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Digicel+ debuts its $3.5M 'Superfast Fibre' on Tortola
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Following the successful launch of Digicel+ in Virgin Gorda last September 2021, Digicel has rolled out new services on Tortola in a bid to ensure the entire Virgin Islands (VI) enjoys a superfast internet.
COVID & digitization
By Dickson C. Igwe
In the age of COVID, countries that are able to swiftly and robustly deliver digital services and products to their residents, will win and prevail, socially and economically
Cyberbullying increasing since Covid- School Counsellor
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the Virgin Islands observe Anti-Bullying Week from Sunday, October 17 to Saturday, October 23, 2021, it has been disclosed that cyberbullying is on the increase in the territory.
Digicel announces pay-as-you-go data option
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Digicel announced today, September 9, 2021, that they are putting customers in control of their digital life by making changes to the customer experience for prepaid data users.
TRC working to ensure VI has ample communication services– Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has reminded that the local Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) is working to ensure the territory has ample communication services to supply the needs of the local economy.
USVI ISP wins $84M FCC contract to supply affordable 1Gig internet
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- A USVI Internet Service Provider (ISP), Broadband VI has won an $84.5 million federal bid to buildout phase 2 of the Connect USVI program, whose aim is to provide affordable voice and broadband services for 10-year periods with speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second downstream.
FLOW planning roll-out of '1Gig' internet speed in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – FLOW BVI, a major internet service provider (ISP) in the Virgin Islands (VI) has announced that it is pumping millions into a network upgrade that will facilitate the Premier Andrew A. Fahie administration’s vision for economic diversification in the territory.
‘Next gold mine’ for VI economy will depend on effective internet - Premier Fahie
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has pointed to the internet as the next new frontier for the territory’s economic growth and this he says has warranted the need for electronic legislations.
Telecom providers urged to not cut customers' phones
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Telecommunication companies in the Virgin Islands have been told by Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to not disconnect the telephone or mobile services of any customer during this curfew period.
Eyes on TRC & ISPs as high internet use expected with 'social distancing'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With the shift of some aspects of the Virgin Islands (VI) workforce to work-from-home solutions as part of social distancing in relation to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) response in the Territory, Opposition Leader Honourable Marlon A. Penn (R8) has called on the local Telecommunications Regulatory Commission as well as local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to get into action to meet internet demands.