Increased investments in ICT infrastructure are set to improve PNG’s internet capacity, extending coverage across the country and paving the way to roll out 4G LTE services. With low fixed-line internet and telephone penetration rates in 2015 – at 9.4% and 1.9%, respectively – connectivity in PNG is mainly being driven by mobile phone...
The telecoms sector has been growing rapidly in Papua New Guinea in recent years, with connectivity quickly spreading to the remotest parts of the country, and linking a diverse range of customers to each other and the outside world. While the growth of cellular coverage and the internet have been almost universally praised, the tech...
In early 2016 a number of initiatives and transactions were in the works that promise to bring balance to a market that has so far been dominated by a single player. The plan is simple but bold: consolidation of the government’s companies operating in the retail space, and consolidation of its assets on the wholesale and infrastructure side of...
The Papua New Guinea telecoms market is set to enter a new phase. After nearly a decade of rapid expansion, largely the consequence of Jamaica-based Digicel’s market dominance on the mobile side, and given state-run Telikom’s virtual lock on essential infrastructure, credible and effective competition may soon be arriving.
The string of successful mines dotting Papua New Guinea, from the Panguna mine in Bougainville to Ok Tedi in the Western Province, has demonstrated many times over the substantial mineral potential lying just beneath the surface across the country. These proven success stories, which have rewarded the efforts of earlier pioneering mining...
In line with the global industry as a whole, as a result of the downward cyclical trend still buffeting the industry, the mining sector in Papua New Guinea remains in a cooling period in terms of exploration and production activity. To counteract tighter profit margins brought on by sluggish global demand for minerals and the corresponding...
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