Ken Sylvester, CEO of the Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network (CKNET), a new high-capacity fibre optics research and education network, will now connect colleges and universities in 21 regional countries. The programme will operate under the brand name, C@ribnet. Regional telecoms LIME was paid US$7 million to build out the network under contract from CKNET, said Sylvester. The network is wholly owned by CKNET which is itself an agency within CARICOM financed by the 21 member countries that the network will serve. The project creates the region’s first research and education network, connecting all CARICOM member states, among others. More
