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300 Telikom PNG employees out of work

300 Telikom PNG employees out of work

While Easter is a time of reflection and celebration of Christ’s sacrifice, it is a sad weekend for more than 300 Telikom PNG employees who are now out of a job after their employer...

PPC-1 submarine cable restored

PPC-1 submarine cable restored

Excellent news from Telikom PNG, the Pacific Pipe Cable 1 (PPC-1) submarine cable linking PNG (Madang) to Guam and Sydney has been fully restored. According to Telikom, all international telephone and internet service are...

Default Telikom PNG passwords to be disabled

Default Telikom PNG passwords to be disabled

Telikom PNG will be disabling access using default passwords for its data customers starting on February 28. According to a public notice by the service provider, customers using Citifon handsets, EVDO internet dongles, MiFi...

PPC1 under-sea cable down

Internet users may be feeling the browsing service going a bit slow. Well, that could be due to (Pipe Pacific Cable) PPC1 sub-sea fiber link going offline recently. According to Telikom PNG, data services...

Microsoft acquires UK artificial intelligence firm

Microsoft has reportedly acquired UK-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm SwiftKey for roughly K740 million. According to the UK firm’s blog, founders Jon Reynolds and Ben Medlock said they believed joining Microsoft was the right...

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PNGCS 2015 Annual Seminar

The Papua New Guinea Computer Society (PNGCS) will be hosting their annual seminar at the Kumul Room, Holiday Inn on November 2, 2015 and are inviting all ICT professionals and interested individuals to attend....

Dell to acquire EMC Corporation

Dell Inc. and EMC have signed a definitive agreement in which Dell will acquire EMC Corporation. However, VMWare will remain a publicly traded company. EMC Corporation is the majority shareholder of VMWare; a cloud...

NICTA Confirms Complaints about Retail ICT Services

The National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) has confirmed receiving general complaints regarding certain retail ICT services and is in the process of investigating the issues surrounding the matter. The issues relate to...