It wasn’t that long ago that Internet connectivity faded the moment one left a populated area like a city or big town – “no service” was the take-away message back then. But thanks to 3G, 4G and now 5G mobile technology, coupled with widespread installation of cellular towers in rural areas region-wide, that little message…
Tonga’s future management of catastrophes and national planning for disaster risks will be strengthened by improving national information systems and data collection, particularly disaster risk finance data. About 60 people in Nuku’alofa are this week attending a Stakeholder and Surveyors Training Workshop on risk assessment aimed at improving the Pacific Risk Information System and to strengthen…
Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air Pasifika teens in focusing on artificial intelligence. About 30 students from 11 high schools have been at a hackathon in Ōtara, looking at how they can use technology to support themselves and their communities. Students from ASDAH Māngere, Mission Heights, Edmund Hillary, Massey High, McAuley, De La…
The new business will officially launch on 1 June 2022. Vocus NZ and 2degrees welcome today’s statement from the Overseas Investment Office, providing consent for the acquisition of 2degrees, which will enable the merger of the two businesses. Mark Callander, Vocus NZ CEO and named CEO of the merged business says, “We welcome OIO consent,…
How New Zealand’s Māori people are fighting for their data sovereignty The Māori data sovereignty movement is part of a global campaign for indigenous data protection. Empire has had many legacies in New Zealand. For the Māori, it has been one of exclusion. The arrival of British settlers from the late 18th century onwards led to…
Avaroa Cable, which operates the Cook Islands’ subsea connection, has appointed Mike Schwarz as its new CEO, taking over from Ranulf Scarbrough. Schwarz (pictured) was Vocus’s business manager for transformation in New Zealand, and is moving to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Avaroa Cable is the Cook Islands company that delivered the Manatua Cable to the islands’…
Press Release April 2022 April 22, 2022(For Immediate Release) Suva, Fiji (22 April 2022) – The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) in association with Pacific Island Association of NGOs (PIANGO), the European Union Funded UNDP Public Finance Management Project with supporting partners CERT NZ, Samoa Information Technology Association (SITA), Tonga Women in…
Capacity Magazine, a London based media publication focused on the latest in telecommunications has recognised our very own Shally Jannif. The Digicel Group – Regional Chief Executive Officer – Pacific Group was featured in the magazine’s February/March edition in its 20 Women to Watch segment. Capacity Magazine, a London based media publication focused on the…
Samoa Observer 2022 The Samoa Information Association (S.I.T.A.) plans to expand its e-learning platform and has appealed for donor support to make it happen. S.I.T.A. E-Learning Project Manager Mailo Henry Mailo, in an interview with the Samoa Observer on Tuesday, said many schools in Samoa are now realising the importance of e-learning platforms. He said…