Technology
WestStar and Cayman 27 sold to Logic
(CNS Business): Cable TV provider WestStar and its TV station Cayman 27 have been bought out by Bermuda-based KeyTech, the parent company of Logic. In an announcement Wednesday, the KeyTech Group of Companies revealed that its subsidiary, WestTel Limited (Logic Cayman) has acquired the Cayman-based company, British Overseas Territory Cable & Telecommunications (BOTCAT), financed through […]
CEC: Campus ‘soon come’
(CNS Business): The development of the Cayman Enterprise City campus will be underway before the end of 2014, the management team told CNS Business Wednesday. Despite the numerous false starts for the project to find the right location at the right price, Charlie Kirkconnell, the CEO of the special economic zone, said CEC is committed […]
LIME calls for duty free smartphones in Caribbean
(CNS Business): LIME Caribbean CEO, Martin Roos, has called on regional government ministers to remove taxes on smart phones as a part of their market liberalisation programme to better facilitate content creation and entrepreneurship, especially among young people. He urged regional government ministers and fellow telecoms providers to push for greater broadband penetration, allowing the […]
Radio rules to focus on industry not businesses
(CNS Business): Despite having an overcrowded marketplace, with some 17 radio licences issued by the government regulator, the new Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) boss has revealed that there has never been an industry meeting with the authority. Pulling the owners of the stations together last week to review what’s happening in the sector, […]
New power provider to be announced this week
(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands’ Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) said this week that the announcement regarding who has secured the contract to supply the additional 36 megawatts of power that will be required by Grand Cayman in the coming years was expected before Friday. Dart Enterprises Real Estate Ltd, the Louis Berger Group and Caribbean Utilities […]
Technology improvements at NWDA
(CNS Business): There have been significant improvements to the technology to support the system at the National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA) regarding both the website as well as the various database interfaces, according to Employment Minister Tara Rivers, who said that improvements would continue over the coming year. Building on the shared interface with immigration, […]
Commentary: FATCA and the rush to register
The plethora of recent regulation means that clients are now well versed in deploying technology to address compliance concerns. Unfortunately, many opted to pursue point solutions for each regulatory thread and are now looking at integration projects to bring it all together, writes Chris Eaton, Executive Vice President, Blue Bison Software.
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