Shiva Bissessar *This post was initially carried by the Trinidad Express, Sept 29th **While reference is made within this piece to a study and report, the opinions expressed are my own. Figure 1: UN ECLAC 1st EGM: (Left to Right) ECLAC’s Deputy Director (Ag.) and Associate Information Management Officer. Dillon Alleyne and Robert Williams, respectively & … Read more
The Caribbean has seen recent growth in mobile app development which is being driven by various stakeholders as a means of increasing ICT innovation and entrepreneurship. Evidence of this trend can be found in various news clippings from the region: The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and CANTO signed a memorandum of understanding … Read more
On 12th July 2015, the students of the Master of Information Systems & Technology Management (MISTM) programme at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business were exposed to the growing global ethical debate of security vs. privacy within the context of existing local laws with an information Security dimension (as well as impending proposed … Read more
The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad & Tobago (TATT) held their 21st ICT open forum on 18th June 2015 posing the question “Should Over The Top Services Be Regulated” to the three regulatory heads of the regional mobile providers Digicel, TSTT and LIME Caribbean, and the audience, no doubt, 100% comprised of mobile customers. TATT’s representatives … Read more
Good work by Trinidad & Tobago’s own Anita Sohan, currently on fellowship at the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) in the UK as highlighted in the CTO May 2015 newsletter: The objectives of this work programme were to give Anita experience in designing and implementing a survey for Commonwealth Member States to determine the challenges they … Read more
I was interviewed on 23/05/15 by Kejan Haynes on TV6′s “In Conclusion” for my take on the TT cybercrime bill 2015. Within the interview I alluded to certain ‘issues’ within the bill which seemed to have crept over from the model law phase. I subsequently wrote an article briefly detailing these ‘issues’ which was carried … Read more