PNG Girls in ICT – An Interview with Priscilla Kevin
Girls in ICT will be celebrated on April 23 but we were fortunate to find a video interview of one the country’s leading female business women in ICT, Priscilla Kevin. The video is courtersy of...
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Microfinance Organization Introduces Mobile Banking Service
A microfinance organization in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has introduced mobile banking services to its clients in a drive to promote financial inclusion. The People’s Micro Bank Ltd (PMBL) launched their mobile banking service...
ICT players urged to ensure access to rural PNG by 2020
Players in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have been called on to ensure internet access is available to rural PNG by 2020. Deputy Secretary for Policy with the Department of Communication and...
Dolmio’s Pepper hacker hijacks technology
Technology has hijacked valuable family time and it seems the more connected we are, the more isolated we become. However, Dolmio [Mars Foods] has a new product, the Pepper Hacker, which literally hijacks technology;...
McCarthy is new Digicel PNG CEO
Maurice McCarthy has been announced as Digicel PNG’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), replacing Mr John Mangos. According to PNG Loop, McCarthy was promoted to the role of CEO for Digicel PNG and has...
Lae Based Cable TV Provider to Go OTA
A Lae based cable television (TV) provider has announced their intention to broadcast Over-the-Air (OTA) which should increase coverage in Morobe province, Post Courier (February 23) reports. Tolec Cable TV, a subscription based service...
Digicel Play Introduces 1 Day Premium Plan
In my post, How to Subscribe to Digicel’s Prepaid Digital TV Service, I show a screenshot of the available plans which are the 1 Day plan, the 7 Day plan, the 30 Day plan...
First Look at the Ubuntu Phone
The recent launch of the Ubuntu phone (BQ Aquaris E4.5) is something has has probably excited many Papua New Guinean users of the Linux distro. Unfortunately, the phone is not available in the country...
Opposition against 100% sale of EMTV to Telikom PNG
Telikom PNG’s acquisition of local television broadcaster EMTV through its parent company Media Niugini has been questioned by the Opposition, according to the Post Courier ( February 13, 2015). Opposition leader, Don Pomb Polye,...
Remote Desktop Connection Failed with Time Sync Issues
I tried to logging to our domain server via Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) and failed several times. This message kept coming up, “Remote Desktop cannot verify the identity of the remote computer because there is...
