Michelle Garcia

Bern, Switzerland – 3rd March 2023 – The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and the United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and promote digital transformation in postal services in the Caribbean region. The MoU was signed by the heads of both organisations, Mr. Rodney Taylor, Secretary-General of the …

CTU AND UPU TO PROMOTE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN POSTAL SERVICES IN THE CARIBBEAN Read More »

GSMA MWC Barcelona 2023 (Mobile World Congress) Conference – the largest and most influential event for the connectivity ecosystem, is being held from 27th February to 2nd March 2023. Several high-level Caribbean participants are in attendance at MWC Barcelona 2023, including CTU ICT Ministers – Senator the Hon. Hassel Bacchus, Minister of Digital Transformation, Trinidad …

CARIBBEAN CONTINGENT ATTENDS MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN Read More »

Bridgetown, Barbados, 14th February 2023 – The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and The Commonwealth Secretariat are jointly hosting a three-day workshop on Effective Legal Frameworks for Building the Digital Economy, which is being held in Barbados from 13th to 15th February 2023.  The event welcomed 40 in-person and 100 online participants from 24 countries from the Caribbean and around …

CTU AND THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT HOST SUCCESSFUL 3-DAY WORKSHOP ON EFFECTIVE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR BUILDING THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Read More »

Spectrum Management Task Force Meeting 5th February 2023 Montego Bay, Jamaica The Honourable Dr. Norman Dunn, State Minister, Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Government of Jamaica Professor Lloyd George Waller, Executive Director, Global Tourism Resilience, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus Board of Directors of the Spectrum Management Authority, Jamaica Mr. Alvin Augustin, Chair …

Opening Remarks – Secretary General, Caribbean Telecommunications Union Read More »

The University of the West Indies (UWI), in collaboration with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and the Spectrum Management Authority of Jamaica (SMA), will host the quarterly Caribbean Spectrum Management Task Force Meeting (SMTF) from 6th to 8th February 2023. It will be held at IberoStar, Rose Hall Beach, Jamaica and is the first physical …

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (MONA CAMPUS) HOSTS CARIBBEAN SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT MEETING FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Read More »

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 23rd January 2023 – The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is pleased to welcome its newest member, CaribCoin, which officially joined the CTU on 19th October 2022. The decision was unanimously taken at a Special Session of the CTU Executive Council held on that day. CaribCoin, a fintech company supported by Abed Ventures, …

CARIBCOIN JOINS THE CTU Read More »

On September 7th, 2022, the CTU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Bahamas-based cloud and managed services provider, Cloud Carib. The MOU was entered into to strengthen “the collaboration between CCL, CTU, and Member States on sovereign cloud, data residency, data sovereignty, mission-critical services, and cybersecurity in support of Member States, and the …

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IMPLEMENTATION ANNOUNCEMENT PROVIDED FOR MEMBER STATES Read More »

2nd December 2022  The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (the CTU) would like to thank the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia for their kind and gracious hospitality over the past week, as well as offer congratulations to the UN IGF Secretariat on an impactful and successful 17th IGF.  The CTU is an intergovernmental, mutistakeholder …

STATEMENT DELIVERED BY NIA NANAN AT THE 17TH INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM IN ETHIOPIA Read More »