The Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society was presented by Maureen Hilyard on 8 July 2015, to the members of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society at the Annual General Meeting held in Auckland, prior to NetHui 2015. The Board was also present at the Global Intercommunity Event which occurred on Wednesday 8 July 2015.
PICISOC – ICANN collaboration In January 2020, the Chairs of ICANN’s Advisory Committees (ALAC, SSAC and RSSAC) and Supporting Organisations (GNSO, CCNSO and ASO) met with the ICANN Board Chair – Maarten Botterman – and ICANN’s President and CEO, Goran Marby. The meeting was for the Constituency Leaders to convey to the Board and ICANN…
This is an open call to join the organising committee for Pacific Internet Governance Forum to brainstorm on a design-thinking approach for the 2021 event. Please send an email to amolivurae@gmail.com topic: Pacific IGF 2021 and APTLD if you are keen. Find out more about the Pacific IGF – https://picisoc.org/category/pacific-igf/
MAUREEN HILYARD – PICISOC BOARD CHAIR This first meeting of ICANN for 2013 was hosted by the Asia Pacific Regional At Large Organisation (APRALO) – one of five regional sections of the At Large Advisory Council (ALAC). The At Large community consists of At Large Structures (ALS) which are the individual organisations which are…
View Original Press Release as published on Tonga Gov Portal 22nd June, 2020 Tonga’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Tonga) under the Ministry of MEIDECC is the first from the Pacific Islands region to become an Operational Member of the Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) on April 2, 2020. CEO for the Ministry of…
View this article as it first appeared on Loop News – Tonga Digicel, Tonga’s leading telecommunication and entertainment provider today announced the completion of a major TOP $1.8 million network upgrade. Now all sites are upgraded to LTE network and Digicel Tonga is the first operator to achieve this on the island.Digicel Tonga CEO, Anthony…
(Embargoed until 6:00 p.m. Friday 11 October 2019) The recently established Samoa Information Technology Association (SITA) held its launch as a professional society of ICT Professionals today at TATTE Convention Centre. The President of SITA, Mr. James Ah Wai, introduced the keynote speaker, the Hon. Tuilaepa Lupesolia’i Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister. Other invited guests included…