The government of Trinidad and Tobago announced an ICT development plan for 2014-18, known as smarTT, in November 2013. Prior to the programme’s launch, the minister of science and technology, Rupert Griffith, stressed the contribution that the sector could make to T&T’s development.
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Articles & Analysis | Trinidad and Tobago's government aims to make IT a key contributor to GDP from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2015
Articles & Analysis | Panama replicating its successful number portability process from The Report: Panama 2015
Number portability enables both fixed-line and mobile customers to keep the same number when changing from one telecoms operator to another. By most measures, it is considered an essential consumer right, as well as a way to increase competition in the market. Implemented for the first time in Hong Kong in 1995, the process soon became available in most European states,...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Agustín de la Guardia, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Cable & Wireless Panama: Interview from The Report: Panama 2015
What is the current mobile environment in Panama, and how can this be developed further?
Articles & Analysis | Panama authorities working to attain digital inclusion for all citizens from The Report: Panama 2015
Panama’s ICT sector is a key enabler of the country’s high-growth, services-based economy. Strong technical infrastructure coupled with a robust legal regime present favourable conditions for local and international technology companies. The “Global Information Technology Report 2015”, published by the World Economic Forum, ranked Panama 51st amongst 143 countries in...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Jorge A Motta, National Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation: Interview from The Report: Panama 2015
How can research and development (R&D) aid Panama’s service economy? How do you strengthen ties between universities and the private sector?
Panama’s dynamic ICT sector has been a key enabler of the country’s high-growth, services-based economy. Strong technical infrastructure coupled with a robust legal regime make for favourable conditions for local and international technology companies. The “Global Information Technology Report 2015”, published by the World Economic Forum, ranked Panama 51st among 143 countries in terms of the...