Dominican Rep and AWS sign cloud architecture agreement

The Dominican Republic and Amazon Web Services (AWS) signed a digital transformation, innovation and cybersecurity agreement, involving using the AWS Outposts private cloud solution for government digital architecture.

AWS Outposts is deployed on-site, so data remains within the country.

The recently signed agreement also includes a cybersecurity focus through the AWS Global Cyber Security Program.

The agreement was signed in Washington by chief-of-staff Joel Santos Echavarría (pictured, right) and AWS public policy vice president, Shannon Kellogg (left). AWS regional public sector head Andrés Tahta also participated.

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Guyana eliminated taxes for mobile phones, in a move that will lower device costs and increase digital inclusion.

Providers ENet, Digicel and GTT welcomed the decision, which is part of a plan to boost the sector.

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Gabriel Jurado Parra was appointed Colombia’s connectivity deputy minister. Jurado has 30 years of sector experience and worked at regulator CRC, telco ETB and was ICT ministry secretary general between 2002 and 2004. 

He will oversee the 5G auction, spectrum renewals and connectivity plans to achieve 85% of national coverage.

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CRC published for comments a draft on creating tools to review mobile services quality.

The document, which defines the problem to be solved, is the result of the initial phase of the application of the regulatory impact analysis methodology.

Comments may be submitted through June 22 and more information is available here, in Spanish.

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Trinidad and Tobago telecoms authority TATT granted Starlink a 10-year license to offer fixed broadband services, according to local media TechNews.

Starlink already offers services in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Haiti and Jamaica, among others.