PNG DataCo owns and operates the National Transmission Network, Papua New Guinea’s digital backbone. In this exclusive interview, CEO Paul Komboi speaks with Business Advantage PNG about the state-owned entity’s key achievements, plans to extend the NTN, and the growing partnership with cloud infrastructure giant Oracle.
Last Thursday, Business Advantage PNG hosted a special Papua New Guinea Telecommunications Update with the CEO of PNG DataCo Ltd, Paul Komboi, and telecommunications expert, Dr Amanda Watson. Here are five take-homes from the event.
The rollout of PNG’s National Transmission Network is on track for completion later this year. It will transform the nation’s digital highway, but that does not mean there will not be challenges, telecommunications analyst Henry Lancaster tells Business Advantage PNG.
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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 dream of high speed broadband in Papua New Guinea has taken a step closer, with the completion of a fibre-optic cable connecting Gulf Province with the ExxonMobil-run PNG LNG plant, 20km north of Port Moresby.
Hopes are high in Papua New Guinea’s telecommunications industry that internet services are finally about to become more accessible and more affordable.