Published in The Tribune on:Wednesday, December 22, 2010
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
Bahamian technology developers are being bound by "a ball and chain", particularly when it comes to developing applications for international markets, by this nation's outdated telecommunications technology and services, one company yesterday saying there was "no comparison" with what was available in the rest of the Caribbean.
Onan Bridgewater, chief executive of Bahamas-based Dream Soft Studios, which for the past two years has been working on the "first" Caribbean-developed mobile (cellular) phone application specifically for the region, Lucayan Sky, explained that the company was effectively having to beta test its product outside this nation because the necessary technology was not available here.
Explaining that Lucayan Sky could not be offered in its "entirety" in the Bahamas because technology/data platforms such as SMS, binary and MMS were not available here, Mr Bridgewater said that while Bahamians would be able to access its news and text products, they would currently be unable to use imaging and other high-end applications.
