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Most of the major information technology activities of SVG take place
in or around the capital city of Kingstown. The only offshore data
processing company that exists in St. Vincent, NetData, is located in downtown
Kingstown. However, there is an industrial estate called Diamond
Industrial Estate located about 7 miles north of the capital on the east
coast. The infrastructure is in place at the estate, however,
no actual building have been constructed. It is here that many believe
the government will locate the "Informatics Park" , however, as previously
mentioned there is no legislation or any paper decisions as of yet regarding
this project. (1)
According to Apollo Knights of the Ministry of Communication and Works
in St. Vincent, the Free Trade Zones Act passed last year by the
government refers to the Industrial Park at Diamond. With this act,
it will be possible for companies that are operating within the trade zone
to establish their own external communications links to facilitate their
operations e.g Vsats, Earth stations etc. This will provide direct links
with countries such as the U.S, hence bypassing C&W and their high
rates. The government hopes that the trade zone will attract companies
that are operating call
centers, data processing, software engineering etc.(2) |
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