Improvements in Papua New Guinea’s mobile infrastructure has seen rapid recent growth in subscribers to mobile broadband, according to telecommunications researchers BuddeComm. But low incomes, terrain, and lack of electricity are hindering greater access more quickly.
‘Big leap forward’ in Papua New Guinea mobile broadband usage, reports telco analyst
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31 Jul 2018 by 1 Comment
Undersea cable linking Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia to be completed late 2019
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25 Jun 2018 by 2 Comments
An K331 million undersea cable linking Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia is expected to be up and running by the end of 2019. It follows concerns by Australian officials that if China’s Huawei telco built the project, it could access Australia’s telecommunications infrastructure, creating national security concerns.
New exchange may see internet costs in Papua New Guinea fall, says analyst
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13 Oct 2016 by 5 Comments
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 internet costs fall even further.
Papua New Guinea’s broadband network ‘on track’, but there will be challenges, says analyst
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17 Aug 2016 by 1 Comment
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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