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The University of the West Indies

ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, WEST INDIES

Faculty of Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Caribbean ICT Research Programme

Tel: (868) 662 2002 Ext. 2166/2167 Fax: (868) 662 4414 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Website: http://www.eng.uwi.tt/depts/elec

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

CARIBBEAN INNOVATORS CHALLENGE: MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT

US$19,000.00 IN PRIZE AWARDS TO WINNER!!!!!!!

The Caribbean ICT Research Programme of The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, is inviting proposals for “The Caribbean Innovators Challenge: Mobile Applications for Development.” This competition initiative, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is designed to contribute to the e-economy and e-education pillars of the Connectivity and Equity in the Americas (CEA) programme.

The extensive mobile penetration among the Caribbean poor, the tremendous versatility of mobile applications and the relatively low-cost as well as rapid deployment of mobile applications and services all make a compelling case for mobile innovation. Yet there is little in the region by way of related innovation centres, case studies and documentation of supporting methodologies.

The Caribbean Innovators Challenge: Mobile Applications for Development offers an ideal incubator model for capacity-building to Caribbean Tertiary Level Institutions (TLIs) and their young academics involved in software development. It is designed to stimulate development-focused mobile innovation within Caribbean TLIs and provide a framework to contemplate, demonstrate, document and assess such innovation according to relevance, impact and sustainability-based metrics.

Click here for more details on Competition Elegibility, Structure and Awards

Montserrat to host ICT Roadshow in April

BRADES, Montserrat (January 28, 2010) – Montserrat is scheduled to host the seventh leg of the ICT Roadshow from April 21 to 23, 2010.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Minister of Communications & Works Charles Kirnon commended the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) on their initiative to bring awareness to the use of information communications technology to the wider Caribbean and Montserrat. He added that it fit within the scope of the government’s plan to encourage innovation and the use of all available technology to improve Montserrat.

CTU and PCH Host Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Symposium

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

STAFF WRITER.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad. 25 September 2009.

On Friday, the 25^th of September, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) in collaboration with Packet Clearing House (PCH) held a stakeholders symposium at the Hilton conference center in Port of Spain to advance the establishment of an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Trinidad.