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A new submarine cable for the Cook Islands: But to where?
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By Jonathan Brewer (Originally published on APNIC Blog on 23 Jan 2019) Manatua is a new submarine cable that will link Samoa with Tahiti, picking up Niue, Aitutaki, Rarotonga, and Bora Bora along the way. Its Rarotonga and Aitutaki landings will be the first fibre optic connectivity for the Cook Islands, who today access the Internet through an O3b medium-earth-orbit satellite link…
PNG Department of Information and Communications Technology
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GOVERNMENT DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION DRAFT BILL RELEASED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION Minister for Information and Communications Technology, Hon. Timothy Masiu, today announced the release of the Digital Transformation Bill for public consultation. When passed by the PNG Parliament, the Bill will usher a much more coordinated and systematic approach in the procurement, deployment and the use of…
Opportunity with Fiji Women’s Fund
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Fiji Women’s Fund is seeking Consultants for the following roles: Proposal Design Consultant to develop a compelling, evidence-based three-year proposal outlining the key activities and approaches for an external audience. Capacity Development Consultant to strengthen our capacity development approaches particularly as the pandemic environment is affecting face-to-face meetings. Download the Terms of Reference here: https://fijiwomensfund.org/opportunities/…
Vint Cerf supports PICISOC (PacINET)
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Kia orana As well as making a donation towards the running of PacINET 2014 on Rarotonga, Vint Cerf has also produced a little advertisement for the event. He speaks of PICISOC instead of PacINET, but we can forgive him that tiny error. Vint’s presentation. PICISOC CERF.mp4 We also have the first draft of the programme…
Fair treatment of new phone and internet companies
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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…
PICISOC Education SIG
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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…