Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Codetel in the countryside

Monday, May 12th, 2008

The Dominican Telephone Company (CODETEL) has expanded its “Rural Broadband Connections” program by linking three more communities to the Internet. The program is designed to bring the Internet to the country’s remotest communities and serve a million and a half people who do not have access to this type of communication. A total of [...]

Dominican Competitiveness Council touts hi-tech businesses

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Santo Domingo.- The National Competitiveness Council (CNC) requested the implementation of business network incubators in the country, aimed at creating highly-competitive companies, based on the availability of intellectual capital and continuous innovation.
CNC director Andres Van Der Horst proposed the initiative together with the organization Jaycees 72, coordinated by the Industrial Property Office, and the Business [...]

Isolated Dominican island’s students get the Web at last

Monday, April 7th, 2008

La Romana.- A girl’s eyes light up with astonishment, incredulity and innocence when she “clicked” a computer menu in front of her to access the Earth Sciences chapter provided by the Encyclopedia Encarta.
The students of the Adamanay grade school on Saona Island will now have access to Internet, as part of the communication network to [...]

The downside of technology

Monday, April 7th, 2008

While helping create a more connected world through advances in radio, television and internet technology, Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL) president Jose Rafael Vargas believes that these developments have also led to the promotion of sex, violence, prostitution, and domestic violence and abuse. During a conference on the theme of “New Technologies: