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Telem Group, Regional Telcos Testing Disaster Management App.

SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - St. Maarten telecommunication provider, TelEm Group is joining other Telcos in the Caribbean in the testing phase of a disaster management App that could soon hit the global market.

The App, called SONAR, can make it possible for general populations in the region to receive up-to-the-minute information about upcoming storms and natural disasters, view weather patterns and obtain various information from government and disaster preparedness offices including information about shelters and their state of readiness.

It also advises on recovery efforts after a natural disaster by sending targeted information before, during and after a major incident.

Both users and government can benefit from another feature of the SONAR App that focuses on the recovery effort following any natural disaster with contact information for donations and other supplies that might be needed at the time.

The developers say their App is designed for governments and national disaster organizations to serve the population Read more

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CEO praises workers who kept services going during emergency.

Pond Island – TelEm Group management called its workers back to their main building on Pond Island, Monday, following last week’s emergency closure due to raging fires on the dumpsite nearby.

Many members of staff, especially Customer Service personnel, Technicians and engineers not affected by last week’s closure continued working throughout last week’s incident, however, the majority of TelEm Group workers, located in the main building were unable to continue their daily duties because of the closure.
“Technically we could have called staff back to work on Friday, but we wanted to be extra cautious that the air in the building was as clear and as safe as it could be for personnel coming back to work and also for customers visiting the building,” said TelEm Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Read more

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SANTA CLARA, CA.:--- Sint Maarten telephone company TELEM GROUP, represented by CEO Kendall Dupersoy and Senior IT Administrator Edgardo Lynch, were at DELL EMC Executive Briefing Center in Santa Clara California this week.

The briefing was focused on Digital Transformation, specifically the challenges and opportunities resulting from technology innovation.

The visit was facilitated by DELL EMC Regional Manager Jose Torres and Computech NV represented by its Managing Partners Jean Arnell, Alain Roper and Senior Systems Engineer Johann Charlery.

The DELL EMC Executive Briefing Center offers a hands-on environment for businesses and governments to discover the value of DELL EMC portfolio of products and services, specifically for next-generation Software-Defined Datacenters based on Hyper-Converged Infrastructures.

The state-of-the-art facility offers customized briefings on DELL EMC and partner technologies, and key design strategies relating to IT Transformation, Workforce Transformation, and required Security Transformation to better meet the specific needs.

The 2-day Strategy Briefing focused on DELL EMC current and future line of Networking, Servers, Storage and Disaster Recovery technologies as well as DELL EMC solution for Microsoft Azure Stack which delivers Azure functions and services on-premise.

“TELEM GROUP is embarking on major Digital Transformation initiative both internally and to support new customer needs Read more

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POND ISLAND:--- TelCell’s Breakthrough Youth Talent Show finals, held for the first time at the Harbour Facility, Saturday, is being hailed the biggest and best to date by show organizers and an emotion-packed audience.
Once again the performance brought the audience to its feet and some to tears, with all youngsters performing to a very high professional level - leaving the panel of judges with a lot of work to do to select the winning acts.

At the end of the night and into the early hours of Sunday morning the organizers announced this year’s TelCell Breakthrough Youth Talent Search winners in their respective categories as:

TelCell Breakthrough 2017 Winners
Sinatra Bauld – vocals; Shakim York – Rapping; Temaia Dennis - Spoken Word; Manukiell Edwards - Dance (Urban); Jeremiah David- dance (technique); Tyler Percival – Instruments.

This year second place finalists were also named:
Quon Gordon – Singing; Niky Jean Charles aka (Dice) – Rapping;
Timothy da Silva - Dance (Urban); Ingemar Arndell- Dance (technique);
Gershwin Busby – Instruments.

Individual Awards:
Most developed artist - Stefanas Waakzaam; Best team spirit - Roan Soriano;
Telcell SMS campaign - Temaia Denis; Most Creative Performance - Tyler Percival; Best Promoter - Jason Brice.
Producer’s Pick - Tyler Percival
The winning acts will be the toast of TelCell for the next year with the TelCell Breakthrough winners already booked to assist the company with promotional spots along with promotion of their own performing schedules.
The winners will soon be featured on posters throughout the island delivering their own personal messages to their peers in schools and in the St Read more

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