Event Wrap: Pacific ICT Days 2016, Vanuatu
APNIC staff participated in and facilitated a training workshop on IPv6 during the Pacific ICT Days 2016 conference, held in Port Vila, Vanuatu from 17 to 18 of May 2016.
Tag: Pacific
Event Wrap: PITA 20th AGM, Tahiti
APNIC staff were among 400-plus people who attended the Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association’s (PITA) 20th AGM held from 25 to 29 April 2016 in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
The impact of mobile on rural Internet users in Papua New Guinea
Guest Post: Access to the Internet and communication technology is creating new opportunities and challenges in rural Papua New Guinea.
Cook Islands commits to improve connectivity
Leaders from the Cook Islands and other Pacific island economies recently met to discuss cooperation on improving telecommunications infrastructure.
NZSeries: Network attracts, inspires and enables New Zealand and Pacific
For the final post in this series, we return to the idea that the Internet is not just helping New Zealand to retain talent, but is helping it attract talent to its shores.
Training a whole nation’s IT workforce
Last month, the APNIC training team had the unique task of training the entire IT workforce of the South Pacific Island nation of Niue.
Event Wrap: PacNOG 18/ APNIC Regional Meeting, Guam
APNIC staff actively participated at PacNOG 18 held in Guam from 30 November to 4 December. APNIC also held a Regional Meeting on 30 November as part of the PacNOG 18 conference day.
Encouraging more women to consider an ICT career in Fiji
Sereana Narayan and Ateca Rorika Raikuna, APNIC conference fellows from UN Women in Fiji, highlight some of the issues facing Fijian women who want a career in the ICT industry.
Neighbouring Pacific nations share core network infrastructure
Tuvalu Telecom and Federated States of Micronesia Telecom have signed a core network co-sharing agreement to benefit their customers and improve their services.
FSM telecom helps prepare to weather the storm
On a recent trip to FSM I met with network operators from FSM Telecommunications, who have been busy repairing networks damaged by Super Typhoon Maysak.