This article presents an analysis of how social media was used during Tropical Cyclone
Winston, the strongest recorded tropical storm that left a wake of destruction and devastation …

This article presents the attitudinal response of rural villagers in Papua New Guinea to
mobile telephony, based on a threshold study made during the early stages of its adoption …

In the first years of the 21st century, economic liberalisation began to transform
telecommunications services throughout the Pacific Islands. Government regulators …

The development of the Australian Tsunami Warning System (ATWS) was in recognition of
the fact that the Australian coastline faces some 8000 km of active tectonic plate boundary …

In the past decade, digital technologies and especially mobile phones have spread rapidly
across the Solomon Islands. This process has been surprising not only in how quickly many …

A mobile phone service was not available to the majority of the population in Papua New
Guinea (PNG) until mid-2007. Since that time, commercial competition has been introduced …

This chapter presents the results of a project that integrated mobile phone technology and
multimedia to provide a solution for reaching students from urban to rural and Indigenous …

This chapter discusses the flows of communication and information in Papua New Guinea
(PNG). It argues that communication and information are essential to all aspects of life. As …

The chapter focuses on the use of mobile phones in Pacific Island countries for government
service delivery. The chapter argues that mobile telephone technology is worthy of attention …

The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has introduced a requirement for mobile
phone registration. This commentary is a comprehensive analysis of the registration …