ICT
CESER’s recommendations
The CESER council, Conseil Economique, Social et Environnemental Régional, formely named CESR, a published its recommendations as regards the development of ICT on the island. The « Développement économique » commission, headed by Guy Dupont, has analysed the issues at stake in this industry and studied different evolution scenarii. A starting satement: The Reunion Island-based people massively utilise new technologies (70 % of households are equipped with at least a computer and over 50 % are connected to the Internet). The report stipulates that ICT constitute the first economic sector on the island today with 6,000 emploees, 450 operating companies and a turnover of €1.5 billion. This report underlines the technical limitations of the current solutions such as the SAFE, and the increasing needs that need to be met. The solutions recommended include the construction of a submarine cable that would go down to South Africa. It would connect Reunion Island to one of the two cables that enable West Africa to connect itself to the Internet. According to the CESER, the ICT indutry could represent 12,000 jobs in 2020. Therefore, it will be necessary to start decisive investments now in order to support an industry with a very high potential.
Réunion Première
The arrival of TNT on the island on 30 Novermber 2010 was an opportunity to make the upcoming new audiovisual era official. RFO will be renamed Outremer Première and RFO Réunion, Réunion Première - a new identity that goes together with a project to realise 25 % of additional local productions.
R-Télé
51 high definition TV screens has arrrived at the Roland Garros airoport since mid October 2010. R-télé », an internal TV network was created by the Vibrason corporate, broadcasts pratical information, untertainment programmes and offers companies a new communication space for their advertissements. www.r-tele.fr
SFR’s 15th anniversary of existence in Reunion Island
SFR celebrates its 15th anniversary of existence in Reunion Island with its thousand first subscribers on 21 October. End 1995, SFR Réunion had 5,000 clients and 33 staff members. Today, the mobile phone company has 530,000 subscribers and employs 404 persons; It declares having 60 % of the market on the island. www.sfr.re
