Digicel establishes international calls communication with Tonga

With yesterday’s internet switch-over, Aitutaki becomes one of the smallest fibre-connected islands in the world.  Intermittent internet on Aitutaki had left some of the island’s residents frustrated this week. The Vodafone service was “very poor” and the Wi-Fi hotspot had been playing up, said resident Regina Potini. Than yesterday Potini, a photographer, noticed a difference…

GOVERNMENT OF TONGAMEDIA RELEASE (18th January, 2022) An unprecedented disaster hit Tonga caused by the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption on Saturday evening 15th January, 2022 followed by a tsunami warning issued which triggered a mass evacuation. As a result of the eruption, a volcanic mushroom plume was released reaching the stratosphere and extending radially covering all Tonga…

The US$30m Digital RMI Project will increase access to the digital economy, promote investment WASHINGTON DC, August 31, 2021 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$30 million project in Marshall Islands, where access to high-speed internet remains extremely limited and costly, that will secure faster, more reliable, and more affordable internet…

Wise is trying to make it cheaper and easier Extracted from the Business Insider Wise, formerly TransferWise, is expanding into Fiji as it looks to overhaul the Pacific money market. With remittances making up 5% of the local economy, Australia country manager Tristan Dakin said it is hoping to shake up the market and make…