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COVID-19 Can Create Opportunity for IoT in the Caribbean
Summary of Caribbean Technology Blogs
Reports from Caribbean based technology blogs 46 47 48 demonstrated a specific focus on digital transformation activities .
Scoping Literature Review
In 2017 , there was a focused seminar on IoT and the Caribbean 49 that involved policy and regulatory developers , entrepreneurs ( users and developers of IoT based solutions ) and utility service providers that discussed various elements of IoT SWOT ( strength , weakness , opportunities and threats ) 50 .
Caribbean companies utilized IoT systems to provide solutions as asset tracking and management 51 and drone delivery 52 . However , there was a distinct lack of publicly available information relating to IoT use in the Caribbean for COVID-19 .
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Silicon Caribe - The Future of Digital in Caribbean Business ( no date ) Silicon Caribe . Available at : https :// www . siliconcaribe . com / ( Accessed : 21 September 2020 ).
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ICT Pulse – The leading technology blog in the Caribbean ( no date ) ICT Pulse . Available at : https :// www . ictpulse . com / ( Accessed : 21 September 2020 ).
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Tech News TT - Technology news and reporting from Trinidad and Tobago ( no date ) Tech News TT . Available at : https :// technewstt . com / ( Accessed : 21 September 2020 ).
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Cuffie , M . ( 2017 ) ‘ Feature Address “ Internet of Things : Smarter Living in the Caribbean ”’. Port-of-Spain : Ministry of Public Administration and Communications , p . 18 . Available at : http :// mpadt . gov . tt / speeches / Feature % 20Address % 20by % 20The % 20Honourable % 20Minister % 20of % 20Public % 20 Administration % 20 % 26 % 20Communications % 20- % 20Internet % 20of % 20Things % 3A % 20Smarter % 20Living % 20in % 20the % 20Caribbean
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ECLAC ( 2017 ) Forum on Internet of Things ( IOT ): Smarter Living in the Caribbean . Available at : https :// www . cepal . org / en / events / forum-internet-things-iot-smarter-living-caribbean ( Accessed : 22 September 2020 ).
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ACT ( no date ) IoT Solutions . Available at : https :// www . actantigua . com / iot-solutions / ( Accessed : 22 September 2020 ).
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News Desk ( 2019 ) AirBox drone delivery tests conducted successfully in Antigua , Geospatial World . Available at : https :// www . geospatialworld . net / news / airbox-drone-delivery-tests-conducted-successfully-in-antigua / ( Accessed : 22 September 2020 ).
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