Construction of Papua New Guinea’s national broadband network is progressing, with major milestones set be reached by mid 2015, according to technology consultant Sundar Ramamurthy, who is assisting the PNG government’s Independent Public Business Corporation on the project.
The Independent Public Business Corporation says it is now talking directly with Vodafone UK to bring the global telecommunications giant to run BeMobile PNG.
The Papua New Guinea government is looking for a new partner to develop the country’s second mobile phone carrier, Bemobile, after the Fiji National Provident Fund suddenly pulled out.
Telikom PNG is upgrading and expanding its network, after earlier this month signing a K600 million (US$200 million) deal with Chinese technology provider Huawei. Chairman Mahesh Patel outlines where the money will be spent and commits the state-owned telco to improving its customer service.
From a Papua New Guinea perspective, the most striking thing about attending Australia’s major annual media and marketing conference last week was the irrelevance of so much of the content, writes Robert Hamilton-Jones.
Late last month, Hong Kong-based satellite communications company Speedcast bought Australian satellite company Pactel International, and in a little-publicised deal, Digicel PNG purchased the country’s home-grown satellite company, Remington Communications, from the larger Remington group.
The global media revolution has arrived in Papua New Guinea, with local television company EMTV transforming from a traditional broadcaster into one in step with the digital age.
Akamai’s quarterly The State of the Internet study has become a valued measure of the proliferation of the worldwide web over the past five years. Its latest edition, covering the last quarter of 2012, was released last week.
Mobile phone competition in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands is about to get tougher, after a deal which will see about US$250m (K550 million) in new funding for PNG’s second carrier, BeMobile, which will see it relaunched as Vodafone BeMobile.
In a move that will have an immediate impact on internet users in Papua New Guinea, Telikom PNG has cut the fees it charges wholesalers for its internet services by an average of 68%, effective this month.