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Observer launches BlackBerry app
June 13, 2011

Developed in partnership with the Jamaican company Software Architects Limited, users can conveniently read and share content via the app, which is available via the BlackBerry App World Store. You can also download our app by scanning the code displayed on this page and in advertisements.

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Mobile commerce in Jamaica
February 17, 2011

Jamaican-based company Software Architects have developed their own mobile commerce solution in anticipation of the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) one day allowing mobile banking...

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2010 New Year’s Message
January 27, 2010

As many Jamaicans contemplate the year ahead, fully aware of the challenges we will face as it relates the state of our economy and the impending tax hikes, we should not neglect the fact that each second, minute, hour, day, week, month and year is gift. 2010 sees not only Jamaica's economy facing challenges but the entire world.

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2009 New Year’s Message
January 12, 2009

Let me take this opportunity to wish you a prosperous and productive 2009. Let me also warn those who have nicknamed it “2000 and mine”, that we cannot move forward in today’s world with all the challenges being faced globally without a sense of team.

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Text Transfer
December 21, 2008


With local banks and cellular providers considering launching mobile banking (m-banking) services, Government has secured assistance from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to assess its feasibility for Jamaica and recommend necessary legislation.

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mCommerce Boom brewing in JAMAICA
May 24, 2008

We now have Mcommerce here in Jamaica, thanks to two innovative young entrepreneurs Damion Daley and Stephen Spence.......

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Could illiteracy threaten JA tech revolution?
May 21, 2008

With mobile phones the technology of choice among lower-income Jamaicans, new research cautions that illiteracy means that many are unable to send even a SMS text message, which threatens usage of...

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Mobile phones to drive Internet access in JA?
May 15, 2008

Mobile phones with their high rate of penetration in Jamaica could become the dominant means to access the Internet locally, says Dr Hopeton Dunn, Director of the Digicel-sponsored Telecommunications Policy & Management (TPM)...

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