BeMobile and Vodafone forge new partnership
Updated 15 July, 2014 – We attempted to contact Vodafone regarding the kind of services that Papua New Guineans could expect but their response did not give us anything. Instead, Group Head of Media –...
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Global Satellite Communications Provider Acquires Oceanic Broadband
Global satellite communications provider, SpeedCast, has acquired Oceanic Broadband, strengthening its growth in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Australasian region. SpeedCast announced the acquisition on their website and stated that with Oceanic Broadband’s...
Digicel PNG to begin subscriber registration on July 1
Digicel PNG has announced that it will be registering its subscribers starting July 1, 2014, according to The National. In an email to The National, the Irish telecommunications company confirmed the exercise saying: “Digicel...
Access to pornography via internet a major concern
The availability and accessibility of illicit material ranging from pornography to demonology and Satanism over the internet is become a major concern, authorities were told in a regional meeting. The National reported that a...
Final meet for 2014 PNG ICT Cluster announced
The final meeting for the PNG ICT Cluster has been announced on the Facebook group, PNG ICT Community, with an open invitation to all interested persons. According to the invite, the ICT Cluster was...
Winners of the $1 million prize in the 2014 COD Championships
I’ve been late bringing this news but as they say ‘better late than never’, so without further ado here is the list of winners of the 2014 Call of Duty (COD) Championships held in...
Cabinet Minister Calls for Social Media Regulation
A cabinet minister in the O’Neil /Dion government is calling for the responsible authorities to regulate the use of social media in Papua New Guinea (PNG), according to the Post Courier. Petroleum and Energy...
Leading ICT provider, Datec, acquired by Telikom PNG
One of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) leading ICT provider, Datec (PNG) Ltd, has been acquired by the national telecommunication company Telikom PNG, subject to regulatory approval. The news was made public on Telikom’s website...
BeMobile partners with Nambawan Super
BeMobile has partnered with the country’s premier superannuation fund, Nambawan Super, to launch a new and improved SMS service allowing members to check their account balances through mobile phones. The Superfund’s website said the...
ANZ warns customers of scam emails
ANZ Bank in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is warning all its valued clients against scam emails that attempt to phish (fish) a client’s banking details. Phishing, according to Wikipedia, is the: …act of attempting...
