One hundred and seventy students across St. James have received tablet computers from the St. James Municipal Corporation, which represents the local authority’s contribution to the Government’s Tablets in Schools Programme. The tablets, valued at more than $4 million, were presented to the beneficiaries on December 16 at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre, Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay. Ten...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is encouraging members of the legal fraternity to embrace information and communications technology (ICT), in order to serve the citizens. The Minister was speaking at the third in the series of Jamaica International Arbitration Centre Limited (JAIAC) ‘Coffee Time’ webinars, on December 17, under the theme ‘Technology, Innovation and the Changing...

By early next year, the Government intends to grant a third cellular licence to a new entity to provide additional mobile telecommunication services for the country. This was disclosed by Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who noted that “we are going to have a Request for Proposal for spectrum in January 2021. This is approved by...

Infirmaries and Golden Age Homes across the island will benefit from a donation of more than 40 smartphones from telecommunications provider, Digicel, to enable residents to make contact with loved ones during the Christmas season. Some of the phones were handed over today (December 16), and will be used to enhance the ‘Virtually Connected While Staying Socially Distant Initiative’, being...

The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology has secured the assistance of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to develop a national broadband strategy, which will support the implementation of the islandwide broadband network. In addition, a national broadband task force, under the chairmanship of Michael Lee Chin, has been formed to provide high-level guidance to the Ministry’s team and to...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that bridging the broadband penetration gap, through the setting up of a National Broadband Network, is expected to generate more than 95,000 direct jobs. He made the disclosure during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 15). He noted that the estimated cost to implement the broadband...

The Government, through its agencies, will be implementing three major technology initiatives aimed at increasing access to the Internet and electronic educational content for students living in rural and inner-city communities. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 15), Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said the Government will be making investments to provide the...