NEWS ARTICLES
June 13, 2011
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read more >>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...
Watch Online >>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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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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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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May 21, 2008
We now have Mcommerce here in Jamaica, thanks to two innovative young entrepreneurs Damion Daley and Stephen Spence.......
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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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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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April 19, 2008
A young Kingston-based software developer is helping to launch a cellular phone service in Jamaica that allows persons to make financial transactions via SMS text messaging.
Observations has tested 'Mobile Money', developed by 27-year-old Damion Daley, which will be given a full launch next month. Users will earn percentages...
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