AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoTelecoms: Digicel’s proposed copper-network shutdown faces questions over business readiness, hurricane resilience and safeguards. While most customers have moved to fibre, 38% of commercial customers still rely on copper, including some alarm, medical-monitoring and payment systems. Digital Infrastructure: Home Affairs Minister Alexa Lightbourne is presenting Bermuda’s role in global connectivity at AFROTECH in Houston, highlighting Google’s Nuvem and Sol subsea cables and its planned Canoa link to the Dominican Republic. Cybersecurity: Police say online scams have cost the public more than $10 million this year, including $1.8 million lost by seven businesses in two weeks. Reinsurance leaders in Bermuda also warned that AI could accelerate cyberattacks and trigger wider physical and supply-chain disruption. Science Outreach: PechaKucha Bermuda returns November 6 with seven speakers, including oceanographer and conservation advocate Alex Amat, whose work focuses on connecting people with the marine environment.
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