Digicel has today established international calls connectivity in Tonga. Having made the announcement an hour ago, technical teams in Digicel’s Tonga and Fiji have been working around the clock to get Tonga connected back to the rest of the world via a satellite link after the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami brought down all communications…

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…

Press Release Suva. 7 December 2021  The Pacific Island Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) have been awarded a grant from the UNDP PFM project to host the first ever regional hackathon. The hackathon which is expected to take place in February 2022, will bring together techies, innovators, problem solvers from the region to explore…

The Digital Assessment Readiness Tool and the Information Communication Technology (I.C.T) Policy Development Workshop opened on Monday at the Taumeasina Island Resort. The Digital Readiness Assessment Tool is a platform that looks at what are developments in the country in terms of communications, infrastructure, human power, and systems and regulations in terms of doing business….

A Tongan member of parliament hopes the country can copy El Salvador in adopting bitcoin as legal tender and pave the way for other Pacific islands to follow its revolutionary path, as enthusiasm for the potential of cryptocurrencies engulfs emerging economies. Bitcoin advocate, Tongan MP, barrister and hereditary Tongan landowner Lord Fusitu’a says he will table…

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…