BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, 23rd December, 2011 - Users of community centres around the island of St. Kitts will be able to access and use wireless internet service at the community centres for free.
LIME’s General Manager gave that commitment to the Minister of Telecommunications, Hon Glen Phillip, at a media briefing at the Old Road Community Centre. He said it was a proud moment for LIME, although one that should not surprise anyone given his company’s track record of providing eSupport to many institutions in the Federation, dating back to nearly 10 years.
“It seems only natural that we continue to use our broadband infrastructure in the furtherance of community development. Our customers and the wider general public will have access to the internet in these centres for research, homework, group studies, and for all the other meaningful activities that residents may wish to use this service,” he pledged.
Minister Phillips in his remarks described LIME as a long-standing partner that has always been willing to work with government. “This initiative will assist greatly with a wider programme that government will soon be undertaking to ensure that all of our people – from the fisherman to the home domestic have some basic knowledge of the computer and the internet,” he announced.
The Minister used the opportunity to announce the recent award of a contract to LIME to provide wireless internet service to high schools in St. Kitts & Nevis. He noted that this arrangement would ensure that the students have access anywhere on the schools’ compound although he cautioned that access to some sites would be monitored by the ICT.
The wireless internet service has already been installed in three of the fifteen community centres including the Old Road Community Centre at which the media briefing was held. Over the course of the coming weeks the service will be installed in the remaining centres.
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