domestic and regional connectivity to generate tactical and strategic intelligence. The Intelligence Sharing Network was one of several initiatives, which came out of Wednesday's (March 3)...

The Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank will launch a new loan programme on Friday, March 5, specifically targetting the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector. Managing Director of the Ex-Im Bank, Pamella McLean, told JIS News that the bank would be making available to the sector, a total fund pool of $80 million, of which $20 million would be directed as working...

The first year of full liberalisation of the telecommunications sector has seen the issuing of 58 international carrier licences and 52 international service provider licences by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR). The third phase of a liberalisation process, which began in 2000 allowed telecommunications operators to provide international call service to customers without having to go through Cable and...