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Two new Papua New Guinea TV players launch pay and free-to-air channels
The two new players in Papua New Guinea’s TV industry this week began selling their set top boxes as they launched a total of 54 new free-to-air and pay channels. Click TV’s Engineering Manager; Reenal...
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PNG DataCo looks to build Papua New Guinea’s communications infrastructure
Telecommunications wholesaler PNG DataCo Limited has been set up as part of a restructure of Papua New Guinea’s telecommunications industry. Business Advantage PNG discusses its critical role with its...
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2015 Pacific Games to be broadcast into Australia
Australians and Pacific Islanders living in Australia will be able to watch the 2015 Pacific Games in the comfort of their own home, after the Games Organising Committee awarded the Australian...
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Could Papua New Guinea develop a generation of technology entrepreneurs?
Information and telecommunications technology can be a driver of new jobs and business efficiency in Papua New Guinea. Technology specialist Priscilla Kevin tells Business Advantage PNG of her own...
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Digicel’s new Papua New Guinea chief sees connectivity and content converging
The new CEO of Digicel PNG believes the company is evolving into a provider of content as well as supplying connectivity. Maurice McCarthy tells Business Advantage PNG his first priority is to increase...
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Corporate organisations build on success of remote Papua New Guinea health...
Travel times to medical centres in remote parts of Papua New Guinea have been cut from three weeks to as little as three hours as a result of health initiatives introduced by Digicel’s PNG Foundation....
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How new technologies will affect Papua New Guinea businesses
New and emerging technologies have the potential to radically transform business operations, driving e-commerce, cloud computing and efficiencies in supply chains and manufacturing. Business Advantage...
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Telikom CEO predicts 100% Papua New Guinea telco coverage within 2 years
The CEO of Telikom PNG predicts all Papua New Guinea will be able to connect to the Internet within two years. In a wide-ranging review of PNG’s telecommunications industry, Michael Donnelly canvasses...
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Medium orbit satellites bring low-cost, high performance Internet to Papua...
Satellite-enabled phone and data services have often been considered a technology of last resort, due to relatively high costs and quality constraints. However, Dutch company O3b is pioneering the next...
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Apple launches News app – and we’re on it
The new Apple News app for iPhone and iPad users is more than just another app – it’s the latest salvo in the global battle between tech companies for your eyeballs. It’s also an exciting opportunity...
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Entrepreneurs: Local developer’s mobile apps making it easier to do business...
From self-service to bringing buyers and sellers together, software developer Shadrach Jaungere’s smartphone apps are making it easier for Papua New Guineans to do business. And there are more to come,...
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‘The new PNG cyberspace’: ecommerce set to take off in Papua New Guinea
With Papua New Guinea’s soon-to-be-completed National Transmission Network likely to bring improved internet speeds and reliability by the end of the year, more PNG companies are expected to explore...
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Entrepreneur: Roberta Morlin, women’s health app developer
Roberta Morlin is developing an app that will be able to provide direct medical consultation for women in remote PNG. She explains to Business Advantage PNG how it would work and the challenges of...
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Meet Kumulsoft, Papua New Guinea’s home grown software developer
Two years ago, Port Moresby-based technology company, Kumulsoft, branched out into writing tailored software products for local companies and government departments. Now they have six major clients on...
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Papua New Guinea’s broadband network ‘on track’, but there will be...
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,...
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Opinion: What you need to know about Papua New Guinea’s new Cybercrime Act
This month, Papua New Guinea’s Parliament passed the Cybercrime Code Act, which applies to defamation, cybersecurity, spam, hacking, forgery and computer fraud. Zinnia Dawidi, a lawyer specialising in...
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Improved banking services held back by high internet prices, say bankers
The potential for improved financial and other services delivered via the internet in Papua New Guinea is high, the nation’s top bankers tell Business Advantage PNG. But costs have to fall first. Moses...
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Entrepreneur: ICT specialist and Kumul GameChangers finalist, Panu Kasar
Perseverance and execution are the keys to being a successful businessperson, according to Panu Kasar, one of the 12 finalists in the Kumul GameChangers Competition, which is designed to ‘bring to...
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New exchange may see internet costs in Papua New Guinea plummet, says analyst
While a consultancy’s report has shown that internet costs in Papua New Guinea are amongst the highest in the world, prices are falling. Encouragingly, an agreement announced this week could see...
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Opinion: how the digital world is taking over business
Marketing never stays still. Robert Hamilton-Jones returns to the city of his birth to find out how digital technology is raising customers’ expectations to new heights. ‘It’s no longer about digital...
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