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.
The Kingdom of Tonga, along with neighbouring Pacific Island countries, are dealing with the impacts caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Every sector has been affected including IT. The Government of Tonga is struggling to protect the health and well-being of citizens while providing a stable and safe environment for its citizens as the pandemic…
A report by Maureen Hilyard The two breakout sessions that I attended, following these formal presentations were on Climate Change and Digital Inclusion. The session was on climate change and how the various organisations in NZ could help to minimise carbon emission levels. I congratulated them on what they were attempting to do to help mitigate…
As originally posted on PICISOC mailing list. The Coral Sea Cable System, a 40 Tbps submarine fibre optic cable, bringing next-generation connectivity to the people of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands has just landed in Honiara. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTSA 4,700 km submarine cable system linking Sydney to Port Moresby and Honiara. The Solomon Islands Domestic…
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…
There were only THREE Nominations for the PICISOC Board Elections. Therefore, no Election was required as there were only three vacant Board Positions that were required to be filled. The candidates provided the following Bios and on behalf of the Board, we would like to thank them for their commitment to step up and support PICISOC…
The Japan-Pacific ICT Centre of the University of the South Pacific in Suva provided a large auditorium facility for PacINET 2012, and a great backdrop for learning about internet development in the Pacific. The event was streamed live and recorded, so that remote participants were able to ‘attend’ some interesting presentations. The conference was…