Why are call rates to Papua New Guinea from overseas so expensive? The answer's not quite as simple as you might think, as Business Advantage PNG discovered.
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The high price of calling Papua New Guinea
5 Dec 2013 by 11 Comments
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Analysis: the shape of things to come in digital marketing
12 Jun 2013 by 1 Comment
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.
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Takeovers lead to consolidation in Papua New Guinea satellite market
8 May 2013 by
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.
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EMTV spreads its wings
8 May 2013 by
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.
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Report reveals state of the internet
30 Apr 2013 by
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.
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Vodafone Bemobile to boost mobile phone competition
17 Apr 2013 by
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.
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Telikom’s internet price cuts only the start: Patel
3 Apr 2013 by 3 Comments
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.
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BSP’s Ian B Clyne: Technology is the key
19 Feb 2013 by
BSP, PNG’s largest bank, is being recognised globally as a major innovator with mobile technology. In our exclusive interview, Group CEO Ian B Clyne reflects on a momentous year for the bank and its plans for future growth. Business Advantage PNG (BAPNG): I gather BSP opened a record number of new accounts last year. How […]
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Vodafone Papua New Guinea?
23 Jan 2013 by
The future of Papua New Guinea’s struggling mobile phone company Bemobile remains undecided, but it does seem increasingly likely that Vodafone Fiji will take over the running of the company. This post from last August on tech site Memeburn provides some useful context for this slow-burning story.
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ICT reform delivers business benefits
1 Sep 2012 by Leave a Comment
Information and communications technology has received a much-needed shake-up in Papua New Guinea. The first phase of PNG’s information and communications sector deregulation occurred with the issuing of a mobile phone licence to privately-owned Digicel PNG in July 2007. Digicel immediately started to compete aggressively with state-owned incumbent, Telikom PNG. Mobile phone coverage in PNG […]
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