News

PRESS RELEASE : GOVCRATE WHUPI (NZ) LTD is the parent company behind GOVCRATE LTD, a turnkey e-government platform that enables governments to transact with citizens and businesses digitally. The platform was created by Cook Islander Ano Tisam, who has a Master of Information Systems from the University of the South Pacific, Sam Taufao who has…

PICISOC Education SIG was started in May 2020 led by  Andrew Erbs and Ian Thomson. The Education SIG has 21 members with representatives from: PNG Vanuatu Solomon Islands Tuvalu Kiribati Marshall Islands The Federated States of Micronesia New Caledonia Australia New Zealand Cook Islands Education SIG discussions will centre around key topics relevant to ICT…

Extracted from Cook Island News High-speed internet is just around the corner – but low-cost internet is still a distant hope.  The people of Rarotonga and Aitutaki could be streaming internet on the new high-speed undersea cable as early as this month, if cable operators and Vodafone can just agree the last details, the telecommunications…

Extracted from Cook Island News Vodafone will be allowed to continue owning and operating the local cable network, as well as selling internet and phone services in a newly-competitive market. A new report by independent economist John de Ridder makes it clear that Avaroa Cable Ltd should not be licensed to operate as a phone…

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…

Report by Elkana Capelle Acting Director for ICT at Ministry of Telecommunication Nauru TOPIC: Overcoming Challenges to Broadband Internet Access in the Pacific & New Opportunities with enabling regulatory and policy frameworks DESCRIPTION:This panel will discuss the digital divides in the region and how new technologies and regulation may enable better access to healthcare, education,…

Report by Winifred Kula Design ThinkingTodays event was a huge success with the completion of Introduction to Scratch. 3 teams were formed and each team presented a scratch “story board” and “game” to their parents. It was a really proud moment to see the kids creativity and imagination come to life within their scratch projects….

As originally published on Post Courier Online (PNG) The National Information and Communication Technology Authority will be reviewing the retail internet pricing to include all cable systems.NICTA chief executive ocer Charles Punaha said this is to clear the misconception in the market about the dierent prices presently previously by NICTA and DataCo. Mr Punaha said…

Click to listen to the interview as heard on Pacific Media Network https://omny.fm/shows/pacificmedianetwork/edwin-liavaa-pacific-ict-and-gis-specialist-dismis Mobile phone towers are being attacked in New Zealand and around the world and authorities believe it is linked to a hoax about how the 5G network is spreading COVID-9. Edwin Liava’a has more than twenty years of experience in Information and…

[PRESS RELEASE] Amoa College is the first School in Savaii that has been registered to use SITAs ELearning platform on the 14th May 2020. The Association was doing virtual meetings and trainings with some of the schools prior to visiting Savaii to provide further workshops for Teachers and year 13 students. Amoa College session was…

Since the Government declared the State of Emergency due to the Covid19 pandemic, the Samoa Information Technology Association (SITA) has been exploring possible windows of opportunity to assist our Government and our people. To this end, SITA identified the Education sector as one of the key areas that is being heavily affected by the lockdown….