Platinum Sponsor of CTU 30th Anniversary
Celebration
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad–(BUSINESS WIRE)–“Why are we not further along in our path to digitally transform the
region?” was the question posed by Liberty Latin America’s (LLA) Chief
Legal Officer, John Winter, to a packed audience that included Caribbean
Government Ministers and Telecommunications policymakers and operators
at the Opening Ceremony of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)
30th Anniversary celebration on Monday, April 29th.
Winter outlined that LLA, the parent company of C&W Communications which
operates the Flow brand, is moving the region forward with “digital
enhancements that include updating our self-care MyFlow app, the
addition of virtual assistants to our websites and enabling user
interface prompts for our automated call center.” In closing, he
congratulated the CTU on their milestone and urged governments “to
create a level playing field where incumbents and new entrants can
operate side by side and can offer the best digital products and
services for their citizens.”
As part of the three-day conference held at the Hyatt Regency Convention
Center in Port of Spain, the CTU presented “Caribbean FutureScape,” a
real-time experience of what a digitally transformed Caribbean could
look like. Participants were immersed in a simulation of a confederation
of 5 Caribbean countries whose governments collaborated and cooperated
to use information and communication technologies (ICT) to accelerate
the social and economic development of their countries.
Vivek Khemka, Chief Technology and Product Officer, LLA, presented on
Day Two as one of five Lightning presentations on disruptive digital
technology and how voice technology and virtual assistants can enable
the unconnected to participate in the digitally transformed Caribbean.
Voice assistants will provide a simpler interaction paradigm that allows
users to access the internet without the need of special digital
training. In closing he invited public private partnerships to enable
high speed infrastructure, simpler rules across the region and
incentives to enable citizens to use a “hands-free” interface and
connect to the internet to enhance their lives.
On Day Three, speaking as part of a Panel on the topic of “Embracing the
Cloud,” geared towards Governments and large enterprises, Flow Barbados’
Country Manager and Head of C&W Business, Southern Caribbean, Jenson
Sylvester answered the often-asked question, “what is cloud computing”?
He gave the audience a brief but simple explanation on the benefits of
utilizing cloud technology, including the value and economies of scale
that accrue to users of cloud services.
C&W Business also hosted a booth at the conference where it showcased
solutions and services as the company supports the transition toward a
digitally transformed experience for business customers.
About C&W Communications
C&W, part of the Liberty Latin America group of companies, is a
full-service communications and entertainment provider and delivers
market-leading video, broadband, telephony and mobile services to
consumers in more than 20 countries. Through its business division, C&W
provides data center hosting, domestic and international managed network
services, and customized IT service solutions, utilizing cloud
technology to serve business and government customers.
C&W also operates a state-of-the-art submarine fibre network – the most
extensive in the region.
Learn more at www.cwc.com,
or follow C&W on LinkedIn,
Facebook
or Twitter.
About Liberty Latin America
Liberty Latin America is a leading telecommunications company operating
in over 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean under the
consumer brands VTR, Flow, Liberty, Más Móvil, BTC, UTS and Cabletica.
The communications and entertainment services that we offer to our
residential and business customers in the region include digital video,
broadband internet, telephony and mobile services. Our business products
and services include enterprise-grade connectivity, data center, hosting
and managed solutions, as well as information technology solutions with
customers ranging from small and medium enterprises to international
companies and governmental agencies. In addition, Liberty Latin America
operates a subsea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network that
connects over 40 markets in the region.
Liberty Latin America has three separate classes of common shares, which
are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbols “LILA”
(Class A) and “LILAK” (Class C), and on the OTC link under the symbol
“LILAB” (Class B). For more information, please visit www.lla.com.
About Caribbean Telecommunications Union
The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is an inter-governmental
organisation dedicated to supporting the development of the Caribbean
information and communications technologies (ICT) sector. The CTU also
promotes coordination of ICT at the regional level, identifies and
removes roadblocks to ICT development, keeps track of industry progress
and responds to the needs of the ICT sector, all with the aim of
creating a cohesive regional approach to an ICT agenda which embraces
the needs of all stakeholders. The CTU is committed to ICT development
that reaches the citizens of the region, creating affordable access to
ICT and helping citizens to use ICT effectively to transform their lives.
Contacts
C&W Communications Media contact:
Wendy
McDonald
Director, Communications
[email protected]
CTU Media contact:
Michelle
Garcia
Communications Specialist
Caribbean Telecommunications
Union
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:
http://www.ctu.int/
Tel:
1-868-628-0281, ext. 246
Fax: 1-868-622-6523
